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.