Top Payroll Specialist Jobs

Processes accurate and timely payroll while providing day-to-day HR administrative support. Maintains confidential employee and payroll records, supports benefits and leave administration, manages employee changes and documentation, and assists with recruitment. Ensures HR and payroll transactions comply with organizational policies and applicable requirements while working effectively with supervisors and employees.

The Payroll Specialist Lead processes payroll, ensures compliance, manages stakeholder relationships, mentors team members, and implements improvements in payroll operations.

Process, audit, reconcile, and report payroll for hourly and salaried employees. Review timecards, pay rates, deductions, taxes, garnishments, benefits, adjustments, and final pay for accuracy and regulatory compliance. Investigate discrepancies, maintain confidential payroll records, respond to employee inquiries, support period-end activities, and identify process improvements. Strong Excel skills and payroll compliance knowledge are required; Paycom experience and payroll certification are preferred.

Processes biweekly multi-state payroll, payroll taxes, reconciliations, benefit contributions, garnishments, reimbursements, journal entries, and annual reporting. Ensures accurate and timely payroll transactions, account balancing, compliance filings, employee support, and coordination with auditors and government agencies. Provides training on payroll, timekeeping, and expense reimbursement processes while maintaining confidentiality and supporting the Director of Accounting.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing for multiple managed customers, including case management, escalations, root cause analysis, client calls, Workday payroll configuration, tax and garnishment support, audits, year-end processing, W-2 adjustments, compliance, and service documentation. Maintains quality and production metrics while meeting deadlines and collaborating with customer and internal teams.

Processes high-volume U.S. payroll, including off-cycle checks, garnishments, payroll GL reconciliations, audits, compliance tasks, inbox management, unclaimed property, reporting, and year-end activities. Uses Workday Payroll and D365 while supporting regular payroll processing, internal controls, and cross-functional projects. Requires strong Excel skills, attention to detail, independent prioritization, and the ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Owns end-to-end payroll processing, including validation, exception resolution, payroll execution, tax coordination, reconciliations, and controls. Supports account reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close, financial reporting, workforce cost analysis, audits, and process improvement. Partners with Finance, Workforce Performance & Operations, payroll providers, vendors, and auditors to ensure accurate, compliant, and well-controlled financial operations.

Process semi-monthly payroll for hourly and salaried employees, verify timesheets, maintain employee payroll records, ensure regulatory compliance, reconcile payroll general ledger and benefits accounts, generate payroll and benefit reports, support audits, and respond to employee payroll inquiries.

Support biweekly payroll processing, act as backup to the Payroll Administrator, prepare GL entries and reconciliations, manage garnishments and tax inquiries, maintain employee records, respond to payroll/W-2/W-4 inquiries, and provide accurate payroll support while ensuring confidentiality and compliance.

Process in-house payroll including creating payroll checks and direct deposits by deadlines. Ensure compliance with company payroll policies and procedures. Use Excel extensively; prioritize and manage multiple payroll projects. Experience with ADP or Workday is a plus. Must work on-site in the Brooklyn office.

Assist the Payroll Director on a long-term temporary project involving data entry and related payroll activities. Maintain accurate payroll records, prioritize tasks, handle multiple projects, and support potential transition to full-time employment.

The Payroll Specialist processes payroll for biweekly and monthly pay groups, assists with payroll tax compliance, data entry, and reporting.

Process multi-state payroll for assigned clients, accurately enter and audit payroll data, import time files, generate payroll reports, resolve payroll and tax issues, handle special payroll cycles, and provide client support and training.

Processes high-volume, multi-state bi-weekly payroll; maintains Paylocity and employee data; manages tax compliance, deductions, audits, reporting, reconciliations, and payroll inquiries. Supports onboarding, offboarding, benefits, leave administration, personnel records, HR compliance, manager training, and process improvement. Collaborates with HR, Finance, store leadership, and vendors to ensure accurate payroll and effective HR operations.

Manage HRIS records, employment documentation, onboarding and offboarding, payroll coordination, employee benefits administration, insurance enrollment, vendor inquiries, labor compliance, attendance, health-check programs, HR reporting, and employee communications. The role supports payroll data preparation, bonuses, annual adjustments, year-end tax procedures, defined-contribution pensions, insurance, leave management, labor filings, and HR projects while coordinating with employees, vendors, and regional offices.

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing payroll, maintaining records, ensuring compliance, and resolving payroll issues in collaboration with HR and finance teams.

Process weekly payrolls, maintain accurate employee/payroll records, handle benefits (PTO, insurance, 401k), calculate retro pay and shift differentials, process garnishments, prepare reports, respond to employee verification requests and inquiries, and support team communication and payroll-related issue resolution.

Processes and reviews payroll changes, imported files, Oracle transmissions, and payroll cycles. Resolves payroll discrepancies, supports compliance with federal and state wage laws, prepares year-end and W-2 materials, handles employment verification data, and answers employee payroll questions. The role requires maintaining confidentiality, analyzing payroll information, supporting audits and special projects, and partnering with payroll management and business units.

Process weekly payrolls for assigned pay groups (500–1000+ employees), review and edit timecards, handle new hires/changes, reconciliations, garnishments, and payroll reporting. Ensure compliance with federal, state, and union regulations, maintain records, resolve discrepancies, and provide employee support.

Manage a portfolio of payroll clients: collect and enter payroll data, meet processing deadlines, assist with reports and issues, provide phone/email customer support, learn payroll software, and collaborate with internal teams to promote products and services.

The Payroll Tax Specialist manages payroll tax functions including setup in Workday, compliance with laws, and resolving associate inquiries.

Lead end-to-end payroll operations for the Netherlands: process payroll, statutory filings, reconciliations, and payments; ensure data integrity, KPIs/SLAs, and compliance; improve processes, mentor payroll specialists, manage stakeholder relationships, and back up regional managers.

Process semi-monthly payroll for 1,000+ multi-state employees, audit and reconcile payroll items, ensure compliance with tax and payroll regulations, support international payroll activities, resolve payroll discrepancies, produce reports and journal entries, partner with HR/Finance, and drive process improvements and Workday-related projects.

Process full-cycle bi-weekly payroll in Workday for a multi-state workforce, import/time data from Kronos/UKG, handle tax remittance, garnishments, adjustments, reporting, audits, user training, and ensure compliance with California and federal payroll laws.

Process weekly payroll using JDE/HCM, prepare paychecks/direct deposit, reconcile payroll, manage union fringe reports and benefits deductions, handle garnishments, year-end reporting (W-2/W-2c), respond to payroll and EDD inquiries, maintain personnel data entry, and support HR and Accounting with payroll issue resolution.