Temporary Payroll Clerk

About the role

The ideal candidate will ensure accurate recording of employee work hours, assist staff with time entry, and collaborate closely with payroll to guarantee timely and precise compensation.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide friendly and efficient customer service to employees regarding timekeeping.
• Monitor time submission: Proactively communicate with employees who have not submitted their time entries, utilizing email, messaging, or phone calls to ensure compliance with submission deadlines.
• Aid with time entry: Provide guidance or assist employees in entering their work hours into the timekeeping system, addressing any questions or issues that arise.
• Verify time records: Review and confirm the accuracy of all employee time entries, ensuring that records reflect actual hours worked and comply with company policies and labor laws.
• Prepare time reports: Extract time reports and submit them to the payroll department at the conclusion of each pay period, ensuring all data is accurate and complete.

Required Qualifications

• Excellent customer service skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Ability to function and consistently meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to prioritize and solve problems.
• Ability to learn systems quickly.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with timekeeping or payroll applications; Deltek or Dayforce is preferred or experience with other cloud-based timekeeping/payroll systems (UKG, ADP, Workday).
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

Pay

$20 - $25 / hour. This role is also eligible for an annual performance-based bonus. Bonus eligibility and payout are determined by role, individual performance, and company performance, and are not guaranteed.

Benefits

• 401(k) Plan with Company Match: Currently match contributions dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of eligible pay; immediate vesting.
• Health & Welfare Benefits: Employer provided medical, dental, vision, prescription drug, Employee Assistance Program and accident & illness coverage.
• Life and Disability Insurance: Employer provided basic life insurance and AD&D valued at 50K coverage amount with the option for voluntary buy up for additional coverage.
• Time Off: Flexible non-accrual vacation; company holidays per policy. (For California employees, this is separate from California paid sick leave, if applicable.)
• Expenses: Business travel and related expenses reimbursed per company policy.