Payroll Specialist
Listed on 2026-09-27
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Accounting
About Hire Right
Hire Right is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in‑house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, Tennessee, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.
Hire Right is the premier global background screening and workforce solutions provider. We bring clarity and confidence to vetting and hiring decisions through integrated, tailored solutions, driving a higher standard of accuracy in everything we do. Combining in‑house talent, personalized services, and proprietary technology, we ensure the best candidate experience possible. PBSA accredited and based in Nashville, Tennessee, we offer expertise from our regional centers across 200 countries and territories in The Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.
Our commitment to get it right every time, everywhere, makes us the trusted partner of businesses and organizations worldwide.
The Payroll Specialist completes monthly global payroll processing and auditing on a monthly basis, in line with company processes and policies. The position performs a variety of routine and complex clerical and accounting tasks connected with processing payroll and maintaining payroll records. They will support monthly payroll queries as they arise from colleagues globally.
This is a hybrid role (3 days onsite per week) in our downtown Nashville office location.
Responsibilities- Performs a variety of routine and complex clerical and accounting tasks connected with processing payroll and maintaining payroll records
- Resolve payroll discrepancies and answer payroll queries
- Enter payroll/benefit data into payroll systems, including computing wage and overtime payments, calculating and recording payroll deductions
- Update payroll records by entering changes to employee information or benefits (ie, exemptions, insurance coverage, direct deposit, etc.)
- Calculating payroll liabilities by determining employee taxes, including federal and state income and social security tax, calculating employers’ payments for pension/social security and workers’ compensation
- Audit timekeeping records for compliance with established standards
- Maintain time and attendance records impacting payroll
- Enter new hires, terminations, leaves and other status’ that impact payroll into payroll systems
- Posting changes in pay and tax status, and miscellaneous changes
- Prepare payroll related journal entries for monthly accounting close
- Run monthly payroll reports, ledgers and other financial reports
- Closely cooperate with payroll external service providers
- Maintain payroll operations by following procedures, understanding proper taxation, garnishments and required reporting
- Maintain employee confidence and protect operations by adhering to confidentiality requirements
- Distribute paper paychecks if and as needed
- 3+ years of relevant payroll accounting and processing experience
- Ability to speak and write in English
- Experience working in a global company preferred
- High interpersonal and communication skills
- Personal credibility and high integrity
- Accuracy and diligence
- Good math and accounting aptitude
- Ability to work with large quantities of data
- Advanced Excel and Word skills (advanced functions, word processing)
- Ability to work…
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