Senior Payroll Specialist

Posted 12 Days Ago
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Atlanta, GA, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Other
The Role
The Senior Payroll Specialist manages the full payroll cycle, ensuring accurate processing, compliance with regulations, and providing customer service for payroll issues.
Summary Generated by Built In

Join Frazier & Deeter and be a part of a rapidly growing Top 50 accounting & advisory firm that has been repeatedly named a Best Firm to Work For, a Best Firm for Women and a Pacesetter firm among U.S. accounting firms. With offices in Atlanta, Alpharetta, Baltimore, Charlotte, Huntsville, Las Vegas, London, Nashville, Pensacola, Tampa and Winter Haven, there is a spot for you! 

We serve clients of all sizes across the United States and the globe, with a suite of services that grow every year. Our growth mindset and entrepreneurial environment translates into variety and opportunity for our people. 

At Frazier & Deeter, we’re committed to training, mentoring, and developing our staff members. With our emphasis on Investing in Relationships to Make a Difference and a Firmwide Focus on Inclusion, we help each other grow in every aspect of life.  

Senior Payroll Specialist:
 
Frazier & Deeter is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our growing Finance department. Reporting directly to the Controller, this role will play a key part in ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across the firm. We’re looking for someone with a positive, detail‑oriented mindset who takes pride in delivering exceptional service to our internal stakeholders and thrives in a collaborative, fast‑paced environment.
 
Key Responsibilities
  • Manage the full payroll cycle, ensuring timely and accurate processing of all payroll transactions.
  • Process salaries, benefits, taxes, garnishments, and other deductions in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
  • Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate all payroll reports.
  • Maintain compliance with wage and hour laws and payroll best practices.
  • Prepare and file payroll‑related tax filings and support year‑end processes.
  • Develop, document, and maintain payroll policies, procedures, and internal controls.
  • Build and enhance reporting tools to streamline payroll operations and improve accuracy.
  • Provide high‑quality customer service by resolving escalated payroll issues promptly and professionally.
  • Research and resolve complex payroll matters, partnering with HR and Finance as needed.
  • Maintain strict confidentiality of all payroll and employee information.
  • Support leadership with ad hoc projects and additional duties as assigned.
Education & Experience
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred.
  • 3-5+ years of multi‑state, full‑cycle payroll experience required.
  • Experience with ADP Workforce Now is required.
  • Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred but not required.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
  • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills (VLOOKUP, PivotTables, Macros).
  • Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
  • High initiative, sound judgment, and a solutions‑oriented mindset.
  • Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and meet critical deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.


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The Company
HQ: Atlanta, GA
434 Employees
Year Founded: 1981

What We Do

Frazier & Deeter is an award winning accounting and advisory firm known for addressing our clients' emerging needs as they evolve. We achieve exceptional client satisfaction ratings by looking beyond accounting for today to advising for the future. Our Arch + Tower team means we offer an unusual range of services that give us a unique perspective on the intersection of capital, compliance and growth. We are an award-winning Deliberately Developmental Organization that has garnered national attention for our efforts to create a culture in which we grow our people everyday. Our brand promise is Investing in Relationships to Make a Difference. We offer the full range of tax, audit, accounting and advisory services through our offices in Atlanta, Cambridge, Charlotte, Las Vegas, London, Nashville, North Georgia and Tampa. Our firm is a member of CPAmerica. Frazier & Deeter has received many honors based on the quality of our work and our dedication to client responsiveness. Our accolades include: - Among the top 60 largest Accounting Firms in the nation - Among the Best Firms to Work for in the U.S. 2015, 2016 - Best of the Best CPA firm - 14 times - 6 time winner of Practical Accountant's Practice Innovation Award - Top Firm for Women in Leadership - 6 times A company with more than 98% of its employees who believe the firm is "committed to producing top-quality work, and consistently goes the extra mile to achieve great results."​

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