Payroll Specialist

Key Responsibilities: Process weekly and semimonthly payrolls, ensuring accuracy and timely completion. Review timekeeping records, payroll data, deductions, taxes, benefits, and 401(k) contributions. Maintain accurate payroll records for employees across multiple garnishments, payroll deductions, and PTO adjustments. Assist with W-2 processing, payroll audits, and employment and wage prevailing wage and certified payroll reporting, as needed. Ensure payroll practices align with applicable federal and state, review, and reconcile payroll reports across multiple payroll and timekeeping payroll system implementations and transitions, including data migration, testing, parallel payroll runs, and troubleshooting. Reconcile employee and timekeeping data across systems to ensure accurate payroll processing. Assist with payroll process documentation, system updates, and workflow improvements. Partner with Accounting and HR to support payroll reporting and general ledger to payroll-related questions from employees, managers, HR, and Accounting. Maintain confidentiality of sensitive employee and payroll with additional payroll projects and administrative responsibilities as needed.

Qualifications: 3–5+ years of payroll processing experience, ideally supporting a workforce of 800+ employees. Experience processing multi-state payroll in a high-volume environment. Strong understanding of payroll taxes, deductions, benefits, garnishments, and payroll compliance. Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel. General understanding of payroll accounting, reconciliations, and general ledger activity. Strong attention to detail, organization, and ability to manage competing deadlines. Ability to work independently and adapt to changing processes and priorities.