Payroll Specialist

Primary Roles And Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accurate preparation, documentation, distribution, and reconciliation of the payroll system.
• Reviews the computation of pay and associated deductions for accuracy.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of local, state, and federal legislation affecting payroll; understands and follows applicable provisions.
• Respond to and resolve any inquiries regarding paychecks or payroll reporting.
• Ensures payroll issues are escalated and resolved promptly.
• Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project.
• Performs thorough analysis of Paylocity time and labor system prior to uploading to the payroll system on a weekly/biweekly basis.
• Processes regular wages, overtime wages, PTO, etc.
• Processes, audits, analyzes and reviews timekeeping, payroll and benefit deductions are made on a biweekly basis.
• Searches and gathers data for registration to Paylocity of new jurisdictions to be set up as per payroll reports generated.
• Works on various HRIS projects including, but not limited to, tax updates, system updates, and system migrations.
• Maintains & processes payroll records & reports for accounting of salary/wages due, accruals, deductions, and other payroll related duties.
• Conducts periodic audits of accounts to ensure accuracy.
• Provides accruals to plant division leadership for budget reconciliation.
• Reconciles payroll prior to final calculation, processing, and validate confirm reports.

Requirements

• Requires an associate degree or any equivalent combination of experience and education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Knowledge of payroll principles, practices, regulations, and procedures.
• Knowledge of basic accounting practices and procedures.
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal payroll and related tax regulations, legislation, and guidelines included but not limited to writs of garnishments, child support, levies, subpoenas, non-resident alien and US tax treaties.
• Canadian payroll processing a plus.
• Knowledge of practice, methods, and techniques of process improvement.
• Skill in evaluating and analyzing technical payroll activities.
• Skill in both verbal and written communication.
• Skill in preparing detailed reports.
• Skill in performing details computations.