Payroll Specialist

About The Role

The Payroll Specialist supports the Corporate Payroll function, completes time and attendance and manages weekly payroll activities. This function supports Cavco’s payroll and collects payroll data to maintain accurate payroll records. They handle processing of employee status changes, analyzes payroll and employee expenses, create on-going month-end, quarterly, and year-end organization reports; and performs other rated duties as assigned. The Payroll Specialist may audits payroll information for accuracy, reconcile payroll deposits, tax with holdings, wage garnishments, PTO status and voluntary deductions.

Participates in problem solving and special projects within the Payroll Department.

• Assist with all internal Payroll / HR inquiries or requests.
• Prepare responses to notices from government agencies regarding employee tax filings.
• Assures that payroll-related transactions are processed in compliance with external and internal policies.
• Performs actions necessary to track and determine regular and overtime pay, and factors commission-based income or bonuses into an employee's salary.
• Calculates and processes Federal and State tax and social security with holdings, union dues, and other deductions, insurance, benefits, pension/retirement, 401(k) contributions and company match, and profit sharing.
• Screens time-worked inputs for calculating, coding, or other errors.
• Monitors computer reports alerting Payroll Clerks to problems or errors.
• Reconciles errors and maintains payroll records.
• Reviews and processes payroll adjustments, including vacation, sick, and other time off.
• Generates accrual entries, as required.
• Fields and responds to payroll inquiries and resolves discrepancies as required.
• Maintains knowledge of rules and laws which govern the payroll administration practices.
• Assists with training of Payroll Clerks.
• May prepare Accounts Payable check requests as necessary.

The Payroll Specialist supports the Corporate Payroll function, completes time and attendance and manages weekly payroll activities. This function supports Cavco’s payroll and collects payroll data to maintain accurate payroll records. They handle processing of employee status changes, analyzes payroll and employee expenses, create on-going month-end, quarterly, and year-end organization reports; and performs other rated duties as assigned. The Payroll Specialist may audits payroll information for accuracy, reconcile payroll deposits, tax with holdings, wage garnishments, PTO status and voluntary deductions.

Participates in problem solving and special projects within the Payroll Department.

• Assist with all internal Payroll / HR inquiries or requests.
• Prepare responses to notices from government agencies regarding employee tax filings.
• Assures that payroll-related transactions are processed in compliance with external and internal policies.
• Performs actions necessary to track and determine regular and overtime pay, and factors commission-based income or bonuses into an employee's salary.
• Calculates and processes Federal and State tax and social security with holdings, union dues, and other deductions, insurance, benefits, pension/retirement, 401(k) contributions and company match, and profit sharing.
• Screens time-worked inputs for calculating, coding, or other errors.
• Monitors computer reports alerting Payroll Clerks to problems or errors.
• Reconciles errors and maintains payroll records.
• Reviews and processes payroll adjustments, including vacation, sick, and other time off.
• Generates accrual entries, as required.
• Fields and responds to payroll inquiries and resolves discrepancies as required.
• Maintains knowledge of rules and laws which govern the payroll administration…