HR/Payroll IT & Systems Analyst

Title: HR/Payroll IT & Systems Analyst

Location: Remote / Hybrid - Saint Louis, MO

Job Type: Long Term Contract

Job Details:

This role serves as the primary IT liaison and systems analyst supporting HRIS, Payroll, Benefits, and related downstream vendor integrations.

The position partners closely with Payroll, HR, Benefits, IT, and external vendors to ensure the stability, accuracy, and integrity of critical HR/Payroll systems, with a heavy emphasis on ADP configuration, integrations, data movement, reporting, and access/security troubleshooting.

The role requires deep functional and technical expertise, strong cross-functional communication, and hands-on ownership of complex system processes and data flows across Workday, ADP, and vendor platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Required experience in ADP workday building editing integration files.

Required experience in payroll

Need someone technical to build files integration from ADP to downstream systems – Charles Schwab, vSwift – all integration files.

Rebuild, scheduling integrations, changing the schedules.

HRIS (all workday – houses all data, workday payroll module)

Integrate workday to ADP – ADP goes to vendors, employees, etc

Primary HR/Payroll IT Support

Serve as the primary point of contact for IT-related questions and issue resolution across HRIS, Payroll, and Benefits, including coordination with IT resources and downstream vendors (e.g., Schwab, BSwift).

Provide ongoing troubleshooting and resolution of issues involving SSO, ADP access, downstream vendor access, and system configurations.

Partner with functional leads including Payroll, HRIS, and Benefits, taking direction from business leaders.

Interim IT Business Partner (HR & Payroll)

Provide interim HR/Payroll IT Business Partner coverage.

Act as the central point of coordination between HR/Payroll and IT by managing the enhancement pipeline (intake → requirements → estimation → delivery), communicating status/risks, and driving decisions in partnership with business owners.

Systems & Integration Ownership

Maintain end-to-end responsibility for ADP configuration, integrations, data movement, and related vendor interfaces.

Lead Workday → ADP integration changes, including:

o Requirements gathering

o Configuration and mapping updates

o Testing

o Deployment

Own HR/Payroll technology change delivery practices: create requirements and interface specifications, coordinate UAT, produce release communications, and maintain runbooks/SOPs for repeatable processes.

Ensure accuracy, traceability, and auditability of all inbound/outbound data files, including reconciliation and exception handling.

Vendor & Contractor Coordination

Serve as the primary liaison for external vendors supporting HR/Payroll technology.

Act as the central point of contact for Cognizant contractor teams, ensuring clarity of tasks, priorities, and deadlines.

Provide operational coverage after Cognizant’s support window closes (noon ET through end of business).

Reporting, Analytics & Data Management

Build, enhance, and maintain complex Payroll and HRIS reporting, including:

Quarterly Gross-to-Net W‑2 reporting for ~1,700 employees.

Updates to ADP reports to support system changes, union requirements, compliance needs, and vendor specifications.

Support Finance by adding and maintaining Direct/Indirect labor classifications in employee profiles to improve GL and financial reporting.

Benefits & Open Enrolment Support

• Develop, test, validate, and deliver Benefits reporting in partnership with internal teams and third‑party vendors.

• Support Open Enrolment activities, including:

• Vendor coordination

• File updates

• Access/security support

• Troubleshooting downstream impacts

• Manage 401(k) configuration changes, macro development, testing, and deployment; coordinate with stakeholders and vendors to implement updates with minimal payroll impact.

• Daily Payroll Operational Support

• Provide daily operational coverage for Payroll systems, including:

• Troubleshooting Workday → ADP sync issues

• Managing and pushing changes / data updates

• Supporting time-sensitive payroll cycles

• Ensure data accuracy and timely resolution of issues outside vendor support hours.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience supporting Payroll, HRIS, and Benefits systems, preferably with ADP and Workday.

• Strong understanding of HR/Payroll data structures, integrations, and vendor ecosystem dependencies.

• Proven ability to manage complex reporting, audits, and data reconciliation.

• Excellent communication skills with the ability to partner across HR, Payroll, IT, and external vendors.

• Experience coordinating work across internal/external technical teams.