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Payroll Compliance Analyst

As a Payroll Compliance Analyst at Community Health Systems (CHS) Shared Business Operations, you'll play a vital role in supporting our purpose to help people get well and live healthier by providing safe, quality healthcare, building enduring relationships with our patients, and providing value for the people and communities we serve. Our team members enjoy a robust benefits package including:

• Competitive compensation
• Paid time off for vacations, holidays, and illness
• Comprehensive health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Education support and student loan assistance
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending account

Job Summary The Payroll Compliance Analyst ensures that payroll operations comply with all applicable federal, state, and local labor laws, tax regulations, and internal control policies. This role is responsible for auditing payroll processes, analyzing compliance risks, and supporting accurate reporting and documentation. The Payroll Compliance Analyst partners with various teams to implement and maintain controls that ensure proper wage and hour practices, tax filings, and recordkeeping across the organization.

Essential Functions

• Audits payroll processes and transactions to verify compliance with wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and company policies.
• Reviews pay calculations, deductions, and adjustments to ensure adherence to FLSA, IRS, and state labor standards.
• Prepares detailed payroll compliance reports, summaries, and analyses for management and regulatory review.
• Monitors and interprets changes in federal, state, and local laws related to payroll, wages, and tax compliance.
• Partners with Payroll and HRIS teams to ensure system configurations align with current tax and labor requirements.
• Coordinates with internal and external auditors during payroll and tax audits, providing documentation and reconciliations as needed.
• Assists with tax filing, reporting, and reconciliation of payroll liabilities to ensure proper remittance of payroll-related taxes.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies in payroll data, ensuring accuracy and timely corrective actions.
• Collaborates with HR, Legal, and Finance to address complex compliance matters or legislative changes impacting payroll.
• Supports payroll year-end activities including W-2 validation, adjustments, and audit support.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Maintains regular and reliable attendance.
• Complies with all policies and standards.

Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or GED required
• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field preferred
• 2-4 years of payroll processing, auditing, or compliance experience required
• Experience with multi-state payroll operations and tax compliance preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of FLSA, wage and hour laws, and payroll tax regulations.
• Proficiency with payroll systems (e.g., Oracle, ADP) and Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to interpret and apply complex payroll legislation.
• Demonstrated integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgment.

This is a fully remote opportunity This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship now or in the future. Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. for any employer.

Community Health Systems is one of the nation's leading healthcare providers. With healthcare delivery systems in 36 distinct markets across 14 states, CHS operates 69 affiliated hospitals with more than 10,000 beds and approximately 1,000 other sites of care, including physician practices, urgent care centers, freestanding emergency departments, imaging centers, cancer centers, and ambulatory surgery centers.

Equal Employment Opportunity This organization does not discriminate in any way to deprive any person of employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect the status of any employee because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, citizenship, veteran status, or military or uniformed services, in accordance with all applicable governmental laws and regulations. In addition, the facility complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. This applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to: hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. If you are an applicant with a mental or physical disability who needs a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, contact the director of Human Resources at the facility to which you are seeking employment; Simply go to to obtain the main telephone number of the facility and ask for Human Resources.