Payroll Specialist

Duties

• Responds to inquiries from Agency personnel regarding payroll matters.
• Provides procedural instruction regarding payroll and timekeeping.
• Enters and processes employee time, payroll adjustments, garnishments and pay cards.
• Processes payroll transactions accurately and timely.

Knowledge

• Performs duties in accordance with applicable Federal and State regulations and Goodwill’s philosophy, policies and procedures.
• Understands proper taxation of employer paid benefits.
• Resolves Payroll problems and exceptions in timely fashion.

Administration

• Enters and processes employee time, payroll adjustments, garnishments and pay cards.
• Processes payroll transactions accurately and timely.
• Maintains Agency payroll information in HRIS database.
• Prepares reporting for employees, managers, vendors and tax agencies when necessary.
• Develops ad hoc reporting as needed.

Qualifications

• Ability to maintain confidentiality relative to payroll.
• Successfully pass a criminal background check the meets agency standards.
• High school diploma or GED.
• Demonstrated intermediate proficiency with MS Excel and MS Word.
• Demonstrated knowledge of office practices and procedures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with UKG or similar Payroll Systems.