Payroll Compliance Analyst – Advanced

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🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $91.3k - $114.2k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Independence Pet Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

🛡️ Insurance

👥 B2C

🧘 Wellness

Insurance • B2C • Wellness

Independence Pet Group is one of North America’s largest pet insurance and services organizations. The company supports insurance for more than 800,000 pets in the U. S. and Canada, with a mission to strengthen the bond between pets and their owners through innovative products and services. IPG offers a comprehensive range of underwriting options, turnkey partner solutions, and consumer-facing insurance products to support pets throughout their lives. The company is home to several insurance brands, providing vital support and services in the pet care industry.

📋 Description

• Monitor and ensure compliance with applicable payroll regulations in the United States and Canada • Research, interpret, and communicate new payroll legislation and regulatory requirements • Maintain payroll compliance calendars, filing schedules, and regulatory obligations • Partner with Legal, Finance, Human Resources, and external service providers to implement compliance requirements • Keep payroll policies, procedures, and controls current and aligned with applicable laws • Execute recurring payroll compliance reviews and operational audits • Identify control gaps and compliance risks through proactive monitoring and testing • Perform root cause analysis and corrective action planning for payroll exceptions • Support Internal Audit, External Audit, SOX compliance activities, and regulatory examinations • Maintain payroll control documentation, audit evidence, and remediation records • Track compliance issues through resolution and provide executive-level status reporting • Validate employee tax setup and jurisdiction assignments • Review payroll tax filings and remittances for accuracy and completeness • Coordinate responses to tax notices and government inquiries • Partner with external payroll tax vendors to resolve filing discrepancies • Support year-end tax reporting activities, including W-2, T4, RL-1, state reporting, and provincial reporting • Audit payroll transactions and investigate and resolve compliance issues affecting employee pay • Review earnings, deductions, tax calculations, benefit deductions, PTO payouts, final pay calculations, and garnishment processing • Support payroll integration activities for acquisitions and new entities • Coordinate payroll registrations and agency account setup • Evaluate compliance implications of business transitions and organizational changes • Assist with payroll vendor transitions, entity consolidations, and process standardization • Maintain payroll SOPs, compliance documentation, and governance materials • Recommend improvements to strengthen internal controls and reduce operational risk • Support implementation of payroll technologies and automation initiatives • Develop and maintain compliance dashboards and operational metrics • Participate in strategic payroll transformation projects • Analyze payroll data to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities • Prepare executive summaries and compliance reports for leadership • Monitor and report compliance, audit readiness, controls, tax, operations, remediation, and service-delivery KPIs

🎯 Requirements

• Experience, skills, and certifications relevant to payroll compliance, audit, tax, controls, and regulatory governance • Knowledge of applicable payroll regulations in the United States and Canada • Ability to research, interpret, and communicate payroll legislation and regulatory requirements • Experience maintaining payroll compliance calendars, filing schedules, and regulatory obligations • Experience with payroll compliance reviews and operational audits • Ability to identify control gaps and compliance risks through monitoring and testing • Root cause analysis and corrective action planning for payroll exceptions • Experience supporting Internal Audit, External Audit, SOX compliance activities, and regulatory examinations • Knowledge of payroll tax filings, remittances, tax notices, and government inquiries • Experience with W-2, T4, RL-1, state reporting, and provincial reporting • Knowledge of employee tax setup, jurisdiction assignments, earnings, deductions, tax calculations, benefit deductions, PTO payouts, final pay, and garnishments • Experience supporting payroll integrations for acquisitions and new entities • Experience with payroll registrations, agency account setup, vendor transitions, entity consolidations, and process standardization • Experience maintaining payroll SOPs, compliance documentation, and governance materials • Ability to develop and maintain compliance dashboards, operational metrics, executive summaries, and compliance reports • Ability to analyze payroll data and monitor compliance, audit readiness, controls, tax, operations, remediation, and service-delivery KPIs

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive full medical, dental and vision Insurance • Basic Life Insurance at no cost to the employee • Company paid short-term and long-term disability • 12 weeks of 100% paid Parental Leave • Health Savings Account (HSA) • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) • Retirement savings plan • Personal Paid Time Off • Paid holidays and company-wide Wellness Day off • Paid time off to volunteer at nonprofit organizations • Pet friendly office environment • Commuter Benefits • Group Pet Insurance • On the job training and skills development • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)