Payroll Specialist

Steel Partners•Elizabeth City, NC

14d

About The Position

At OMG, our focus is on our people – the key to our success. Our goal is to offer employees opportunities to grow and to improve the qualities of their lives and the lives of their families. We support this goal in Human Resources with training designed to enhance employee skills, performance and job satisfaction. We strive to create a culture that is supportive and inclusive, open and creative. We recruit and retain a highly qualified diverse staff. We design and deliver fair, competitive benefit and compensation programs. We provide accurate payroll processing working with our corporate payroll center of excellence. Reporting to the Senior Human Resources Manager, the Payroll Specialist supports this last goal by ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time, maintaining clean and compliant HRIS records, and serving as the go‑to resource for time, pay, and leave questions. By auditing data, supporting compliance, generating reports and dashboards, and assisting with key HR events, this position strengthens HR’s service delivery, reduces risk, and enhances the overall employee experience.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in accounting, finance, human resources, or related field.
Minimum of 2 years of payroll and HR administration required.
Knowledge of employment laws as they relate to payroll, and payroll regulations.
Uncompromising ethics and confidentiality.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent time management and organizational skills. Meticulous and precise attention to detail.
Consistent positive and customer-focused approach.
Ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with discretion, professionalism, and diplomacy.
Ability to establish and maintain relationships within and without the organization at all levels.
Proficient with human resource information system (HRIS) and similar computer applications. ADP Lyric experience preferred.
Strong Microsoft Office or related software skills. Database management, PowerBI, and advanced Excel capabilities preferred.
Ability to contribute successfully as a part of a team.
Strong sense of responsibility and ownership.
Positive “can do” attitude!

Nice To Haves

ADP Lyric experience preferred.
Database management, PowerBI, and advanced Excel capabilities preferred.

Responsibilities

Promote Safety as the Number One Priority of OMG employees.
Serve as the main point of contact for employee questions regarding pay, deductions, and time records.
Enter, maintain, and/or process information in the payroll system; information may include employee’s hourly rates, salaries, bonuses or other compensation, time worked, paid leave and holidays, deductions and withholding, address changes, and other information.
Audit timecards, review time clock data for completeness, and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
Track employee leaves and attendance in the HRIS timekeeping system (ADP and E-Time). Ensure the system’s accuracy and policy adherence through data validation.
Prepare and import the timecards each week, meeting the deadline as set by corporate payroll center of excellence.
Process all new hires, data and job changes, and separations in HRIS (ADP).
Maintain consistent and compliant payroll operations by following all federal, state, and local wage and hour laws, and OMG policies and procedures; pursue and implement process improvements.
Audit HR, payroll, benefits, leaves, and worker’s compensation data for accuracy. Identify and remedy discrepancies. Complete all internal/external audit requests, unemployment fact finding and data reporting requests timely and accurately.
Generate and maintain payroll reports (weekly, monthly, quarterly) on an established cadence and/or ad-hoc to support the organization’s strategic goals.
Prepare employee communications related to employee payroll administration.
Maintain confidential and accurate employee payroll records. Reconcile payroll invoices.
Create and maintain HR/Payroll dashboards using HRIS, Excel, and/or PowerBI.
Assist compensation planning and other financial data collection and analysis.
Perform other tasks as assigned.