Payroll Specialist

Overview

Armor Health is seeking an experienced

Armor Health is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our Human Resources team and support payroll operations for a growing healthcare organization of approximately 1,000 employees across multiple locations and legal entities. This is a hands-on payroll processing role for an experienced payroll professional who can step in and contribute immediately. The ideal candidate has independently processed payroll for a workforce of approximately 1,000 employees, has experience managing multi-site, multi-EIN payroll, and is comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where accuracy, deadlines, and problem-solving are critical.

Paylocity experience is highly preferred.

• Process accurate and timely payroll across multiple locations and EINs.
• Independently manage the end-to-end payroll process, from payroll preparation through finalization.
• Review payroll for accuracy, including earnings, deductions, taxes, benefits, garnishments, adjustments, and other payroll-related transactions.
• Process payroll across multiple legal entities and jurisdictions while ensuring appropriate tax and compliance requirements are met.
• Reconcile payroll and identify and resolve discrepancies before payroll is finalized.
• Partner with HR, Benefits, Finance, and operational leaders to resolve payroll issues and ensure accurate employee pay.
• Research and resolve complex payroll questions and discrepancies with a high degree of urgency and attention to detail.
• Manage payroll-related reporting, audits, reconciliations, and documentation.
• Support payroll tax and compliance activities, including responding to payroll-related inquiries and coordinating with applicable vendors and agencies.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and ensure payroll processes are properly documented.
• Assist with year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing and reconciliations.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and efficiency.
• Serve as a knowledgeable payroll resource to employees and internal stakeholders.
• Partner closely with the Director of Payroll while taking ownership of assigned payroll responsibilities.

• Have actually run payroll, rather than primarily providing administrative support to a payroll team.
• Can walk into an established payroll operation and become productive quickly.
• Have experience managing payroll complexity across multiple EINs, locations, and employee populations.
• Are comfortable owning payroll deadlines and resolving issues without needing step-by-step direction.
• Know how to audit your own work and catch errors before employees are impacted.
• Understand that payroll is a high-accountability function where accuracy and timeliness are non-negotiable.

• Have primarily provided administrative or clerical support to a payroll department.
• Have only processed payroll for a small employee population.
• Have primarily handled timekeeping, onboarding, or HR administration without owning payroll processing.
• Require extensive training on fundamental payroll processes.
• Have not worked with multiple EINs or multi-site payroll environments.

Armor Health provides healthcare services to individuals in correctional and detention facilities across the country. As our organization continues to grow, our HR and payroll operations are critical to ensuring our employees are paid accurately, on time, and in compliance with applicable requirements. You’ll join a team where your payroll expertise will have a direct impact on the employee experience and the operational success of the organization.

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll processing experience.
• Demonstrated experience independently processing payroll for approximately 1,000 employees or more.
• Required:
  
  Multi-site and multi-EIN payroll experience.
• Highly preferred:
  Paylocity payroll experience.
• Strong understanding of payroll processing, payroll taxes, deductions, benefits, garnishments, reconciliations, and year-end processes.
• Experience working with payroll across multiple states and/or jurisdictions strongly preferred.
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