Payroll Specialist

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Nashville, TN, USA
In-Office
18-18 Hourly
Entry level
Food • Professional Services • Hospitality
The Role
Process payroll forms and updates, maintain employee records, apply correct tax jurisdictions, create spreadsheets and reports, handle inquiries, and use Word/Excel and automated workflows to support payroll processing.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Summary:
Processes payroll related forms in accordance with processing schedule and defined timelines.
 
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned. 
 
· Updatesemployee informationsuch as personal data, compensation, tax data, and termination date and reason from New Hire & Termination paperwork intopayroll System.
· Use tax grid by location to correctly apply tax jurisdictions to employees when processing address changes and/or transfers.
· Creates and uses data and formulas in spreadsheets.
· Uses Microsoft Word and Excel and merge capabilities to create necessary forms
· Uses automated workflow solution to manager workload and processing
· Examines employee files to answer inquiries andprovides information to authorized persons.
· Compiles data from personnel records and prepares reports.
 
Work Environment:
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
 

We are proud to offer the following benefits:

  • Insurance: Medical with available FSA/HSA, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Critical Illness, and Accident.
  • Paid time off: Sick, Vacation, Holidays, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty Leave, Volunteer Hours.
  • Bonuses: Employee Recognition Awards, Employee Referral Bonus Program, Profit Sharing Bonus, Bonus Program (salaried positions only).
  • Other: 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Tuition Assistance Program.
Preferred Qualifications
Competency: To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies:

· Customer Service, Oral Communication, Analytical Abilities, Administrative Skills, Adaptability, Attendance/Punctuality, Dependability, Initiative
 
Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
 
Education/Experience: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to three months related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.Payroll experience preferred, but not required.
 
Language Ability: Ability to read and comprehend instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
 
Math Ability: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.
 
Reasoning Ability: Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
 
Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and familiarity with ADP preferred.
 
Certificates and Licenses: No certifications needed
 
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
 
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear.
 
*This job description is not a contract for any specific period of time, and it may be adjusted at the employer's discretion as needs change and new needs are identified.
Pay Range

18.00

Compensation & Benefits

We are proud to offer the following benefits:

  • Insurance: Medical with available FSA/HSA, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Life, and Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Critical Illness, and Accident.
  • Paid time off: Sick, Vacation, Holidays, Floating Holidays, Bereavement Leave, Jury Duty Leave, Volunteer Hours.
  • Bonuses: Employee Recognition Awards, Employee Referral Bonus Program, Profit Sharing Bonus, Bonus Program (salaried positions only).
  • Other: 401K Retirement Savings Plan, Tuition Assistance Program.

Skills Required

  • High school diploma or GED or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • One to three months related experience and/or training
  • Payroll experience
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Word
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Excel and ability to create/use data and formulas in spreadsheets
  • Familiarity with ADP
  • Ability to read, comprehend, and write simple correspondence
  • Basic math ability (add, subtract, multiply, divide, compute rate, ratio, percent)
  • Ability to apply common sense to carry out detailed but uninvolved instructions
  • Experience using mail-merge or document merge capabilities and automated workflow solutions
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The Company
8,200 Employees

What We Do

SMS Holdings is a family of companies providing commercial housekeeping, safety, managed staffing services, and uniforms to high-traffic public and commercial facilities nationwide, including airports, hospitals, and stadiums. They offer customized solutions for building maintenance and hospitality and also operate quick-service restaurants across the United States and Canada.

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