Payroll Specialist

What You'll Do

• Process high-volume, full-cycle payroll while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely employee payments.
• Review and validate employee time records, resolve discrepancies with field teams, and prepare payroll for processing.
• Handle off-cycle payroll transactions, including final paychecks, retroactive pay, corrections, and one-time payments.
• Maintain employee payroll data, including new hire paperwork, tax forms, personnel changes, and wage updates.
• Prepare certified payroll reports and support payroll tax payments, garnishments, ACH returns, and account reconciliations.
• Respond to employee payroll inquiries, manage payroll tickets, and provide timely issue resolution.
• Generate payroll reports, support ad hoc data requests, and contribute to continuous process improvements.

Requirements

• 3+ years of full-cycle payroll processing experience.
• Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills (PivotTables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP).
• Experience with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne, Oracle HCM, or similar payroll systems is preferred.
• Experience with Certified Payroll Reporting (CPR) software is a plus.

Qualifications

Salary for this role is determined based on various factors including but not limited to the individual's skill set, experience, training, licensure, certifications, office location, and other business and organizational needs. As required by local law in geographies that mandate salary range disclosure, the salary range for this role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan. Please note that the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is currently occupied. However, Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to preliminary candidate screenings using AI tools to ensure minimum job requirements are met. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers within Vaco/Highspring. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot comment on their use of AI products.