Payroll Specialist/Admin with Payroll

Position Offered by No Fee Staffing Agency Must have the following in order to apply: - A combination of education, training, and experience equivalent to: Associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field Required Screenings: Drug Testing/Screening; Background Checks; Drug Free Workplace. Job Description: - Independently process payroll transactions and ensure the accurate and timely payment of employees in accordance with established payroll schedules, policies, procedures, applicable laws, regulations, and collective bargaining agreements. - Process and resolve payroll adjustments and transactions, including retroactive pay, wage corrections, supplemental payments, final pay, garnishments, tax withholding adjustments, benefit deductions, and other payroll-related corrections. - Research, interpret, and apply payroll policies, procedures, collective bargaining provisions, and applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations to ensure consistent and compliant payroll administration. - Investigate and resolve escalated payroll discrepancies, employee inquiries, and pay-related issues; identify root causes and recommend or implement appropriate corrective actions. - Review payroll data for accuracy, completeness, and compliance prior to and following payroll processing; identify discrepancies and perform necessary corrections and adjustments. - Perform payroll-to-general-ledger reconciliations and research and resolve variances between payroll records, accounting records, benefit deductions, tax liabilities, and related financial systems. - Prepare, maintain, and analyze payroll reports, records, reconciliations, and supporting documentation for management, Finance, auditors, and other internal or external stakeholders. - Support internal and external audits by gathering documentation, researching payroll transactions, responding to inquiries, and assisting with the implementation of corrective actions or process improvements. - Assist with year-end payroll activities and reporting, including the reconciliation and verification of payroll records, taxable wages, deductions, and other information necessary for required tax reporting and employee wage statements. - Maintain current knowledge of payroll laws, regulations, tax requirements, benefit deductions, and payroll best practices. - Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, internal controls, documentation, and system utilization; recommend and assist with implementing process improvements. - Maintain the confidentiality and security of employee payroll, tax, and personal information in accordance with applicable policies and laws. - Serve as a technical resource to payroll staff, managers, and employees regarding payroll matters. - May train, mentor, provide guidance to, or review the work of other payroll personnel to promote accuracy, consistency, and adherence to established procedures. - Use Trapeze software to create file for operator work hours to be transfered to ADP. Validate exceptions using the Attendance, Run and Block Status from the Operations Control Center (OCC), Extra Board Run Assignments and Operator Mark-up. Upload completed file to ADP using the transfer to ADP website. - Provides requested information for record request. - Manage garnishnment set ups and changes in ADP. - Assist in reviewing preview check register and making corrections as needed. - Prepare check requests and backup documentation for payroll deductions paid through Accounts Payable or an ACH deposit. - Each pay period monitor employees on extended absences or paid return to duty to ensure pay hours or non-paid hours are accurate in ADP timecard. - Prepare thirteen-week wage statements for Workers Compensation claims. Maintain payroll workers compensation documentation. Enter light duty work hours to employee ADP time ard using approved time sheets from the Risk Department. - Update payroll markup binder for each new markup. Maintain operator run changes and selections during the markup period. - Prepare payroll off-cycle checks. - Performs other work-related duties as assigned. Work Environment: Will be discussed