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The Labor Accounting Analyst is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and integrity of labor and payroll charges across enterprise financial systems; reviews, reconciles, and resolves labor distribution and payroll discrepancies, ensuring costs are allowable, properly allocated, and compliant with institutional policies, sponsor requirements, and reporting deadlines; serves as a key internal control point for labor-related financial data and supports accurate sponsor billing and financial reporting; analyzes cross-system labor data, determining appropriate corrective actions, and advising stakeholders on labor and timekeeping compliance.

• Review and monitor labor distribution and payroll reports within the human resources information system (HRIS) and the financial system to ensure labor charges are accurate, complete, and timely
• Prepare, submit, and validate labor corrections and uploads to ensure accurate financial reporting and sponsor billing prior to month-end close
• Perform month-end labor reconciliation by analyzing variances and discrepancies between payroll and financial systems; determine root causes and implement corrective actions
• Verify employee hourly rates, overtime calculations, and leave payouts to ensure accurate costing and compliance with institutional and sponsor requirements
• Review and monitor pay accounts to confirm labor costs are appropriately charged and distributed
• Ensure labor charges comply with University, ARL, sponsor, and state-mandated requirements
• Identify compliance risks related to labor distribution, payroll processing, and sponsor billing; take corrective action to mitigate financial and audit exposure
• Complete required labor-related compliance reporting, including mandated activity and effort reporting
• Analyze and resolve payroll-to-financial system interface errors by reviewing posting error reports, identifying root causes, and collaborating with accounting staff to correct transactions
• Serve as a subject-matter resource regarding labor distribution, timekeeping requirements, deadlines, and compliance expectations; provide guidance on corrective actions needed to resolve labor discrepancies and prevent future issues
• Communicate labor and payroll requirements clearly and effectively to a broad range of stakeholders
• Assist with labor expenditure reporting and analysis to support financial oversight and sponsor reporting needs
• Evaluate labor data trends and recurring issues to recommend process improvements and strengthen internal controls

Level:

– Professional

Base Description:

– Completes activities, tasks, and/or projects of a functional nature.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates baseline working knowledge of routine work tasks. Follows the standard principles and practices. Acts under direct and frequent supervision using established procedures with detailed instructions. Participates as a team member and actively contributes to completion of team goals. Clearly communicates information.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– None

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Typically none

Problem Solving:

– Encounters routine problems
– Follows recommended course of action and procedures to resolve problems

Independence of Action:

– Work is closely monitored by supervisor
– Detailed instructions and procedures are provided
– Applies standard operating procedures with limited guidelines for deviation

Communication and Collaboration:

– Typically communicates internally within working unit
– Collaborates closely with team members
– Clearly communicates information, ideas, or instructions verbally and in writing

• Comp Grade – 7
• Minimum – $46,400.00
• MidPoint – $56,800.00
• Maximum – $67,300.00