Payroll Administrator - Leading Industry Pay

Requiring applicants with Microsoft Office proficiency, Robert Half seeks a Payroll Administrator for payroll processing to fill a role with a company in the Service field. This position might be the one for you if you possess dynamic and strong communication skills and problem-solving capabilities. Belonging to a dedicated and dynamic team, this opportunity is an excellent chance for career growth. The Payroll Administrator provides a short-term contract / temporary to hire role from its Gilbert, Arizona location.

What you get to do every single day

- Provide help with all internal and external audits of payroll

- Continue implementation of established policies and procedures to maintain payroll operations, reporting changes where necessary

- Ensure employee confidence by protecting payroll operations and confidential information

- Manage and review, including verify, source documents

- Certify compliance with federal and state regulations and guidelines

- Execute relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports to circulate amongst department heads

- Retrieve and assess information in order to resolve payroll discrepancies

- Reconcile employee deductions and other liabilities as needed

- Answer questions and requests related to payroll information

- Put together summaries of employer social security, unemployment, and worker compensation payments and employee federal and state income and social security taxes to calculate all payroll liabilities

- Enter changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers as part of managing payroll records

- Managing payroll information by keeping proper records for collecting, calculating, and entering data

- Miscellaneous duties as assigned

- Organize and compile summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages in order to draft relevant reports- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

- Experienced in basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen

- Demonstrated ability in exemplary analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Certified Payroll Professional designation preferred

- Understanding of federal and state payroll regulations and requirements

- 2+ years of relevant experience in payroll

- Earlier experience working with various types of accounting software desired

- Knowledgeable about internal controls

- Excellent data entry skills

- Capable of managing high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.

- Knowledge of Multistate Payroll

- Comprehensive knowledge of Multi-state Payroll