SR. Payroll Business Analyst

A Brief Overview
The Lead Payroll Business Analyst is a strategic partner within the Payroll organization, responsible for driving complex initiatives that support payroll operations, compliance, analytics, and continuous improvement. This role collaborates with Payroll, HR, Finance, Tax, Total Rewards, IT, and external partners to analyze processes, evaluate data, and deliver scalable solutions that improve payroll accuracy, efficiency, and audit readiness.
This role operates with enterprise-level scope, managing cross-functional priorities and influencing decision-making across Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, and Technology.
This role serves as a functional lead, owning the end-to-end lifecycle of business initiatives while ensuring alignment with organizational goals, compliance requirements, and operational standards. In addition to hands-on analysis and execution, this role provides leadership in process governance, requirements management, and cross-functional alignment.
What You Will Do
Own and manage the intake, prioritization, and delivery of payroll and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring alignment with enterprise priorities and strategic objectives
Analyze payroll processes, systems, audit findings, ticket trends, and operational data to identify risks, inefficiencies, and improvement opportunities; translate insights into actionable recommendations supporting payroll operations, compliance, and decision‑making
Lead cross-functional working sessions with Payroll, HR, Finance, Benefits, and Technology stakeholders to define requirements, align priorities, and drive solution design
Manage and lead the end-to-end requirements lifecycle, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment across systems and workflows
Create and maintain business requirements, SOPs, process maps, workflows, control documentation, KPIs, dashboards, and reporting to support consistent, scalable, and audit‑ready payroll operations, including identifying opportunities for automation, standardization, and control enhancements
Lead advanced data analysis and translate complex payroll and system data into actionable insights that inform operational and leadership decision-making
Analyze data trends, anomalies, and root causes (e.g., overpayments, retroactivity, recurring errors) to drive process improvement and risk mitigation
Drive development and use of dashboards, KPIs, and data storytelling to provide visibility into performance, compliance, and strategic opportunities
Identify inefficiencies and lead automation and optimization efforts (e.g., Excel models, Power Automate) to improve scalability and reduce manual effort
Act as a liaison between business, technology, and external partners to ensure solutions are scalable, compliant, and aligned with enterprise standards
Manage cross-functional dependencies, timelines, and risks across multiple initiatives; proactively escalate issues and drive resolution
Support payroll initiatives and system changes by partnering with project, system, and QA teams; assist with UAT, deployment, adoption, training, job aids, and communications; and support internal and external audits through documentation, testing, issue tracking, and remediation
Ensure all deliverables are compliant with regulatory requirements, aligned with internal controls (SOX), and audit-ready
Lead and support payroll transformation initiatives and strategic projects, coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver outcomes aligned with scope and timelines
Serve as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor, influencing decisions and guiding stakeholders
Provide guidance and support to analysts or stakeholders, promoting best practices and adoption of tools, processes, and solutions
Provide backup support for designated payroll functions, including select payroll processing activities and backup support for Payroll Tax Analyst responsibilities as needed
Performs other duties as assigned
Complies with all policies and standards
What You Will Need
Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or other related field Preferred
High School Diploma Required
4-6 years relevant experience in payroll, business analysis, operational analytics, or a related role, with demonstrated ownership of complex, cross-functional initiatives Required
4-6 years experience supporting large-scale, enterprise-wide processes involving compliance, audits, and multi-system integrations Preferred
4–6 years experience working with high volume and multi-state payroll environments Preferred
Proven ability to lead process improvement initiatives, identify risks and control gaps, and implement scalable, standardized solutions Preferred
Ability to manage and influence cross-functional stakeholders, aligning multiple priorities and driving business outcomes across Payroll, HR, Finance, Benefits, and IT
Ability to serve as a functional lead and trusted advisor on enterprise-wide initiatives with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex payroll concepts to stakeholders and leadership
Demonstrated commitment to maintaining the confidentiality and security of sensitive payroll and employee data
Advanced ability to analyze complex payroll, system, and operational challenges and deliver practical, compliant, and scalable solutions that support long-term business objectives
What You Will Get
Competitive weekly pay and bonus opportunities.
Total job benefits valued at more than $10k*. This includes a 401(k) plan with company matching, medical coverage plans customized to suit your needs and a commitment to work/life balance through our paid time off (PTO) programs, company holidays and paid volunteer days.
Up to $5,250 in tuition reimbursement per year.
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Expected Work Location (Remote): It is expected that you will primarily perform work remotely. You may be asked to travel, as needed, to the Safelite Home Office (7400 Safelite Way, Columbus, OH 43235), or to other location(s) as designated by the Company. Changes to work location arrangements are subject to managerial approval and business needs.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as assigned to ensure workload coverage. This job description does NOT constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the organizational needs and requirements of the job change.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodations will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not, and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.
Other qualifications may be required to ensure employment eligibility in accordance with local laws, regulations and with Safelite Group, Inc. policies and practices.
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Benefit amounts are estimates only. Actual values will depend on benefit elections during enrollment.
This position description is not all inclusive for every aspect of this role. Reasonable accommodation will be made for individuals covered by ADA, ADEA, FMLA and other laws and regulations in accordance with their requirements. Physical and mental demands are not and should not be construed to be job qualification standards, but are illustrated to help the employer, employee and/or applicant identify tasks where reasonable accommodations may need to be made when an otherwise qualified person is unable to perform the job’s essential duties because of an ADA disability.

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