Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist

Position Summary: Responsible for managing payroll processing from start-to-finish including but not limited to collecting and verifying employee data, computing wages, analyzing data, and ensuring employees receive accurate and timely payments.

This is a contract to Hire position paying $26-30/hr. based on experience

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Process payroll for 1400+ employees on a bi-weekly and monthly basis.

● Compute wages, deductions, commissions, stipends, benefits, bonuses, etc. to ensure employee information is accurately captured in the HR/payroll system and paid correctly to the employee.

● Update payroll information for transfers, promotions, and terminations and verify new hire information.

● Answer questions and resolve issues regarding payroll and paychecks.

● Ensure compliance with company policies, relevant industry regulations, tax, and deduction laws.

● Prepare payroll reports for management and auditing purposes.

● Process/terminate wage garnishments.

● Verify hourly employee timekeeping data as well as vacation/sick time allocations for all employees.

● Work with Accounting and Finance to ensure payroll and budget/general ledgers are accurate. Run discrepancy reports before and after each payroll run.

● Regular, predictable attendance on campus.

Qualifications and Experience:

● 3+ years experience in payroll administration, preferably with 500+ employees.

● Experience with ADP Workforce Now or other payroll system equivalent.

● Working knowledge of payroll-related laws and compliance.

● Proficient in Excel including basic function capability such as vlookup.

● Knowledge of Federal/State (NC) wage and hour laws.

● Ability to maintain complete confidentiality.

● Commitment to actively support and advance DEI initiatives.

Key Words:

Payroll

ADP

Taxes

Benefits

Wages

Bachelor’s Degree Requirement: No