Systems Analyst, HR and Payroll

Point72

United States

On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Strong fit for candidates with multinational payroll experience who can manage complex system integrations and collaborate across global teams.

Best fit for

Candidates with 7+ years in multinational payroll operations and system configuration
— “At least 7 years of experience in payroll systems, human resources systems, or payroll operations within a multinational organization”
Individuals who can translate business needs into technical system requirements
— “Analyze end-to-end payroll processes and translate business needs into clear system requirements”
Professionals skilled in global payroll compliance and data security practices
— “Working knowledge of payroll compliance and controls, including data privacy, approval controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, statutory deadlines, and secure data handling”

Things to consider

The role requires managing global payroll cycles and working across multiple time zones
— “Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to manage priorities across regions and time zones”
The position involves handling sensitive employee and banking data with strong audit controls
— “Reconcile payroll outputs across source and target systems, identify variances, and strengthen audit controls for sensitive employee and banking data”

How to stand out

Highlight your experience with multi-country payroll processes and statutory compliance
— “Strong understanding of multi-country payroll processes, including gross-to-net calculations, taxes, benefits, pensions, garnishments, retro pay, final pay, and year-end processing”
Emphasize your ability to configure and test payroll systems like Workday
— “Hands-on experience with human capital management and payroll platforms such as Workday”
Demonstrate your capability in triaging and resolving payroll data defects efficiently
— “Support payroll cycles by triaging production issues, resolving data defects, validating results, and coordinating urgent fixes before payroll close”
Showcase your experience with outsourced payroll providers such as CloudPay
— “Experience supporting outsourced payroll processing through providers such as CloudPay”
Demonstrate your ability to lead testing for system releases and country rollouts
— “Lead testing for releases, country rollouts, statutory updates, and process improvements”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

accurate payroll execution
timely payroll cycles
integration troubleshooting
process improvements

Typical background

payroll systemshuman resources systems

Skills & requirements

Required

Payroll SystemsHuman Resources SystemsMulti-country Payroll ProcessesIntegration ManagementPayroll ComplianceSystem ConfigurationTestingDocumentationCollaboration

Preferred

Cloud ArchitecturesAI Solutions

Stack & domain

Payroll SystemsHuman Resources SystemsPayroll OperationsMulti-country Payroll ProcessesGross-to-net CalculationsTaxesBenefitsPensionsGarnishmentsRetro PayYear-end ProcessingIntegration ManagementData MappingTest ScriptsDefect TrackingRegression TestingGo-live ReadinessReconciliation ControlsDocumentationPayroll ComplianceTeamworkCommunicationProblem-solvingCollaborationLeadershipAttention To DetailSelf-motivationCustomer CommunicationFollow-throughFinanceHuman ResourcesPayroll

About the role

Original posting from Point72 via Greenhouse

A Career with Point72's Technology Team
As Point72 reimagines the future of investing, our Technology team is constantly evolving our firm’s IT infrastructure and engineering capabilities, positioning us at the forefront of a rapidly evolving technology landscape. We’re a team of experts who experiment and work to discover new ways to harness open-source solutions, modern cloud architectures, and sophisticated Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions, while embracing enterprise agile methodologies. Our commitment to building and innovating in the AI space provides the framework intended to drive smarter decision making and enhance how we build and operate our platforms and applications.
As a member of Point72’s Technology team, we encourage and support your professional development from day one—helping you advance your technical skills, contribute innovative ideas, and satisfy your own intellectual curiosity—all while delivering real business impact for our multi-billion-dollar global business.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
Support the technology for global payroll across countries supported by our core and third-party payroll platforms, helping ensure accurate and timely payroll execution
Analyze end-to-end payroll processes and translate business needs into clear system requirements, configuration updates, integration changes, and control enhancements
Support payroll cycles by triaging production issues, resolving data defects, validating results, and coordinating urgent fixes before payroll close
Monitor and troubleshoot integrations across payroll, human resources, finance, banking, benefits, equity, time, and tax-related systems
Partner with global payroll teams to manage calendars, cutoffs, approvals, funding timelines, bank files, payslips, reporting, and reconciliations
Configure, test, and maintain payroll-related system functionality, including pay groups, pay components, deductions, payroll inputs, accounting, and payslip setup
Lead testing for releases, country rollouts, statutory updates, and process improvements, including test scripts, defect tracking, regression testing, and go-live readiness
Reconcile payroll outputs across source and target systems, identify variances, and strengthen audit controls for sensitive employee and banking data
Maintain documentation for payroll processes, integrations, data mappings, runbooks, test evidence, issue logs, and country-specific operating procedures
Collaborate with internal and external partners to deliver resilient payroll systems
WHAT'S REQUIRED
At least 7 years of experience in payroll systems, human resources systems, or payroll operations within a multinational organization
Hands-on experience with human capital management and payroll platforms such as Workday, including business processes, security roles, worker data, payroll inputs, and payroll results
Experience supporting outsourced payroll processing through providers such as CloudPay, including input templates, validations, payroll previews, variance analysis, approvals, statutory outputs, banking files, and payslips
Strong understanding of multi-country payroll processes, including gross-to-net calculations, taxes, benefits, pensions, garnishments, retro pay, final pay, and year-end processing
Ability to manage and troubleshoot integrations using payroll data files, secure file transfers, application interfaces, field mapping, effective dating, error handling, and reconciliation controls
Working knowledge of payroll compliance and controls, including data privacy, approval controls, segregation of duties, audit trails, statutory deadlines, and secure data handling
Experience supporting system changes through requirements gathering, functional specifications, configuration support, test scripts, user acceptance testing, release management, and post-production support
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to explain technical issues clearly and manage priorities across regions and time zones
Commitment to the highest ethical standards
WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE
We invest in our people, their careers, their health, and their well-being. When you work here, we provide:
Fully-paid health care benefits
Generous parental and family leave policies
Volunteer opportunities
Support for employee-led affinity groups representing women, people of color and the LGBT+ community
Mental and physical wellness programs
Tuition assistance
A 401(k) savings program with an employer match and more
ABOUT POINT72
Point72 is a leading global alternative investment firm led by Steven A. Cohen. Building on more than 30 years of investing experience, Point72 seeks to deliver superior returns for its investors through fundamental and systematic investing strategies across asset classes and geographies. We aim to attract and retain the industry’s brightest talent by cultivating an investor-led culture and committing to our people’s long-term growth. For more information, visit https://point72.com/.
The annual base salary range for this role is $150,000-$225,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

Source: Point72 careers (Greenhouse)