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Senior Cost & Data Analyst

ASCENDING Miami, FL

Miami, FL

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Job Description

ASCENDING is hiring a Senior Cost & Data Analyst on a contract-to-hire basis in Miami, FL (hybrid) with a very flexible hybrid schedule. In this role, you will help strengthen labor cost allocation accuracy and reporting quality through audit-ready documentation, reconciliations, and ongoing process improvements.

You will focus on recurring labor allocation runs, delivering allocation journals for month-end close, and partnering with FP&A and People leaders to support headcount planning and workforce cost questions. The work is hands-on and data-driven, with an emphasis on maintaining clean, reliable employee data as it flows into allocations and dashboards.

Responsibilities

Prepare and run recurring monthly, quarterly, and year-end labor cost allocations across departments, cost centers, projects, entities, and funding sources
Maintain allocation methodologies, drivers, and assumptions (including headcount, time tracking, effort reporting, and percent-of-time) and document any changes
Allocate fully loaded labor costs, including salary, bonus, commissions, benefits, payroll taxes, equity compensation, and other employer costs
Reconcile allocated labor costs to payroll registers, the general ledger, and HRIS records, investigating and resolving variances
Support month-end close by delivering allocation journals and supporting schedules on schedule
Assist with audit, compliance, and tax needs, such as capitalized software labor, R&D credits, and grant or contract cost reporting, with documentation that stands up to scrutiny
Build and maintain reports and dashboards for labor cost, headcount, and cost-center trends
Partner with FP&A on headcount planning, labor forecasts, and budget-to-actual analysis
Provide ad hoc analysis for People and business leaders on workforce cost questions
Monitor the integrity of employee data feeding allocations (org structure, cost center mappings, job and location data, employment status)
Identify errors and gaps early, and coordinate with HRIS, Payroll, and managers to resolve issues at the source
Create and maintain process documentation, controls, and audit trails

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Data Analytics, Economics, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
7+ years of experience in data analysis, financial analysis, payroll or HR analytics, or accounting
Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas, reconciliations)
Working knowledge of SQL, with comfort handling large, messy datasets
Strong attention to detail and a track record of reconciling data across multiple systems
Ability to explain technical or methodological topics clearly to non-technical stakeholders
Discretion handling confidential employee and compensation data

Technologies

Excel, Google Sheets, SQL
Workday, ADP, HiBob
NetSuite

Preferred

Experience with labor cost allocations, cost accounting, or month-end close processes
Familiarity with HRIS and payroll systems (Workday, ADP, HiBob) and ERP or GL systems (NetSuite)
Experience building or improving controls and audit-ready documentation
Exposure to multi-entity or multi-country allocations

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