Job Title: Payroll Specialist (HR Generalist)
Status: Full-Time Salaried Exempt
Salary Range: $50,000 to $60,000
Who We Are
Sage Solutions Group is a dynamic HR consulting organization dedicated to helping businesses build strong, compliant, and people-focused workplaces. We partner with clients across multiple industries to deliver strategic HR solutions that support organizational growth, employee engagement, and operational excellence. Our team values professionalism, responsiveness, collaboration, and practical problem-solving.
What You Will Do
As a Payroll Specialist, you will serve as a trusted advisor to assigned client accounts by providing payroll administration and support.
Responsibilities include:
- Processing multi-client payroll accurately and on schedule, including regular, off-cycle, and bonus runs
- Ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations and wage and hour laws (FLSA)
- Managing payroll setup, deductions, garnishments, benefits contributions, and year-end reporting (W-2s, 1099s)
- Reconciling payroll data, resolving discrepancies, and maintaining accurate payroll records
- Advising clients on payroll policies, procedures, and best practices
- Staying current on payroll tax law changes and multi-state payroll requirements
- Partnering with HR and finance teams to support onboarding, terminations, and benefits administration as they relate to payroll
- Conducting payroll audits to support client compliance efforts
- Building strong client relationships through proactive communication and responsiveness
- Supporting process improvements and payroll system implementations or transitions
- Traveling locally to client sites 2–4 days per week (no overnight travel required) to support onsite collaboration, meetings, and project execution
What We're Looking For
- Associate's degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field (equivalent experience considered)
- 5+ years of progressive payroll experience, ideally supporting multiple clients or entities
- Strong knowledge of payroll-related employment laws including FLSA, and familiarity with FMLA, ADA, and other applicable regulations
- Hands-on experience with payroll systems/platforms (e.g., ADP, Paychex, Paycom, Gusto, or similar)
- Experience with multi-state payroll tax compliance and reporting
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in high-volume, deadline-driven work
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and client accounts in a fast-paced consulting environment
- Payroll certification (CPP or FPC) preferred
Why Join Sage Solutions Group?
- Opportunity to work with diverse clients and industries
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Meaningful work that helps organizations and employees succeed
- Professional growth and development opportunities
- Fast-paced, engaging, and relationship-driven culture
Skills Required
- Associate's degree in HR, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of progressive payroll experience supporting multiple clients or entities
- Strong knowledge of payroll-related employment laws including FLSA
- Familiarity with FMLA, ADA, and other applicable regulations
- Hands-on experience with payroll systems/platforms (e.g., ADP, Paychex, Paycom, Gusto, or similar)
- Experience with multi-state payroll tax compliance and reporting
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy in high-volume, deadline-driven work
- Excellent communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and client accounts; travel locally to client sites 2–4 days per week
- Payroll certification (CPP or FPC)
What We Do
Hiring a Human Resource Manager to navigate your business through the web of laws can be very expensive and time consuming. Sage Solutions can provide your start-up, or small to medium-sized business, with just the right services you need without breaking the bank. We focus on three distinct services offerings: 1. Compliance Solutions, 2. Human Resource Solutions, and 3. Individual Services Solutions. COMPLIANCE SERVICES The path to compliance starts with our complimentary audit which details your strengths and weaknesses. We then partner with your administrative personnel to provide comprehensive, yet simple, tool kits for compliance with many of the reporting requirements. From there, we assist with improving your audit score, offering 3 levels of monthly subscription services to meet your business needs and budget. As your audit score improves, your risk level improves, providing you better peace of mind. HUMAN RESOURCES SOLUTIONS In addition to the compliance services above, we can provide highly customized HR subscriptions services such as hiring, investigations, employee handbooks and the like. Simply purchase the subscriptions hours you need to meet your human resource needs. INDIVIDUAL SERVICES SOLUTIONS Our individual services allow you to purchase only the HR services that you need while maintaining a tight budget. Services include helping you find and acquire new talent, diversifying your workforce, completing necessary HR paperwork, and creating employee handbooks and documents that will help keep you compliant with all the state and federal employment laws. Our goal is to streamline many of the most challenging HR management tasks with our individual services. Whether you have questions about compliance or human capital management, we have the answers you need. Sage Solutions was formed by 3 executives with decades of business experience, who are always ready to roll up their sleeves and get the work done so you don't have to.
