Corporate Payroll Specialist

Davidson Hospitality Group•Atlanta, GA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Davidson Hospitality Group is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our Corporate Payroll team. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on payroll professional who understands the unique complexities of hospitality payroll and enjoys working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment supporting hotels and resorts across the country. In this role, you’ll take ownership of payroll processing for assigned Davidson properties and corporate entities, partnering closely with property Human Resources teams, managers, Finance, Accounting, Benefits, HRIS and other business partners. You’ll play an important role in ensuring our team members are paid accurately, on time and in compliance with federal, state and local requirements. This is an on-site position at our corporate office in Dunwoody, GA.

Requirements

3–5 years of hands-on payroll processing experience supporting a large, complex, multi-state workforce.
Previous payroll experience within the hospitality industry, including hotels and/or resorts, required.
Demonstrated hands-on Workday Payroll processing experience required, including experience with Time Tracking, Absence, Benefits, Reporting.
Experience managing actual payroll cycles within Workday, rather than solely accessing employee information or running reports.
Experience processing payroll in a multi-property, multi-location or shared-services environment.
Strong understanding of gross-to-net payroll calculations.
Working knowledge of regular and overtime wages, multiple pay rates, bonuses, PTO, retroactive calculations, deductions, taxes and payroll corrections.
Experience performing detailed payroll audits and payroll-register reviews.
Demonstrated ability to research and resolve complex payroll discrepancies.
Working knowledge of federal, state and local payroll and wage-payment requirements.
Strong analytical, reconciliation and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including formulas, filtering, sorting and large-data review.
Ability to successfully manage multiple payroll deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills with a customer-focused approach.
Ability to appropriately handle confidential employee, payroll, tax and compensation information.

Nice To Haves

CPP certification is a plus

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end payroll processing for assigned hotels, resorts and/or corporate entities, including weekly, biweekly and other payroll cycles.
Review and validate timecards, hours worked, overtime, PTO, holiday pay, shift differentials, multiple rates of pay, bonuses, incentives, retroactive payments, deductions and other payroll transactions.
Process payroll for hourly, salaried, tipped, seasonal and other team member populations.
Apply working knowledge of hospitality-specific payroll practices, including tipped employees, tip-credit considerations, reported tips, gratuities and service charges, banquet and event-related compensation, multiple jobs and pay rates, union environments, FLSA requirements, overtime, shift differentials and seasonal employment.
Understand how hotel scheduling, timekeeping, operational practices, departmental transfers and employee work locations impact payroll and partner with property teams to resolve issues before payroll finalization.
Perform detailed preliminary payroll audits, review payroll registers and identify discrepancies prior to payroll finalization.
Process approved payroll adjustments, pay inputs, EIBs and other payroll uploads within Workday.
Utilize Workday Payroll for payroll processing, auditing, research, reconciliation, reporting and issue resolution.
Research Workday payroll issues involving earnings, deductions, taxes, retroactive calculations, time, absence, compensation, costing and employee payroll data.
Perform pre-payroll and post-payroll audits and process approved off-cycle payments, On-Demand payments, reversals, voids and payroll corrections.
Support payroll processing across multiple states and local jurisdictions while maintaining knowledge of applicable federal, state and local payroll, wage-payment and FLSA requirements.
Research payroll discrepancies, identify root causes and take ownership of issues through resolution.
Partner with property HR teams, timekeepers and managers to resolve payroll questions and discrepancies within established deadlines.
Support payroll reconciliation, payroll reporting, quarter-end and year-end activities, W-2/W-2C review and payroll tax research.
Work collaboratively with Corporate Payroll, HRIS/Workday, Human Resources, Benefits, Finance, Accounting and third-party payroll providers.
Support hotel acquisitions, openings, property transitions, system implementations, testing and other payroll-related projects.
Identify opportunities to improve payroll accuracy, efficiency, controls, processes and overall service delivery.
Maintain a high level of confidentiality, professionalism and customer service when handling employee payroll and compensation information.