Payroll Analyst
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Robert Half is seeking a Payroll Analyst for a contract assignment supporting a nonprofit organization. The role supports payroll operations and an ADP Workforce Now-to-Workday implementation, including payroll processing, multistate compliance, data validation and migration, and implementation testing. The posting also identifies Workday certification or partner consulting, nonprofit experience, Workday Financials exposure, and California payroll compliance as preferred qualifications.
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Description
We are looking for a Payroll Analyst to support a non-profit organization through a contract assignment. This role is ideal for a payroll specialist who can manage complex payroll operations with accuracy, maintain compliance across multiple states, and provide dependable support for a large employee population. The position requires strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to keep payroll processes running smoothly in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities:
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• Process complete payroll cycles for a large workforce, ensuring employees are paid accurately and on schedule.
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• Administer payroll activities for employees across multiple states while applying current wage, tax, and compliance requirements.
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• Use ADP Workforce Now to enter, review, validate, and maintain payroll data and related records.
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Full-cycle Workday implementation experience.
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Workday certification or Workday partner consulting background.
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Experience in nonprofit or mission-driven organizations.
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Exposure to Workday Financials and Finance workstreams.
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Knowledge of California payroll and labor compliance requirements.
Requirements
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Experience supporting ADP Workforce Now to Workday implementations, including employee data validation, cleansing, reconciliation, and migration activities.
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Strong understanding of HRIS, Payroll, Benefits, and Time & Attendance data, with experience preparing, auditing, and validating data for system conversions.
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Experience with Workday HCM, Payroll, Benefits, and Time Tracking, including testing, troubleshooting, and supporting implementation milestones.
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Advanced Excel skills, including data analysis, reconciliations, lookups, and large-volume data management.
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
Robert Half works to put you in the best position to succeed. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. Stay on top of every opportunity - whenever you choose - even on the go. Download the Robert Half app (https://www.roberthalf.com/us/en/mobile-app) and get 1-tap apply, notifications of AI-matched jobs, and much more.
Robert Half will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to contract/temporary professionals, including medical, vision, dental, and life and disability insurance. Hired contract/temporary professionals are also eligible to enroll in our company 401(k) plan. Visit roberthalf.gobenefits.net for more information.
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How this job compares
Set against the 602 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$65–90K/yr80 salary ranges
- US median$27–32/hr159 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 53 open Payroll Specialist jobs in California and 602 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Robert Half Accountemps (this employer)15 open
- H&R Block4 open
- Robert Half Finance & Accounting4 open
- Experience
- Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (422 postings).
- Education
- 34 of the 602 open Payroll Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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