{"id":3706945,"url":"https://alion.io/job/fortra-payroll-analyst","title":"Payroll Analyst","company":{"id":1768304,"name":"Fortra","domain":"fortra.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/fortra","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Workday","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Canada"],"countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries":["CA"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T21:27:37Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-07T04:57:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":3,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":3},"description":"Whether you’re an experienced professional or just getting started, your contributions matter at Fortra. If you’re passionate about tackling meaningful challenges alongside talented team members committed to helping each other succeed, all while having lots of fun, we want to hear from you. We offer competitive benefits and salaries, personal and professional development opportunities, flexibility, and much more!\nThe Payroll Analyst supports accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing for US and Canadian employees, with a primary focus on payroll tax administration and compliance. The role supports federal, state, local, and provincial payroll tax activities, including tax setup, reconciliations, agency notices, registrations, reporting, and coordination with third-party tax and unemployment providers. Working closely with the Sr. Payroll Analyst and Payroll Manager, this role researches and resolves payroll tax discrepancies, monitors tax filings and liabilities, maintains supporting documentation, and helps ensure employee and employer tax obligations are accurately reflected in Workday and with external agencies and providers. The Payroll Analyst also supports assigned payroll processing activities and contributes to continuous improvement, automation, and standardization across US and Canadian payroll operations.\n\nWHAT YOU'LL DO\nUS & Canada Payroll Tax and Compliance\nSupport administration and reconciliation of US federal, state, and local payroll taxes and Canadian federal and provincial payroll deductions and employer contributions.\nReview payroll tax liabilities and reconcile payroll results to tax provider records, payroll control totals, and general ledger data as applicable.\nMonitor payroll tax filings, payments, and outstanding items completed through third-party tax providers and follow issues through resolution.\nResearch and coordinate resolution of federal, state, local, provincial, and unemployment tax notices, working with payroll vendors and government agencies as appropriate.\nSupport employer tax registrations, account setup, jurisdiction changes, and agency account maintenance as the organization adds or changes employee work locations.\nReview employee tax setup and investigate withholding discrepancies, including US state and local taxation and Canadian federal and provincial withholding.\nSupport year-end payroll tax activities, including Forms W-2 and W-2c, Canadian T4 and T4A slips, associated reconciliations, corrections, and employee inquiries.\nSupport reconciliation and administration of US unemployment taxes and Canadian Pension Plan and Employment Insurance deductions and employer contributions.\nMaintain complete documentation and audit trails for tax filings, payments, notices, reconciliations, corrections, and agency correspondence.\nTrack tax issues through resolution and escalate material compliance risks or recurring discrepancies to the Sr. Payroll Analyst or Payroll Manager.\nUS & Canada Payroll Processing\nExecute assigned US and Canadian payroll activities, including payroll inputs, audits, reconciliations, corrections, and post-payroll validation, partnering with the Sr. Payroll Analyst to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant results.\nPerform pre- and post-payroll audits to identify discrepancies involving taxable wages, deductions, withholding, and employer taxes.\nResearch and resolve payroll discrepancies and employee tax issues within established payroll deadlines.\nSupport off-cycle payrolls, adjustments, prior-period corrections, and year-end payroll processing as assigned.\nGenerate recurring and ad hoc payroll and tax reports for management and business partners.\nProvide responsive, accurate, and confidential support to employees regarding payroll and tax-related inquiries.\nSystems, Vendor Management, and Process Improvement\nReview and validate payroll tax configuration and employee tax elections in Workday Payroll, escalating configuration issues when appropriate.\nIdentify potential payroll configuration or data issues through reconciliation and audit reports.\nPartner with People Systems resources to test payroll and tax-related configuration changes, Workday releases, payroll tax updates, and regulatory changes.\nServe as the payroll point of contact for unemployment tax, coordinating requests with the external service provider, monitoring deadlines and outstanding items, and escalating unresolved issues as needed.\nCollaborate with People Experience, Finance, and other departments to support accurate data flow and effective resolution of payroll-related issues.\nIdentify and recommend process improvements, including stronger controls, automation, standardization, and clear process documentation.\nMaintain current knowledge of US and Canadian payroll tax changes and assess potential operational impacts.\n\nQUALIFICATIONS\nRequired Qualifications\nAssociate degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant payroll experience. \n3+ years of US payroll experience, including hands-on payroll tax or payroll compliance responsibilities.\nExperience supporting multi-state payroll taxation, including US federal, state, and local withholding and unemployment taxes\nExperience performing payroll and payroll tax reconciliations and researching discrepancies. \nExperience researching and coordinating responses to payroll tax notices or government agency inquiries. \nExperience working with third-party payroll, tax filing, unemployment, or compliance service providers. \nExperience reviewing tax, wage, liability, and reconciliation reports. \nStrong Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with payroll data and reconciliation reports. \nStrong analytical, organizational, documentation, communication, and problem-solving skills. \nAbility to manage competing deadlines, follow issues through resolution, and escalate risks appropriately. \nHigh level of integrity and discretion when handling confidential employee and payroll information. \nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience supporting Canadian payroll, including CPP, EI, federal and provincial taxation, and year-end reporting. \nExperience with Workday Payroll; experience with ADP Workforce Now or a comparable payroll platform is also valuable. \nExperience with employer tax registrations and multi-jurisdiction payroll tax account maintenance. \nExperience supporting year-end W-2 and T4 reconciliation and processing. \nThis position requires proficiency in English to interact, support and/or provide services to non-French speaking customers, employees and/or partners inside and/or outside the province of Quebec.\nWe are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds.\nWe do not require Canadian work experience; all relevant experience will be considered. This posting is for an existing vacancy.\nExpected Compensation: C$70,000 - C$90,000\nReady to join us? Visit our website to learn more about why employees choose to work for Fortra. Remember to connect with us on LinkedIn.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7222,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"associate","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"French","level":"All levels","optional":true},{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":true}]},"benefits":["Professional development"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Canada","iso":"CA","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Workflow & Process Automation (RPA, BPM)","Managed Security","Data Loss Prevention","Email Security"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T21:27:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":3,"expected_fill_days":26,"reasons":["conf:0","velocity","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-07T05:47:08Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/fortra-payroll-analyst","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/fortra-payroll-analyst.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-07T19:38:20Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":30629,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-08T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":1768304},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=1768304"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Ffortra-payroll-analyst"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Ffortra-payroll-analyst"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Ffortra-payroll-analyst"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/fortra-payroll-analyst\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Ffortra-payroll-analyst"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3706945}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"fortra.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3706945},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. Docs: https://alion.io/developers"}}