Payroll Administrator

At Merrimack Health, we are committed to pay transparency and equity. The base salary range is $37.74 to $56.08 hourly, excluding fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Your final base salary will be determined based on your education, experience, licensure, and internal equity considerations. Offers are typically made below the top of the range to support future salary growth.

JOB PURPOSE:

The Payroll Administrator serves a major role in all Payroll functions. Responsibility for processing, review and data entry in both ADP and Meditech systems. Processing and review of weekly, bi-weekly and out-of-cycle payroll for both Lawrence General Hospital and its affiliated entities.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

* Adhere to Fiscal Services department goals and objectives consistent with the Hospital's strategic and operating plans.
* Perform all activities necessary to process multiple weekly and biweekly payrolls on a timely basis to ensure employees are paid correctly.
* Perform reviews of data being processed on a weekly basis.
* Print checks for all applicable employees.
* Prepare manual checks and generate required input data, including application of knowledge of tax withholding regulations to determine what taxes to withhold under a variety of situations.
* Prepare weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly withholding packages including check and ACH debit requests to submit to Payroll Manager for review.
* Other duties and special projects as assigned by the Payroll Manager.
* Work with Human Resources to ensure accurate direct deposit updates.
* Daily monitoring and coordination of the payroll inbox.
* Responsible for handling termination payments, retro payments, levy's and other special with holdings.
* Responsible for AD Hoc reporting as needed (Examples FTE reporting, audit requests, various salary reports).c EDUCATION AND RELATED

EXPERIENCE:

Required:

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• 5 + years in payroll processing
  * High school diploma.
  * Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills.
  * Strong Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel skills.
  * Ability to work in a fast-spaced environment that requires strong typing skills/speed
  * Comfortable communicating with internal and external stakeholders.
  * Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy. Preferred: *
• Experience working in ADP and/or Meditech
  * Experience working in a healthcare organization