
Senior Payroll Specialist
Austin, TXFull-timeSeen 2 days agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Austin Regional Clinic seeks a Senior Payroll Specialist to calculate and pay accurate wages and salaries using payroll and timekeeping software. The role handles payroll processing, data verification, reporting and reconciliation, issue resolution, and coordination with Finance. It also supports payroll procedure updates and process improvements while maintaining compliance and confidentiality.
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::: {bind="with: opportunity"} Senior Payroll Specialist Job Category : Office and Clerical Requisition Number : SENIO009803 ::: ::: {bind="with: renderer"} ::: {bind="with: opportunity"} Posting Details - - Posted: October 19, 2026 - Full-Time - ::: {automation="opportunity-physical-locations"} Locations ::: {aria-live="polite"} Showing 1 location ::: ::: {bind="visible: $index() == 0 andand $parent.showAllLocations() == false"} ::: ::: Job Details Description ABOUT AUSTIN REGIONAL CLINIC: Austin Regional Clinic has been voted a top Central Texas employer by our employees for over 15 years! We are one of central Texas largest professional medical groups with 35+ locations and we are continuing to grow. We offer the following benefits to eligible team members: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, PTO, 401(k), EAP, Life Insurance, Long Term Disability, Tuition Reimbursement, Child Care Assistance, Health and Fitness, Sick Child Care Assistance, Development and more. For additional information visit https://www.austinregionalclinic.com/careers/ PURPOSE Performs duties necessary for the calculation and payment of accurate wages and salaries using payroll and timekeeping software. Responsible for data entry/verification within payroll and/or timekeeper systems. Generates/reconciles payroll reports and distributes pay checks. Reviews timekeeping entries by supervisors and/or employees, processes historical adjustment entries, and communicates with supervisors and employees to resolve issues as necessary. Reconciles output from timekeeping software to payroll software and then from payroll software to final output. Carries out all duties while maintaining compliance and confidentiality and promoting the mission and philosophy of the organization. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS Completes payroll processing (start to finish) to include verify HR data input from Personnel Action Forms, deduction authorizations, calculate mid-cycle salary changes, data entry for W-4 Forms, Direct Deposit Authorization forms, and other supplemental earnings (such as Heart of CMS award, bonus, vacation donation, accrual cash-in, accrual payout, extra session, etc) and paycheck distribution. Preps and imports pay data files into the payroll system. Researches independently to resolve critical payroll issues. Proposes payroll process improvements. Runs payroll reports for reconciliation purposes. Reconciles payroll accounts as assigned. Works on various accounting requests, outstanding check research, over/under payment correspondence, making entries to correct labor allocations. Generates and reconciles reports each pay cycle, then submits online to appropriate agencies via appropriate website (i.e. pension). Runs payroll reports for reconciliation purposes. Assists with creation/updates to payroll procedures. Maintains files in an organized manner, which includes labeling and filing in appropriate folders. Creates Wire data for Financial Analyst for payroll accounts to ensure appropriate funds available for payroll processing. Works with Finance team members to ensure data is booked correctly from the payroll system. ::: :::
How this job compares
Set against the 602 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- US median$65–90K/yr80 salary ranges
- US median$27–32/hr159 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 40 open Payroll Specialist jobs in Texas and 602 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
- Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (422 postings).
- Education
- 34 of the 602 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 3, 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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