Payroll Clerk Internship-America's Car-Mart

About America's Car-Mart

For more than 40 years, America's Car-Mart has been dedicated to helping customers achieve vehicle ownership through affordable financing and exceptional service. With more than 150 dealerships across the South‑Central U.S., Car-Mart is known for its customer‑first approach, commitment to its communities, and supportive workplace where employees can grow their careers while making a meaningful impact.

This internship provides experience in processing, auditing and analyzing data for HR and Payroll systems.

• Provide clerical duties for the payroll department including auditing and filing.
• Process new garnishment orders and send payments.
• Assist with payroll processing duties including checking emails and voicemails.
• Process and post HR system reports, and provide an audit each pay period to ensure reports are posted timely.
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by your direct manager.
• Follow company policies and procedures and support company mission, vision, values and standards of ethics.
• Daily attendance required to ensure all duties are completed in a timely fashion.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must meet the following requirements.

• High School diploma or GED; related experience and/or training preferred; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read, interpret, and write routine reports and correspondence; communicate effectively with associates, customers, and vendors both in person and via telephone.
• Basic math skills: add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• Reasoning ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Strong data entry skills and accuracy.
• Ability to learn payroll software and use Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Strong organizational, planning and time‑management skills to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Physical demands include occasional standing, walking, bending, lifting up to 10 pounds, and routine office tasks.
• Work schedule may include overtime or adjusted hours based on business demand.
• Work environment involves moderate office noise.

$15.00 per hour

The Arkansas Center for Data Sciences dba Apprenticely will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years old or older. Apprenticely will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 30.

Apprenticely will conduct an initial phone interview and assessment. Selected resumes will be sent to partner companies. The employer partners will decide who to interview and select the final candidates for the internship program.