Senior Payroll Specialist Job Buffalo area,New York USA,Business

Description
At Venture Forthe, we believe home is where people thrive. As one of New York's leading home care agencies, we're passionate about helping individuals remain independent, safe, and in control of their lives. That mission starts with our team. We foster a culture built on compassion, respect, integrity, and collaboration, where employees are valued, supported, and encouraged to grow. As a family-owned organization, we know that when we invest in our people, they can make an even greater impact on the lives of others.

The Senior Payroll Specialist ensures accurate, timely payroll for a large, multi-state workforce of hourly and salaried employees. This position serves as a senior payroll resource, managing complex transactions, resolving discrepancies, supporting compliance, and helping improve payroll processes and controls.

What You'll Do

Process and review weekly and biweekly payroll, including earnings, deductions, taxes, benefits, PTO, mileage, bonuses, overtime, and shift differentials.
Handle complex payroll transactions, including retroactive adjustments, corrections, garnishments, manual checks, off-cycle payments, new hires, terminations, and compensation changes.
Perform payroll reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and support month-end, year-end, audit, and W-2 activities.
Help maintain compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage-and-hour, tax, paid-leave, and record-retention requirements.
Review information from scheduling, EVV, timekeeping, and payroll systems, resolving issues involving hours worked, pay rates, travel time, mileage, and employee status.
Serve as an escalation point for employee payroll questions and communicate resolutions clearly and professionally.
Partner with Payroll, Human Resources, Finance, Operations, and leadership to resolve payroll issues and ensure accurate reporting.
Support payroll system testing, implementations, integrations, documentation, automation, and process improvements.
Provide guidance and backup support to payroll staff and assist with training, audits, compliance initiatives, and special projects.
Protect confidential employee and payroll information while escalating significant errors, compliance concerns, or control issues to management.

What We Offer

Work-life balance
Competitive pay
Health, dental, vision insurance
PTO
401(k) with match
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Short-term disability, critical illness, and hospital indemnity plans
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)/ Health Savings Account (HSA)
Employee discount programs
Career growth in a mission-driven agency
Supportive and collaborative work culture

Equal Opportunity Employer

Venture Forthe Home Care is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Work Authorization

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

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Requirements

What We’re Looking For:

Required

At least five years of progressive payroll experience, preferably in a high-volume environment.
Strong knowledge of payroll processing, taxes, deductions, garnishments, reconciliations, and wage-and-hour requirements.
Experience processing payroll for both hourly and salaried employees.
Advanced Excel skills, including formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and large-data reconciliations.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Excellent attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to meet strict deadlines while protecting confidential information.

Preferred

Experience processing multi-state payroll for 500 or more employees.
Experience supporting home care, healthcare, human services, or another high-volume hourly workforce.
Experience with payroll, HRIS, and timekeeping system integrations;
Paylocity experience is strongly preferred.
Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC).

The ideal candidate is accurate, service-oriented,…