Workforce Management Analyst

Workforce Management AnalystOnsite Mon Thursday with Fridays Remote (during training period Fridays will be onsite) Pay: $30.00 - $36.00 / hourly on contract (based on experience) Contract: 3 months on contract (potential for fulltime hire with client but not guaranteed) Principal Duties & ResponsibilitiesCompile, analyze and provide detailed and summary reports for leadership to help leverage store related payroll expenses. Implement new payroll dashboards and reports as needed. Responsible for generating and distributing key payroll reports on a weekly and monthly basis. This includes timely reconciliations of data to ensure accuracy of reporting, processing adjustments, preparing journal entries, account reconciliations and results commentary. Responsible for process review, simplification and documentation, as well as, project management and implementation related to Store Payroll, Compass Time Keeping & Labor Scheduling, Wage Management, Staffing and Scheduling, Punch Guarding and all other store labor related systems and data. Monitor wage and hour compliance Review minimum wage changes and other merit increases, pay ranges, staffing mix and other payroll impacting drivers. Prepare communications and training material to share with various levels in the Company from Stores to Senior Leadership and work with Store Ops Communications Team to assign tasks, communicate information and train as needed. Work directly with IT to troubleshoot data inconsistencies, errors and other technical issues. Responsible for solution design, development, testing and implementation of enhancements related to systems and processes. Support overall Store Simplification and other Systems Integration. Other duties as assigned Minimum RequirementsEducation: Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Data Analytics, Finance or similar field Work Experience: 3-5 years' experience in an analyst role/capacity. Report development and instructional design experience. Job Related Skills: Highly self-motivated and directed, able to exercise independent decision making and taking action. Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail. Excellent listening and interpersonal skills; excellent written and oral communication skills are required. Candidate must be deadline driven with demonstrated project management and organization skills. Technical Skills: Advanced MS Excel, MS Office suite. Modern BI tool experience (MicroStrategy, SAP Business Objects, Tableau, etc) Preferred: 1-3 years Retail Operations experience. Finance and/or Accounting experience a plus. Prior experience in a Work Force Management platform. Working knowledge of SQL and/or VBA. Nice to have