Payroll Specialist

Overview

Join our team as a Payroll Specialist and manage diverse tasks for a variety of clients with the support of a knowledgeable team—bring your expertise to make a big impact!

Work Type: Part Time or Full Time, Monday-Friday. Flexible schedule between the hours of 8:00 am to 5:00 pm PST daily; morning availability is required.

Compensation: $50-$65hr DOE and Location

Schedule: M-F

Location: Primarily Remote with potential for on-site if needed (Bay Area, CA if onsite is needed)

Company Name: Next Level Strategies

Job Type: Part Time OR Full Time

• Manage payroll for a variety of clients with accuracy and timeliness, supported by a knowledgeable team.
• Work across multiple payroll platforms and manage employee timekeeping records with precision.
• Utilize advanced Excel skills for data reconciliation, reporting, and processing.
• Serve as a trusted resource for the client workforce, handling sensitive information with professionalism.
• Ensure payroll processes are consistent and compliant with internal standards.

• 5+ years of experience in a payroll position or equivalent.
• Experience providing payroll solutions for multiple companies is preferred.
• Ability to prioritize workload and communicate effectively (verbal and written).
• Experience with payroll software such as Paychex, Paylocity, Gusto, Rippling; familiarity with Slack, Asana, Google Suite, MS Office, and Ease (Mineral) is helpful.
• Comfortable with California wage and hour compliance and ownership of client deliverables.
• Detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to delivering accurate and timely payrolls.

Who We Are: Next Level Strategies was founded in 2003 to provide tactical and strategic support for all areas of Human Resources Management, recruiting and payroll, by the project or as a totally outsourced function. We have consultants in the San Francisco Bay Area;
Austin, Texas; and New York City, New York, to support our clients. We coach our clients through all facets of employment—from recruiting a key employee to managing workplace conflicts, writing an employee manual, delivering annual harassment prevention training, eliciting top performance from all employees, and guiding companies through terminations and layoffs.

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome diversity in the workplace.

Attach resume as .pdf, .doc, .docx, .odt, .txt, or .rtf (limit 5MB). Please provide your response to the following prompts:

How many years of experience do you have working in a Payroll position?

What Payroll Software Systems do you have experience with?

Have you worked in a remote position?

Are you able to work on-site on occasion within the Bay Area if needed?

Are you authorized to work in the US?

Do you have experience using Paylocity when processing payroll?

Do you have experience using Rippling when processing payroll?

We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome diversity in the workplace.