Temporary Specialist, Garnishments and Payroll Tax

Responsibilities

• Processes court-ordered wage garnishments, including but not limited to child support, student loans, wage assignments, bankruptcy orders, state, and federal tax levies.
• Enters wage garnishment orders in the payroll system accurately and promptly.
• Researches and responds to inquiries from employees, courts, state and federal agencies, and others regarding garnishment orders.
• Affords assistance as needed to ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of garnishment accounts.
• Collaborates with third party vendor to ensure garnishments are processed timely and successfully.
• Researched and resolves garnishment notices for all entities.
• Affords assistance in month-end tax processes as assigned.
• Affords assistance in resolving garnishment inquiries.
• Remains up to date on all garnishment law changes and their impact on payroll processing as necessary.
• Reviews and processes payroll subpoena and verification requests.
• Reviews and submits payroll tax rate notices to third party vendor.
• Reviews and updates payroll tax rate notices in Workday.
• Reviews and submits other payroll tax notices to third party vendor.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned by management and as necessary.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant work experience.
• Knowledge of general payroll practices, and Federal and State garnishment regulations.
• Knowledge of federal, multi-state, and local tax regulations.
• Preferred: 3+ years of experience in a large multi-state, multi-company employer.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation or in process of attaining the certification.
• Experience in Workday Payroll.
• Experience with ADP SmartCompliance.

Skills/Skills/Abilities

• Ability to multi-task effectively without compromising the quality of the work.
• Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented, organized, process focused, problem solver, proactive, customer service focused.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries from customers, staff, regulatory agencies, vendors, and other members of the business community.
• Self-motivated, reliable individual capable of working independently as well as part of a team.
• Problem solving skills to gather & analyze information to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action.
• Analytical skills to synthesize complex or diverse information.
• Ability to research information and analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action.
• Actively share ideas in a constructive and positive manner by listening to and objectively considering ideas and suggestions from others.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures.