Specialist- Americas Payroll Operations (6 Month Contract)

Oracle•Rocklin, CA

10d•$53,700 - $104,900•Hybrid

About The Position

This role is for a detail-oriented payroll professional who enjoys solving complex problems, working with data, and delivering exceptional employee service. The Payroll Analyst will thrive in a fast-paced environment and is passionate about ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time. This team works a hybrid schedule and the role is located in Rocklin, CA. In this role, you'll be a trusted payroll expert responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, compliance, payroll analysis, and employee support. You'll collaborate across HR, Finance, Tax, Stock Administration, and external vendors while identifying opportunities to improve processes and enhance the employee experience. If you're analytical, organized, customer-focused, and enjoy working with numbers and technology, we'd love to hear from you.

Requirements

Detail-oriented payroll professional
Enjoys solving complex problems
Works with data
Delivers exceptional employee service
Thrives in a fast-paced environment
Passionate about ensuring employees are paid accurately and on time
Analytical
Organized
Customer-focused
Enjoys working with numbers and technology
Ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing
Maintaining compliance with federal, state, provincial, and company policies

Responsibilities

Process bi-weekly and semi-monthly payrolls with a high degree of accuracy.
Review, analyze, validate, and input payroll transactions.
Audit payroll data to ensure accuracy prior to payroll processing.
Process off-cycle payrolls and special payments as needed.
Reconcile payroll reports and resolve discrepancies.
Serve as the primary point of contact for employee payroll inquiries.
Research and resolve questions related to earnings, taxes, vacation balances, timecards, Leave of Absence (LOA), Workers' Compensation, Garnishments, and payroll deductions.
Provide outstanding customer service while maintaining confidentiality.
Process employee terminations, garnishments, Leave of Absence (LOA) pay, overpayments and recovery processes, escheatment activities, withholding allowance certificates (W-4, TD1, TP1015.R.13.1-V1), pay history requests, and duplicate tax form requests (W-2, W-2PR, 499R2, T4, RL).
Process daily stock compensation files including ISO, NQ, and RSU.
Process monthly Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) equity transactions.
Manage payroll banking activities including ACH funding, check printing, ACH rejections, and stop payments.
Reconcile payroll deductions.
Prepare and process vendor funding and wire transfers.
Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll tax reconciliations, Workers' Compensation premium calculations, payroll tax reporting, and tax notice research and resolution.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, provincial, local payroll regulations, FLSA requirements, and company payroll policies.
Analyze payroll data to identify trends, discrepancies, and opportunities for improvement.
Create and maintain payroll reports using Excel and other reporting tools.
Perform payroll audits and reconciliations.
Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation and reports.
Participate in payroll system implementations, upgrades, and testing.
Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes and improve operational efficiency.
Document payroll procedures and best practices.
Cross-train with payroll team members and provide backup support as needed.