Payroll Specialist - Bilingual English/Spanish
About The Position
AMPAM is a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractor serving large-scale multifamily and commercial projects across California, with more than 1,500 employees across multiple business units. The Payroll Specialist supports accurate payroll processing for the Company’s employee population in partnership with the Payroll Manager. The role maintains, audits, and troubleshoots time and attendance data before payroll submission and helps ensure compliance with state, federal, and local legal requirements. It also supports human resources administration and requires strong customer service, communication, discretion, and confidentiality.
Requirements
- Bilingual English/Spanish skills are required.
- ADP experience is required.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications is required.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Dependability and responsibility, with the ability to take direction and work with little supervision.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a full-time basis without future employment sponsorship.
Nice To Haves
- Five or more years of payroll and HR experience supporting an employee population of 500–1,000 is a plus.
- Experience with HRIS (Spectrum).
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Responsibilities
- Process daily and bi-weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees across multiple payroll systems.
- Prepare, review, and reconcile payroll with the Payroll Manager to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
- Maintain and update employee payroll records, including new hires, transfers, status changes, and pay rate adjustments.
- Administer and maintain the ADP Workforce Now timekeeping system.
- Review, audit, and validate employee timecards for compliance with company policies and pay rules.
- Troubleshoot timekeeping discrepancies, including missed punches, schedule issues, exceptions, accruals, and PTO.
- Obtain and document supervisory approvals for timecard corrections as required.
- Run, analyze, and validate daily payroll and timekeeping reports.
- Support payroll processing for overtime, shift differentials, premium pay, and manual adjustments.
- Ensure compliance with California wage and hour laws, including certified and prevailing wage requirements.
- Process certified and prevailing wage payroll, including data entry and reporting in LCP Tracker.
- Create and process manual payroll checks and bonus payments as requested.
- Assist with payroll audits, reconciliations, reporting, and internal reviews.
- Partner with managers, field foremen, superintendents, and area managers to resolve payroll and timekeeping issues.
- Respond to employee and management inquiries regarding pay, hours worked, and discrepancies.
- Participate in payroll system upgrades, testing, and process improvement initiatives.
- Research and resolve payroll discrepancies.
- Communicate payroll processes and issues clearly to individuals and groups.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
No Education Listed
