Payroll Specialist

This Jobot Job is hosted by Emily Klopfenstein.

About us

Our client is a growing organization focused on innovation, operational excellence, and delivering high-quality solutions across specialized industries. With a collaborative and team-oriented environment, the company values accountability, continuous improvement, and professional development.

Why join us?

• Collaborative team culture with strong leadership support
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on financial operations and process improvements
• Stable, growth-focused organization with long-term career potential
• Exposure to cross-functional projects in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Process accurate and timely multi-state payroll for hourly and salaried employees.
• Manage payroll activities within UKG, including employee data, timekeeping, earnings, deductions, taxes, and payroll reporting.
• Review and validate employee timecards, overtime, shift differentials, bonuses, commissions, PTO, and other payroll-related adjustments.
• Support payroll for a manufacturing workforce, including multiple shifts, hourly employees, overtime, and varying pay structures.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, tax requirements, and company policies.
• Research and resolve payroll discrepancies, employee questions, and timekeeping issues.
• Process new hires, terminations, compensation changes, deductions, garnishments, and other employee updates.
• Reconcile payroll reports, payroll-related general ledger accounts, benefits deductions, and tax liabilities.
• Coordinate with HR and Finance to ensure employee and payroll information is accurate and properly maintained.
• Assist with quarter-end and year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing and payroll tax reconciliations.
• Support internal and external audits by preparing payroll documentation and reports.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and efficiencies within UKG.
• Maintain confidential employee and payroll information.

Requirements

• 3+ years of payroll processing experience, preferably supporting a multi-state workforce.
• Hands-on UKG payroll and/or timekeeping experience required.
• Experience processing payroll within manufacturing, distribution, industrial, or another high-volume hourly environment strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll regulations and wage and hour requirements.
• Experience with hourly payroll, overtime, shift differentials, deductions, garnishments, and payroll taxes.
• Strong reconciliation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• High attention to detail with the ability to meet strict payroll deadlines.
• Strong Excel skills and comfort working with payroll reports and large data sets.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work effectively with employees, HR, Finance, and operational leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting payroll across multiple manufacturing facilities or locations.
• Experience with UKG Pro, UKG Ready, or UKG Workforce Management.
• Associate's or Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• CPP or FPC certification is a plus.

Pay

$70,000 - $90,000 per year