Payroll Specialist Burnsville, MN

Payroll Coordinator

The Payroll Coordinator is responsible for reviewing, auditing, and preparing employee timecard data for payroll processing. This role serves as a key quality control function between timekeeping and payroll systems, ensuring hours are accurately recorded, coded, and transferred before submission to the payroll processing team. The Payroll Coordinator works with managers and employees to resolve discrepancies and maintain payroll accuracy for a large workforce.

• Review and audit employee timecards for accuracy and completeness.
• Approve timecards within the timekeeping system.
• Identify and investigate missing, incorrect, or excessive hours.
• Verify payroll data and perform quality control checks prior to processing.
• Transfer employee hours from the HCSS timekeeping system into ECMS payroll software.
• Ensure hours are coded appropriately to departments, projects, or cost centers.
• Research and resolve payroll discrepancies by partnering with managers and employees.
• Maintain compliance with company payroll policies and procedures.
• Prepare payroll data and submit completed payroll batches to the payroll processing team for final processing.
• Support payroll reporting and documentation as needed.