Payroll Analyst

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections,  where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Relocation benefits are not available for this job posting.

The Opportunity:

• Applies support and provides expertise in the execution of processing for Payroll accounting and tax administration.

• Interface with employees, stakeholders, leadership, and Centers of Excellence, providing information and analysis, ensuring a high customer service level.

• Proactively identifies and troubleshoots complex issues to determine root causes and solutions for resolution.

• Analyze data and identify trends in general business conditions and other related areas.

• Analyzes end-user feedback to promote continuous improvements and translates the business' needs into appropriate process design solutions.

• Develops useful training material and trains the user community on new functionalities, processes, and guidelines aligned with BPO.

• Manage data, system, and process for their area of expertise to ensure its integrity and ability to provide accurate and timely delivery of information and/or transactions.

• Performs transactions and processes requiring evaluation and interpretation based on accounting and tax expertise.

• Provide appropriate answers, expert advice, and/or actions for routine and complex issues regarding a wide variety of accounting and tax-related topics.

• Conducts audits to ensure a high level of data integrity and compliance.

• Researches issues within the area of specialization; reviews and analyzes trends and issues, and implements process improvements.

Who you are:

• Associate degree in business administration or a related field

• 3+ years of experience as a Payroll Analyst or any related position

• Broad knowledge of HR Services, including affiliate policies and programs.

• Knowledge of state payroll regulations and tax laws to maintain compliance requirements

• Address inquiries from various taxing jurisdictions, perform tax audits and conduct risk assessments.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills to resolve a variety of routine, complex issues.

• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and change management skills.

• Strong customer service and interpersonal skills.

• Experience in a shared service center, preferably in an HR services environment

• Proven track record of being able to deliver in a matrix organization

• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment and to handle multiple, competing priorities

• Ability to navigate complex HR data structure

• Ability to identify, drive and/or participate in implementing process improvement activities.

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot table, v-lookup, etc.)

Preferred:

• U.S. Workday payroll system experience (highly preferred).

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred

• Experience with ServiceNow case management system preferred

Core Capabilities include:

• Living customer centricity through your day-to-day interactions (incl. needs anticipation, cultural awareness, managing one's response)

• Demonstrating end-to-end accountability (incl. big picture and impact understanding, engaging others to ensure a successful outcome)

• Demonstrating problem-solving (incl. active listening, critical thinking, process improvements)

• Having a growth mindset (incl. taking risks and experimenting, seeking new learning opportunities, asking and giving feedback)

• Collaborate and partner with business, HRIT, local stakeholders to support strategy, design, and processes that deliver North America objectives. Includes analysis, process harmonization, improvements, system innovations, enhancements, functionality.

Please note: Resumes must be submitted in English, as our interview panel may include participants from outside your local country.

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Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.