Payroll Specialist Senior

Principal Duties/Responsibilities:

· Compiles payroll data, such as hours worked and other records.

· Enters payroll information for bi-weekly pay periods.

· Maintains and runs payroll reports in payroll software to provide information as required.

· Answers questions from front-line employees, managers, and officers.

· Maintain spreadsheets used to track payroll information.

· Sets up and maintains all wage attachments and garnishments.

· Prepares computer input forms, enters data into computer files, or computes wages and deductions, and posts to payroll records.

· Reviews wages computed and corrects errors to ensure accuracy of payroll.

· Continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses The Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies:

Essential KSAs:

· Associate's Degree in Accounting Payroll and seven years experience or equivalent combination of education and training as required to handle all processing aspects of payroll, including clerical duties, taxes, W-2 forms, etc.

· Previous experience with automated payroll systems and third-party payroll processing.

· Must have thorough knowledge of payroll tax regulations and ability to meet tight deadlines and ensure accuracy with highly confidential materials.

· Must be able to work with confidential material and keep it confidential.

· Ability to: read and interpret documents; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of ATS; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

Desirable KSAs:

· Team player, organized, self motivated and able to prioritize.

Competencies:

· Communications

· Customer Focus

· Business Acumen

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; and talk or hear. The employee is also required to use a telephone with headset for verbal troubleshooting, frequent use of a standard keyboard and computer to document calls in a ticketing system, and occasional use of other office equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 30 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long periods and use close and color vision. Work is typically performed in a moderately noisy business office.