Payroll Coordinator

Duties/Responsibilities

• Enters, maintains, and processes information in the payroll system; information may include employees' hourly rates, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other compensation, time worked, paid leave and holidays, deductions and withholding, address changes, and other information.
• Ensures accurate processing of payroll deductions for taxes, benefits, garnishments, and other deductions.
• New state tax setup and processing of notices such as garnishments, tax levies, etc.
• Issues, or reissues, physical or replacement checks or direct deposits due to payroll errors or final discharge.
• Maintain data and provide accurate information for payroll tax-related issues.
• Research payroll discrepancies through information collection and analysis.
• Prepare bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports.
• Work with new acquisitions to understand their payroll process and provide assistance to transition to the SPS payroll process, which may include providing worksheets or other instructions.
• Benefits reconciliation for multiple 3rd Party benefit plans (i.e. medical, 401k, dental, etc).

Requirements

The Payroll Coordinator will be responsible for processing bi-weekly multi-state payroll, benefit reconciliations and other payroll related tasks for approximately 700 employees with multiple compensation programs.

Required Skills/Abilities

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software, including Excel.
• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn Paylocity software.
• Solid experience with other related payroll systems, if not Paylocity.

Education And Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required.
• Two years of experience in accounting or bookkeeping with at least 1 year of experience in payroll processing preferred.
• Paylocity experience highly preferred.