Guidewire

Guidewire

Senior Payroll Analyst- AMER

United States - Remote · Senior · Part-time

Sponsorship not specified$96k-$172kDetected 21 days ago
AccountingExcelHRISLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationInternal AuditVariance Analysis

About the role

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $96,000 - $172,000.
  • Disability Accommodations and Guidewire's Appeals Process.

Responsibilities

  • Issue Resolution: Monitor, track, and drive the timely resolution of open payroll tickets, ensuring clear documentation and communication with impacted stakeholders.
  • System & Integration Optimization: Drive payroll process improvements and automation initiatives, partnering with People Tech to optimize integrations between Workday and third-party payroll systems.
  • Subject Matter Expertise: Serve as the AMER payroll SME, providing clear, consistent guidance on policy interpretations, tax amendments, and payroll inquiries to internal partners and employees.
  • Data-Driven Reporting & Projects: Utilize payroll data and metrics to identify trends, support broader Finance and People initiatives (including platform and data-driven projects), and enable transparent decision-making.
  • Team Leadership & Culture: Support, guide, and mentor payroll team members to build regional capability, while modeling a collaborative culture that constructively challenges the status quo.
  • Monitor, track, and drive the timely resolution of open payroll tickets, ensuring clear documentation and communication with impacted stakeholders.
  • Drive payroll process improvements and automation initiatives, partnering with People Tech to optimize integrations between Workday and third-party payroll systems.
  • Utilize payroll data and metrics to identify trends, support broader Finance and People initiatives (including platform and data-driven projects), and enable transparent decision-making.

Requirements

  • Experience working with ADP and other third-party payroll providers
  • comfort working across multiple systems and integrations.
  • Proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets for reconciliations, variance analysis, and audit support.

Nice to have

  • Significant hands-on payroll experience for multi-state U.S. payroll plus at least one additional AMER country in a mid- to large-sized, multi-entity corporate environment.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. federal and state payroll tax, wage and hour rules, and year-end reporting
  • familiarity with Canadian, Mexican, and/or Brazilian regulations preferred.

Skills

  • Your base pay will depend on your experience, skills, education, training, and location among other factors.

Compensation

  • The US base salary range for this full-time position is $96,000 - $172,000.
  • Month-End Accounting Support: Collaborate with the GL team on month-end close activities, managing payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and salary-related accruals.

Benefits

  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with People Operations, Stock Administration, Compensation, Benefits, and external vendors (e.g., ADP) to streamline workflows and resolve complex payroll discrepancies.

Company info

  • Review and approve all payroll runs prior to transmission, ensuring strict alignment with internal controls, company policies, local regulations, and audit requirements.
  • Support, guide, and mentor payroll team members to build regional capability, while modeling a collaborative culture that constructively challenges the status quo.
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  • Guidewire Software, Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.
  • We are committed to an inclusive workplace, and believe that a diversity of perspectives, abilities, and cultures is a key to our success.
  • Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.
  • All offers are contingent upon passing a criminal history and other background checks where it's applicable to the position.

Visa & Work Authorization

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