The Home Depot

HR Services Payroll Analyst

The Home Depot
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in administering high volume multi-state payroll processes, ensuring compliance with payroll regulations and auditing standards. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential for resolving issues and maintaining accurate payroll data.

Highest-signal resume keywords
High Volume Multi-State Payroll AdministrationGross-To-Net Payroll CalculationsPayroll Regulations ComplianceStrong Analytical SkillsCPP Certification

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Administer a high volume weekly payroll process utilizing a computer-based system
  • Collect, analyze, update, and reconcile payroll and benefit data on a weekly basis
  • Serve as liaison between users, vendors, and IT to research and resolve issues
  • Create and implement auditing tools to ensure compliance with Federal, State, and Local authorities and eliminate erroneous payments
  • Contribute to SOX audit compliance
  • Frequently review error logs and transactions to ensure the system is running as required
  • Process payroll and related reporting for Home Depot associates in the U.S., Canada, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Guam
  • Report to the Sr. HR Services Business Analyst
  • No direct responsibility for supervising others

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Must be eighteen years of age or older
  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job
  • Minimum 3 years of work experience
  • At least 3 years recent experience administering a complete high volume multi-state payroll process for a large company
  • Extensive experience in gross-to-net payroll, state and federal pay rule calculations and payroll regulations
  • Familiarity with Payroll System
  • Strong understanding of payroll principles, practices, and standards
  • Strong analytical skills
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Detailed oriented and strong follow up skills
  • CPP is preferred
  • Canada Payroll and Pay Rule processing is preferred
  • Expatriate and Foreign National payroll processing is preferred

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Overnight travel typically less than 10% of the time
  • Location Independent-Commutable remote work arrangement

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Hard Skills
Payroll ProcessingPayroll Data ReconciliationFederal Payroll RegulationsState Payroll RegulationsPayroll PrinciplesAuditing Tools ImplementationError Log ReviewBenefit Data AnalysisPayroll ReportingMulti-State Pay Rule Calculations
Soft Skills
Strong Oral Communication SkillsStrong Written Communication SkillsDetail OrientedStrong Follow Up Skills
Tools & Technologies
Payroll System
Certifications & Qualifications
CPP
Industry Keywords
SOX Audit ComplianceExpatriate Payroll ProcessingForeign National Payroll ProcessingHome Depot Payroll ProcessingPayroll Compliance