Sr. Payroll Specialist
About The Position
The Sr. Payroll Specialist will be responsible for processing payroll transactions, performing data entry, and providing accounting services. This role requires extensive payroll experience in a fast-paced, multi-state, demanding environment, with comprehensive knowledge of wage and hour laws, garnishment laws, and taxability of wages. The position may involve leading payroll processes, reconciling payroll, maintaining control records, and providing guidance and mentorship to the payroll team. Additionally, the role will assist with research, complex transactions, final payroll check calculations, ad hoc projects, and month/quarter/year-end close activities. The specialist will also handle employment verifications, garnishments, EDD notices, and support managers and employees with Workday's time tracking and absence modules, serving as a backup for payroll transmission.
Requirements
- 5-7 years payroll processing experience required.
- Extensive payroll experience in a fast-paced, multi-state, demanding environment is needed.
- Comprehensive knowledge of wage and hour laws, garnishment laws, and taxability of wages.
- UKG
- Workday
- High proficient in excel (vlooks, pivot tables, and formulas)
- Ability to work in a fast paced and high volume environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and attention to detail
Nice To Haves
- CPP or FPC preferred but not required.
- Associate degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead daily, biweekly, and special payroll processes for multi-state payroll for Us non-exempt and exempt employees.
- Process payroll for up to 500 employees
- Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports.
- Maintain payroll control records
- Provide guidance to the team on payroll processing, tax laws, garnishments, system issues and general troubleshooting in payroll.
- Assist with mentoring of payroll specialists and as a backup for their duties.
- Work with the team to research and respond to escalated employee inquiries.
- Authorizes, reviews, and prepare complex payroll transactions.
- Assist with final payroll check calculation review
- Perform adhoc projects as needed
- Assist in month/quarter/year-end close
- Completes verification of employment verifications, garnishments, and EDD notices as needed.
- Provide support to managers and employees with Workday’s time tracking and absence modules
- Back up for payroll transmit.
- Exemplifies professionalism
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, prescriptions, dental and vision plans
- 401(k) plan with a discretionary company match
- Shareholder Purchase and Reinvestment Plan
- Basic life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance premium paid by the company
- Voluntary supplemental life insurance for employees, spouses and dependent children
- Fertility and Family Building Benefits
- Paid Disability benefits
- Paid time off programs
- 11 Company paid holidays per year
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account (available to High Deductible Health Plan participants only)
- Employee Assistance Program
- Educational Assistance Program
- Voluntary benefits, such as Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Accident Insurance
- Title insurance policies and certain escrow services for the employee’s primary personal residence at no charge
- Transportation benefit plan for mass transit, parking and vanpool, in several markets
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
