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Payroll Specialist - Direct Hire
1303 J Street LODI, CA 95814 United States of America
Job Description
PAYROLL SPECIALIST – DIRECT HIRE
We are recruiting for a Payroll Specialist to join a successful financial institution in the Galt area. Our client offers a generous compensation package to include profit sharing and a 401(k) contribution! In addition, our client values their collaborative company culture, work-life balance and provides hands-on training. Pay range: $28.00-$33.00/hour DOE.
The ideal candidate will have processed full cycle payroll in a manual and high-volume environment.
Perks and Benefits:
- Multiple Low-cost medical, dental and vision benefit plans.
- 401(k) contribution and profit sharing.
- HSA and FSA plans.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- 2 weeks’ PTO.
- 11 paid holidays.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Process all phases of employee payroll for approximately 400 employees and ensure payroll deadlines are met and employees are accurately paid.
- Provides management support relating to employee payroll questions and/or requested
information. - Transfers data from HR worksheets, attendance records, and individual timecards to ADP.
- Balance payroll runs, produce GL entries to fund the federal, state, and local tax payments, as well as the payroll accounts for Payday.
- Accept, review, process, calculate, and reconcile the payroll-related bank accounts.
- Answer employee questions and payroll-troubleshooting issues.
- Responsible for the accurate input of all new hire information to ADP which includes, but not
limited to salary, benefit changes, leave of absence information. - Accurately prepare and distribute specific payroll or attendance reports monthly, quarterly, semiannual, or annual and/or when needed or requested by management.
- Evaluate and recommend changes to daily workflow to Payroll Manager that would increase
department effectiveness and efficiency. - Responsible for identifying electronic services such as etimesheets and making recommendations to department supervisor.
- Assist Payroll Manager in special projects as needed.
- Actively participate in testing of new payroll process and services.
- Maintain a high level of job knowledge and awareness of payroll policies and procedures.
- Responsible for computing, withholding, and deducting pay data associated with net earnings.
- Serves as custodian of current and historical pay data for reporting purposes.
Skills and Qualification:
- 3-5 years of payroll processing experience is required.
- Experience with ADP is a plus but not required.
- Working knowledge of standard business practices and procedures, including basic HR/Accounting practices.
- Expanded knowledge of State and Federal employment laws.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy, and possess excellent time management and
- organizational skills, with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
- Computer-literate; knowledge of standard company software applications, internet
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks.
- Problem-solving ability and proven accuracy with detailed information.
- Reliability, dependability, and flexibility.