Payroll Analyst at Paramount

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Overview and Responsibilities:

The Payroll Analyst is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of payroll-related financial data, maintaining detailed payroll records, and supporting accounting operations connected to employee compensation. This position requires a detail-oriented professional with robust analytical skills, able to collaborate with HR, Finance, and other departments to guarantee compliance with company policies and regulatory reporting requirements.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Reconcile weekly and monthly payroll expenses, liabilities, and accruals to divisional GL files
• Reconcile payroll balance sheet accounts, review and resolve discrepancies in payroll-related transactions, and ensure proper documentation for all payroll accounting entries
• Assist with preparation and distribution of monthly equity reconciliation
• Prepare and distribute recurring and ad hoc payroll divisional accounting reports
• Support month-, quarter- and year-end closing activities for payroll accounts, ensuring accuracy in financial statements
• Provide support for internal and external audit reporting requests and periodic SOX compliance testing
• Coordinate with Finance/IT on changes affecting payroll accounting and participate in testing of associated system enhancements
• Participate in process improvement initiatives and system upgrades that impact payroll accounting functions
• Special projects as assigned
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of payroll accounting experience
• Experience using large-scale payroll and accounting systems
• Demonstrated experience in interpreting payroll results and costing in General Ledger
• Proficiency with advanced Excel formulas and pivot tables; familiarity using data access software, query reporting tools
• Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and work well under pressure
• Proactive with excellent follow-up skills
  
  

Paramount Skydance Corporation (NASDAQ: PSKY) is a leading global media and entertainment company that creates premium content and experiences for audiences worldwide. Driven by iconic studios, networks and streaming services, Paramount's portfolio of consumer brands includes CBS, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, Paramount+, and Pluto TV, among others. Paramount delivers the largest share of the U.S. television audience and boasts one of the industry's most important and extensive libraries of TV and film titles. In addition to offering innovative streaming services and digital video products, the company provides powerful capabilities in production, distribution and advertising solutions.

What We Offer:

• Attractive compensation and comprehensive benefits packages. Check out our full list of benefits here: https://www.paramount.com/careers/benefits
• Generous paid time off.
• An exciting and fulfilling opportunity to be part of one of Paramount’s most dynamic teams.
• Opportunities for both on-site and virtual engagement events.
• Unique opportunities to make meaningful connections and build a vibrant community, both inside and outside the workplace.
• Explore life at Paramount: https://www.paramount.com/careers/life-at-paramount
  
  

Paramount is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) including disability/vet.

At Paramount, the spirit of inclusion feeds into everything that we do, on-screen and off. From the programming and movies we create to employee benefits/programs and social impact outreach initiatives, we believe that opportunity, access, resources and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Paramount is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, and Veteran status.

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