Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Overview

The Payroll Specialist processes bi-weekly payrolls and answers employees, other departments and outside government inquiries.

Responsibilities

What you will be doing:
• Audit and reconcile wide range of personnel actions and payroll documents for employees
• Process employee Time & Attendance data from the Time system to payroll and reconcile variances
• Ability to develop and create Ad-Hoc reports on demand
• Maintain monthly metrics on payroll team performance
• Process off-cycle payments
• Accurately process employee pay for a biweekly, multi-state payroll
• Research and respond to Payroll mailbox and telephone inquiries within 24 hours
• Create and maintain a positive customer service environment
• Handle Travel and Expense reimbursements and deductions
• Process wage assignments, acting as a liaison with an outside vendor
• Contribute to other projects / duties as assigned
• Reconciliation of general leger and payroll tax
• Ability to streamline and improve audit processes

Knowledge Skills & Abilities
• Applies technical and business knowledge related to one's specialty area to orchestrate multiple activities under tight deadlines
• Strong communication (written and verbal), customer service, organizational, problem solving, and interpersonal skills
• Commitment to teamwork through relationship-building, reliability, and collaboration
• Must be able to manage confidential information

Qualifications

What you need to have:
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or minimum 2 years of experience in area of responsibility
• Attention to detail, accuracy, and prioritization
• Strong organizational skills with ability to act independently and responsibly
• Capacity to juggle multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Must be able to work collaboratively with team members and function as team lead as needed
• Ability to work independently as well as in cross-functional groups

It's a plus if you have:
• Experience with Workday, ADP and SAP strongly preferred
• Experience with financial applications including Microsoft Office, ADP, and SAP
• CPP and FPC
• Proficient working with Microsoft Excel, Word and Powerpoint, MS Outlook.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-gxvx21-3-137-180-32-42 in your application.