Payroll & HRIS Analyst

Main Purpose of Role - Payroll & HRIS Analyst

Reporting to the Head of Human Resources, the Payroll & HRIS Analyst is a hands‑on HR operations role responsible for accurate payroll processing, payroll tax support, HRIS data integrity, reporting, system troubleshooting, and payroll‑related financial reconciliation.

This position serves as a key technical and analytical resource between Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, IT, Dayforce, and external vendors. The successful candidate will be comfortable investigating discrepancies, tracing data across systems, identifying root causes, and driving issues through resolution with limited supervision.

This is not a traditional HR Generalist or Benefits Administration role. While a separate Benefits Specialist manages routine benefits transactions and employee inquiries, this position is responsible for understanding how benefits and retirement‑plan data should flow through Dayforce and vendor systems, validating that data, and troubleshooting issues involving deductions, eligibility, interfaces, and record reconciliation.

At ST genetics, we are revolutionizing the future of agriculture and animal genetics through advanced technology, innovation, and a commitment to excellence. As the global leader in livestock reproductive solutions, we invest in training, development, and long‑term career growth for our employees.

• Process and support accurate and timely payroll, including regular payroll, bonuses, adjustments, deductions, garnishments, retroactive payments, and other employee payments.
• Review payroll reports, exception reports, and control totals to identify discrepancies prior to payroll finalization.
• Perform payroll reconciliations and investigate pay, deduction, tax, and employee data discrepancies.
• Support federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, including researching and resolving tax notices, agency inquiries, and filing discrepancies.
• Work with Dayforce, payroll tax vendors, and government agencies to resolve payroll tax setup, registration, remittance, and reporting issues.
• Support quarter‑end and year‑end payroll processes, including tax reconciliations, Forms 941, W-2/W-2C reporting, and applicable state and local filings.
• Maintain payroll documentation, audit support materials, and internal controls to ensure accurate and compliant payroll processing.

• Support the administration and ongoing use of Dayforce and other HR technology platforms, including employee data maintenance, system testing, reporting, troubleshooting, and documentation.
• Monitor inbound and outbound integrations between Dayforce and third‑party vendors, including retirement, medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life insurance, and other payroll‑related systems.
• Understand vendor feed structures, timing, and expected data to identify missing, rejected, duplicated, or inaccurate records.
• Investigate discrepancies between Dayforce, payroll records, benefit elections, retirement‑plan data, vendor files, and downstream systems.
• Determine the root cause of issues involving employee data, HRIS configuration, payroll setup, file mapping, eligibility rules, vendor processing, or system timing.
• Review interface results, exception reports, error logs, and reconciliation reports and drive issues through resolution.
• Support testing of new vendor feeds, HRIS enhancements, file‑layout changes, and system updates.
• Perform recurring audits and reconciliations to identify issues before they become payroll, benefit, or compliance concerns.
• Maintain documentation related to vendor feeds, interface schedules, file specifications, reconciliation procedures, and issue‑resolution processes.