The Senior Payroll Administrator performs time and data analysis and prepares, documents, and disburses payroll checks and employee benefit payments. The role creates database processes to identify payroll exceptions, processes timecard and payroll adjustments, calculates overpayments and underpayments, and applies complex union contract rules and pay rates. It creates and imports batch transactions for payment processing and understands how earnings and deductions affect gross wages for taxation. The position responds to payroll inquiries and stop payment requests, researches and corrects tax errors for accurate reporting, and evaluates current systems to recommend and develop operating efficiency improvements in accordance with established SLAs. It monitors and documents employee benefit payments, prepares payroll expenditure reports—including union dues and benefit plan disbursements—and audits and administers entitlement accruals and payments. This administrative or technical support role applies established processes and procedures to ongoing operations. It requires full proficiency across a range of assignments, offers solutions to atypical or infrequent problems, identifies issues and patterns in partial or conflicting data, and works with limited supervision while often assisting less experienced colleagues. The position is permanent. Applicants must meet the stated U.S. citizenship or work authorization requirement.
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Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed