Payroll Specialist

Every day, Global Payments makes it possible for millions of people to move money between buyers and sellers using our payments solutions for credit, debit, prepaid and merchant services.  Our worldwide team helps over 3 million companies, more than 1,300 financial institutions and over 600 million cardholders grow with confidence and achieve amazing results.  We are driven by our passion for success and we are proud to deliver best-in-class payment technology and software solutions.  Join our dynamic team and make your mark on the payments technology landscape of tomorrow. 

Processes high-volume payroll for corporate location and multiple subsidiaries on a semi-monthly, biweekly and/or monthly basis. Maintains, processes, and verifies employee time and attendance detail, manually processes miscellaneous payroll adjusting entries, processes garnishment, child support, and tax levy payments. Prepares, processes, and maintains various other payroll-related matters and employee benefits such as 401(k) and flexible spending accounts.

• Issues pay to employees by entering manual adjustments, calculating earnings and deductions in accordance with established practices and guidelines. Compiles data to process payroll by polling electronic time clocks, preparing computer input forms, and reviewing the downloads for completeness and accuracy. Prepares and completes garnishment questionnaires.
• Provides information and prepares reports for various areas of the organization and managers, by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages, for funding, general ledger entry, trend analysis, tax reporting, and audit purposes.
• Employs a general understanding of State and Federal payroll tax laws, wage regulations, labor laws, and withholding order administration to provide assistance to team members with payroll and time keeping related questions. Investigates and corrects payroll discrepancies and errors.
• Utilizes Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) and timekeeping systems to update team member information, process payroll, gather data, and generate reports.
• Shares knowledge, skills and experience to assist in the training of junior payroll administrators.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or Equivalent
• Typically Minimum 4 Years Relevant Exp
• Payroll and HRIS knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Human Resources, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting
• Typically Minimum 8+ Years Relevant Exp
• payroll experience
• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC), or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), or other relevant certification

• Skills / Knowledge - As a skilled specialist, completes tasks in resourceful and effective ways.
• Job Complexity - Works on assignments requiring considerable initiative. Understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions.
• Supervision - Proposes methods and procedures on new assignments. May be informal team leader.
• Oral and Written skills - Excellent communication skills
• Technical ability - Microsoft Office; Human Resource Information Systems (Payroll, Time & Attendance)
• Organizational skills - Ability to stay focused and organized with large amounts of data

Global Payments Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.

Global Payments provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify a representative of the Human Resources Department.