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Job overview
The Payroll Specialist supports the office manager and serves as backup for payroll and office management, along with back-office accounting and administrative work. The role processes payroll for more than 2,000 employees and handles garnishments, tax filings, timekeeping, and employee payment records. The ideal candidate is accurate, trustworthy with confidential information, and able to communicate across departments. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is listed, and payroll experience is preferred as a background requirement.
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Full job description
As a leading mechanical contractor serving the Southeast and Midwest, Batchelor & Kimball takes pride in partnering with our clients to deliver excellent results from engineering and construction to operations and maintenance. We offer design/build and turnkey construction services, including teaming with subcontractor partners. If you are looking to grow your career and thrive in a team environment, then we invite you to apply for this position.
There’s not a lot of BS here, and not a lot of turnover. Good people work at Batchelor & Kimball. We’re good at our jobs, and good to each other. We have high expectations because the work is challenging, but we know the most valuable thing about the work is the people who do it. If this sounds like a good fit for you, we’d like to meet you!
A candidate who takes pride in maintaining complete confidentiality to act as a payroll specialist that
will support our office manager will be strongly considered for this role. The ideal candidate will have
a strong background in computer and payroll systems and will be known for their accuracy and ability
to be trusted with sensitive and confidential information. They will have excellent communication
skills and will interact in a team environment at all levels of the organization up through the executive
level. This position will act in a backup capacity to our payroll and office manager and help with
various back-office accounting and administration responsibilities.
Job Responsibilities/Accountabilities:
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Process weekly payroll (including off cycles) for 2,000 plus employees to ensure on time and accurate payments
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Lead the garnishment setup and disbursement process
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Process tax payments and filings
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Maintain accurate records of payments made to employees
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Maintenance and oversight of the time-keeping systems
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Union and Union Class set up in payroll software
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Liaise with the Human Resources Department and Accounting Department to ensure accurate information for payments
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Utilize computer software for data entry and accounts management
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File relevant reports and documents as needed
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Verify employee records and consult departments in the event of a discrepancy
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Working in the capacity of secondary support for manual check processing when necessary
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Various accounting and back-office administration tasks and responsibilities, as required
SUPERVISORY / BUDGETARY / EXTERNAL COMMUNICATION RESPONSIBILITY
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This is an individual contributing role.
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Primarily will be an internally focused for communication but from time to time may have to communicate externally.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS (MINIMUM COMPETENCIES REQUIRED FOR JOB
PERFORMANCE)
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Analytical skills: collect, gather, visualize, and interpret information
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Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and payroll best practices
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Knowledge of legislation and regulations of the payroll field
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Experience with benefit administration is preferred but not mandatory
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Strong knowledge of payroll software and ATS and Onboarding applications · Trustworthy with attention to confidentiality · Outstanding organizational ability with great attention to detail · Excellent communication skills
PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
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Bachelors Degree or equivalent experience
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5+ Years of Payroll experience with automated payroll systems. UltiPro knowledge is a plus
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Strong knowledge of computer systems/PCs, and familiarization with systems, reports and procedures.
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Advanced Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, and Access
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Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) and/or Certified Payroll Professional designation is preferred.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties described may be changed or
reassigned at the discretion of management, and the employee may be required to perform duties that are not listed in the job description.
Department
BKI Georgia Field
Employment Type
Office Employees
How this job compares
Set against the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$65–90K/yr87 salary ranges
- US median$27–33/hr163 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 19 open Payroll Specialist jobs in Georgia and 616 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience — more than three in four Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 429 postings).
- Education
- 35 of the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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