Top Payroll Specialist Jobs

Process end-to-end payroll accurately and on time, including wage calculations, tax withholding, deductions, payroll records, reconciliations, tax filings, employee inquiries, reporting, and audit support. Collaborate with HR and finance teams to resolve discrepancies and ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.

Payroll Specialist/Analyst role with Covenant Health. The provided description primarily outlines the organization’s mission, values, compensation range, and nondiscrimination policy; specific payroll responsibilities and qualifications are not included.

Process end-to-end payroll in ADP, including employee updates, adjustments, multi-state setup, tax withholding, reporting, reconciliations, compliance, year-end W-2 activities, audits, and employee support. Coordinate with ADP, HR, accounting, and management while maintaining confidential records and improving payroll controls.

Process weekly and monthly payroll cycles accurately and on schedule, complete payroll reviews and sign-offs, analyze and enter payroll master data, coordinate with payroll vendors and internal departments, resolve discrepancies, maintain confidentiality, and escalate complex payroll matters. The role also supports cross-training across payroll cycles and requires ongoing technical knowledge of payroll processes, tax compliance, and labor standards.

Maintains accurate and confidential payroll data, verifies timesheets, processes personnel changes in Dayforce, researches tax issues, calculates deductions, handles employment verification requests, distributes payroll reports, updates processing manuals, troubleshoots issues, supports employees and managers, and improves payroll processes.

Process full-cycle payroll on biweekly and semi-monthly schedules, including data entry, timecard audits, wage calculations, deductions, garnishments, tax changes, and year-end W-2 activities. Ensure compliance with federal and state regulations, reconcile payroll reports, prepare audit documentation, generate reports, and meet strict deadlines. Serve as the primary contact for employee and manager payroll questions, educate users on Paylocity, and troubleshoot discrepancies.

Administers federal, state, and local payroll tax withholding, filings, reconciliations, payments, and year-end reporting. Researches tax notices, resolves discrepancies, supports payroll processing, maintains tax accounts and system configurations, and ensures regulatory compliance. Collaborates with HR, Benefits, Compensation, and Finance while improving processes, reporting, automation, testing, and payroll tax controls.

Administers payroll and employee benefits, including eligibility, enrollment, deductions, invoice reconciliation, compliance, employee education, wellness initiatives, issue resolution, and personnel records. The role maintains accurate confidential data, supports benefits communications, analyzes payroll and benefits issues, and uses Paycom or similar cloud-based payroll software along with Excel, Word, and Outlook.

Process biweekly and off-cycle payrolls, maintain HRIS and time systems, administer benefits enrollment and deductions, reconcile taxes and benefit invoices, produce payroll reports and audits, maintain employee records, and improve payroll/benefit processes and controls while responding to employee inquiries.

Prepares and reviews federal, state, and local payroll tax documents; performs tax reconciliations, determines liabilities, processes tax returns, researches discrepancies, interprets regulatory changes, and resolves escalated client or internal issues. Ensures accurate and timely compliance across multi-state, high-volume payroll operations while updating procedures and communicating regulatory changes.

Processes temporary worker time data for payroll, verifies pay calculations, prepares reports, creates and sends customer invoices, and resolves billing questions. The role requires accurate data entry, Excel-based data manipulation, Avionte use, knowledge of wage and hour laws, and confidentiality. It also supports phone coverage, work verifications, customer-requested process improvements, and office operations.

Processes union and non-union payroll, audits timekeeping, earnings, deductions, taxes, benefits, and employee records. Handles garnishments, supplemental pay, reconciliations, year-end W-2 reviews, benefit updates, invoices, reports, and audit documentation. Resolves payroll and benefits inquiries while supporting HR and open enrollment activities.

Processes payroll accurately and compliantly using automated timekeeping systems, prepares government and periodic reports, trains employees and managers, resolves payroll discrepancies, and supports payroll operations and employee information requests.

Manage payroll processing, HRIS administration, benefits enrollment, provider relationships, and HRIS projects. Support onboarding, offboarding, open enrollment, reporting, employee training, benefits invoices, and access management. Improve HR processes through automation while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, compliance, and strong stakeholder communication.

Manage US and Canadian payroll tax compliance, including tax notices, registrations, exceptions, adjustments, W-2c corrections, T4 amendments, reconciliations, filings, audits, and employee inquiries. The role supports quarter-end and year-end processes, validates tax setups, resolves system issues, maintains audit documentation, and recommends process improvements while using Workday and Smart Compliance.

Supports facility business-office and financial operations, including healthcare billing, Medicaid applications, Medicare and third-party billing, collections, accounts receivable, account auditing, payroll backup, accounts payable, cash reconciliation, reporting, compliance, and administrative duties. Communicates with residents, families, agencies, and management while maintaining accurate records and improving financial processes.

Implement payroll SaaS solutions for customers from requirements gathering through configuration, data migration, testing, training, and go-live. The role involves understanding payroll processes, configuring workflows, supporting integrations and data transformation, managing multiple customer projects, explaining technical information, resolving issues, and collaborating with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Customer Success. Occasional customer-site travel may be required.

Own daily Paylocity administration, HRIS data integrity, employee records, audits, troubleshooting, documentation, and process improvements. Support payroll processing, reconciliations, benefits, onboarding, offboarding, leave tracking, and employee inquiries. Coordinate with HR, payroll, finance, benefits providers, and external stakeholders to resolve issues. Maintain California employment-practice knowledge and ensure accurate leave, payroll, and employee lifecycle administration.

Maintain and review payroll data for multiple companies, ensuring accurate and timely employee payments. Responsibilities include verifying timecard approvals, processing multi-state payroll, resolving discrepancies, answering employee questions, managing manual payments and garnishments, preparing reports, monitoring tax filings, supporting payroll application training, and assisting with payroll projects.

Lead regional and global payroll operations with over 99% deadline compliance and over 99.5% accuracy. Manage Zendesk ticket queues, optimize SOPs and internal resources, resolve complex issues, provide cross-team training and mentorship, support global clients, and lead testing and cross-functional projects. Drive process improvements, stakeholder communication, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency in a fully remote, asynchronous environment.

Manages payroll processing, employee records, onboarding and offboarding, benefits administration, invoice reconciliation, compliance reporting, and employee inquiries. Audits payroll and HRIS data, resolves benefits billing discrepancies, maintains personnel files, supports regulatory filings, communicates policies, and assists with HR initiatives. The role requires confidentiality, accuracy, strong organizational skills, and proficiency with HRIS, payroll, office productivity, and collaboration tools.

Process weekly and biweekly full-cycle payroll for more than 1,200 employees across 20+ states. Manage payroll taxes, filings, amendments, W-2s, deductions, garnishments, union dues, prevailing wages, audits, reconciliations, and payroll reporting. Support HR data changes, vendor relationships, and integrations between ADP Workforce Now and UKG Pro. Collaborate with HR, Finance, labor unions, and stakeholders while maintaining regulatory compliance, confidentiality, accuracy, and process improvements.

Process bi-weekly payroll, reconcile payroll and cash transactions, prepare general ledger entries, manage benefits deductions and 401(k) funding, administer garnishments, validate time records, generate reports, support ADP users, and maintain employee data in ADP and UKG systems. Ensure compliance with payroll tax, wage and hour, garnishment, and IRS requirements while handling adjustments, verifications, and benefits invoices.

Process bi-weekly U.S. payroll and support Canadian and Mexican payroll activities. Administer Workday Time and Attendance, time-off plans, accruals, eligibility rules, and balances while ensuring compliance with wage, hour, tax, and paid-leave regulations. Validate payroll inputs, reconcile discrepancies, support audits and year-end processes, maintain HRIS data integrity, and provide Workday training and user support to managers and employees. Partner with HR Operations on configuration, testing, documentation, and compliance-driven system changes.

Process weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees, including timecards, mileage, per diem, overtime, travel pay, bonuses, deductions, and reimbursements. Maintain compliant payroll records, audit documentation, reconcile discrepancies, answer employee inquiries, coordinate with HR on employee changes, prepare reports, and support year-end W-2 and payroll reporting. The role requires strong Excel skills, confidentiality, accuracy, deadline management, and occasional travel for training or site visits.