Payroll Specialist
Job Category: Human Resources
Our team is searching for a Payroll Specialist that can perform and manage payroll workflow. With 1,500+ employees spread across multiple sites, our organization has many moving pieces. We need someone who can be focused on the details and processes in an accurate and timely fashion.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily payroll department operations
- Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely
- Reconcile multi-state payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports
- Understand proper taxation of employer paid benefits
- Understand employer paid benefits
- Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance
- Time and attendance processing and interface with payroll
- Prepare and process all necessary documentation and reporting for yearly 401K, payroll and WC Audits
- Process workflow items through HRIS system in a timely manner (i.e, change of statuses, terminations, direct deposit changes and much more)
- Develop ad hoc financial and operational reporting, as needed
- Research and email appropriate audience of file issues
Requirements:
- 2-5 years of experience processing payroll
- Ability to work independently with little supervision
- Working knowledge of payroll best practices
- Strong knowledge of federal and state regulations
- Strong PC skills including proficiency in Excel
- Working knowledge of UltiPro preferred, but not required
- Strong work ethic and team player attitude – no excuses
- High degree of professionalism
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material
- Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills
- Ability to communicate with various levels of management
- Decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical skills
- Organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills
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Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)