About the Role:
The Payroll Coordinator assists the Payroll Manager in preparing and processing Rising Ground’s regular and special payrolls, and in maintaining related records. The Payroll Coordinator also acts as a backup to the Payroll Manager.
What You’ll Do:
- Prepare and process payroll and time and attendance data in Rising Ground’s ADP Workforce Now application for more than 1,800 employees.
- Partner with the Human Resources team which establishes new employees with salary rates, deductions and coding to contracts.
- Ensure employee payroll taxes and other deductions are up to date.
- Troubleshoot and resolve timekeeping, wage, deduction and other payroll issues.
- Respond to inquiries from staff regarding their pay and deductions.
- Run reports from the ADP application
- Recommend process improvements where applicable.
- Provide materials for the agency audit and other payroll-related audits
- Monitor garnishment, Health Savings account (HSA) and other benefit deductions to confirm accuracy.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Knowledge of W2s and required year-end payroll procedures.
- Reconcile ADP Bank credit and debit notices
- Reconcile ADP Cost Centers
- Reconcile 401K payments before submission
- Calculate Retroactive payments
Your Qualifications:
- Advanced knowledge of ADP Payroll System and reporting including 3 - 5 years of payroll experience.
- Experience in producing a payroll.
- Experience running Custom reports in ADP Work Force Now
- Knowledge year-end payroll procedures and reporting including producing W-2s.
- Knowledge of benefit programs such as FSA, HSA, 401K, union dues, etc.
- Ability to communicate effectively with payroll and HR team members and with agency staff over the phone and by email.
- Strong attention to detail with exceptional organizational skills, ability to multi-task and set priorities.
- Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP Pivot tables
- Bachelor's degree
Supervisory Responsibility No
Work Environment: Corporate Office, two remote days per week.
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in our Headquarters at 1333 Broadway office in Midtown Manhattan. Work hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Skills Required
- Advanced knowledge of ADP Payroll System
- 3 - 5 years of payroll experience
- Experience in producing payroll
- Knowledge of year-end payroll procedures and reporting including producing W-2s
- Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP and Pivot tables
- Bachelor's degree
What We Do
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. With an annual budget of $203 million and 101 programs at 138 sites throughout the New York City and lower Westchester area, we deliver dedicated support to promote safe environments for children and help families thrive through our family stabilization, family foster care and adoption programs; innovative special educational programs that advance learning from early childhood through high school; result-focused programs that help court-involved youth change the trajectory of their lives; caring services that promote independence for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and pro-active community health initiatives that foster well-being. Across programs, we continually engage new, innovative techniques and implement evidence-based models to increase our impact and promote better outcomes.
