Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist is responsible for ensuring employees are paid accurately and on-time with correct withholding and deductions. Duties of this position include payroll processing, reporting, and employee communication.

• Assures that payroll-related transactions are processed in compliance with external and internal policies.
• Performs actions necessary to track and determine regular, overtime pay, bonuses and special payments.
• Processes and reviews tax with holdings, and other deductions.
• Maintains knowledge of rules and laws which govern the payroll and benefits administration.
• Reviews and processes payroll adjustments, including retro, paid time off and other time off.
• Reconciles errors and maintains payroll records.
• Fields and responds to payroll inquiries and resolves discrepancies as required.
• Other payroll-related tasks as assigned

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Accounting, Human Resources or related area preferred.
• At least 3-5 years of hourly payroll experience
• In-depth knowledge of FLSA
• (Preferred) Experience in manufacturing companies
• Advanced in Microsoft Office - Excel especially with V-Lookups, Pivot Tables
• Good understanding of payroll calculation such as overtime, shift payments, and others
• Ability to maintain payroll records and prepare payroll reports
• Ability to solve problems that routinely occur in payroll with standard procedures
• Ability to communicate information about payroll that requires some explanation or interpretation