Senior Business Systems Analyst – SAP US Payroll & Tax Compliance

Job Title: Senior Business Systems Analyst – SAP US Payroll & Tax Compliance Role: Business Systems Analyst (BSA) Work Location: Toronto, ON Hybrid (4 Days WFO) Duration: 6–12 Months Skills Required:

• Business Systems Analysis
• SAP US Payroll
• BSI Tax Factory
• NY State Employment Tax Compliance
• Payroll Tax Withholding
• System Integration
• Requirements Gathering
• Process Mapping
• Regulatory Compliance
• SAP Configuration
• Data Mapping
• Data Validation
• SFTP
• Concur Travel & Expense
• EY Mobility Platform
• Stakeholder Management Years Experience:
• 5+ Years as a Business Systems Analyst in Financial Services or a Regulated Environment Top 3 Skills Required:
• Strong expertise in SAP US Payroll (BSI Tax Factory), including configuration, data structures, and withholding calculations.
• Experience with payroll tax compliance, regulatory requirements, and multi-system integration.
• Strong business analysis skills, including requirements gathering, process mapping, stakeholder management, and technical documentation. Top 3 Skills Preferred:
• NY State Employment Tax Compliance experience.
• Experience with Concur Travel & Expense, EY tools, or third-party tax/compliance platforms.
• Experience with regulatory compliance, audit remediation, and compensation integration workflows. Educational Qualifications:
• Relevant degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business, Finance, or a related field. Roles and Responsibilities:
• Conduct detailed interviews with Payroll, Global Mobility, Concur, EY, Finance, and other stakeholders to gather functional and technical requirements.
• Document current-state processes and identify gaps related to NYS wage withholding, trailing compensation, relocation tracking, and remote work location capture.
• Create detailed requirements specifications for system integrations and process automation.
• Validate requirements across multiple stakeholder groups for alignment and completeness.
• Analyze SAP US Payroll module configuration for NYS tax withholding calculations.
• Identify configuration gaps and recommend enhancements to support automated withholding.
• Understand wage types, vesting periods, and tax sourcing logic within SAP.
• Collaborate with the Solution Architect on SAP update process automation design.
• Validate compensation data mapping and transformation rules.
• Define requirements for Concur to SAP data integration.
• Define requirements for Tech Infrastructure to EY Mobility Platform Business Travel tool integration.
• Document compensation data flow between RBC Payroll, SFTP, EY Tool, and SAP.
• Specify badge swipe location data integration points and validation logic.
• Identify data quality requirements and reconciliation procedures across multiple systems.
• Define SLAs and turnaround times for data processing, including year-end processing.
• Understand NY State employment tax requirements and audit findings.
• Translate regulatory requirements into system and process requirements.
• Work with Payroll teams to clarify workday definitions, trailing compensation sourcing, non-resident wage allocation, and relocation tax impacts.
• Ensure all requirements documentation is audit-defensible.
• Define requirements for capturing actual NYS workdays and remote work locations.
• Assess alternative location data sources including transit, IP tracking, and mobile location data.
• Document employee validation and reconciliation workflows.
• Define detailed compensation data requirements for EY platform integration.
• Specify SFTP transmission schedules, validation rules, and reconciliation processes.
• Identify data governance, security, and compliance requirements.
• Serve as the primary liaison between IT and business stakeholders including Payroll and Global Mobility.
• Facilitate requirements workshops and validation sessions.
• Escalate blockers and ambiguities to the Senior Project Manager and Solution Architect.
• Provide regular status updates on requirements, feasibility, and project progress.