Payroll Coordinator (contract) - Immediate Start

5 days on site - no remote, no hybrid

REQUIRED:

• US Payroll Experience required
• ADP WorkForce Now experience required
• Intermediate with MS Office; able to manipulate Word, Excel, Outlook, PDF, Teams, Copiers
• AS Degree in Finance/Accounting with 3+ years of PR experience or 7 years of end-to-end processing
• Payroll Technical Skills; understanding taxes, taxable wages, W2’s, W2c’s
• Need to understand payroll taxes: FICA, Medicare, State, Fed taxes, 401k matches, etc;

DUTIES:

• Works alongside with HR, People Services staff to ensure employee activity is updated or input timely and accurately. Responsible for your payroll company ensuring worktime is correct and payroll is processed accurately for all assigned employees in accordance with US Law.
• Ensures that payroll processing complies with Federal and State withholding (depositing and reporting) requirements including issuing timely and accurate pay while maintaining adequate records of all data, transactions, resolving issues, responding to employee questions in a timely manner, and assuring privacy of all payroll related records.
• Ensures that payroll is compliant with all union collective bargaining agreements.
• Possess the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment, problem solve complex pay issues that require additional analysis or information gathering; Complete tasks to support audit activities.
• Ability to analyze each pay for anomalies or trends that may cause an issue with an employees pay. Research and prepare solutions to errors as they rise. Participate in review and balancing of year-end activity; per pay period reconciliations by providing supporting documents.
• Understand the basis for SOX compliance standards and work towards any resolving any processes that may be out of compliance.
• Serves as a backup for the payroll processors in other areas as needed.