Payroll Specialist

About the role

This role focuses on accurately processing multi-location payrolls on bi-monthly and weekly cycles, handling complex manual calculations, and ensuring timely and compliant payroll delivery for a high-volume employee population. You will support a collaborative payroll team, contribute to continuous process improvements, and help maintain a positive and growth-oriented workplace culture.

Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end payroll on a regular basis, including bi-monthly and weekly payroll cycles for a large employee population.
• Perform daily manual payroll calculations to ensure accurate pay for all employees, including regular hours, overtime, and special pay types.
• Handle corporate payroll adjustments each week, including corrections, retroactive pay, and other necessary changes.
• Complete payroll processing for at least 300 employees per week, ensuring accuracy and adherence to internal controls and timelines.
• Perform payroll reconciliations to verify that payroll data aligns with financial records and resolve any discrepancies promptly.
• Calculate and process payroll taxes, deductions, and garnishments in compliance with applicable regulations and company policies.
• Support multi-location payroll processing, ensuring that regional or local requirements are correctly applied.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation to support audits, reporting, and internal reviews.
• Collaborate with payroll team members to share information, resolve issues, and continuously improve payroll processes.
• Assist with payroll-related inquiries by researching issues and providing clear, timely responses to internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Proven experience in payroll processing, including responsibility for end-to-end payroll cycles.
• Hands-on experience processing payroll for at least 300 employees per week.
• Strong background in bi-monthly and weekly payroll cycles.
• Experience with multi-location payroll and familiarity with varying local requirements.
• Proficiency in payroll reconciliation to ensure accuracy and completeness of payroll runs.
• Working knowledge of payroll tax calculations, including statutory deductions and employer obligations.
• Experience handling deductions and garnishments in compliance with applicable regulations.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP functions.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy when performing manual payroll calculations.
• Ability to work with confidential information and maintain strict confidentiality of payroll data.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a high-volume payroll environment with multiple pay cycles.
• Comfort working within a structured payroll team that includes specialized union and nonunion payroll functions.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to identify and resolve payroll discrepancies.
• Effective communication skills to collaborate with colleagues and respond to payroll-related questions.
• Interest in professional growth and development within a supportive, growth-oriented culture.

Schedule

This is a fully on-site schedule working four 10-hour days (Monday-Thursday). Fridays are off.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $25.00 - $27.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Benefits

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Lewisville, TX 75067. This is a fully onsite position.