Top Remote Payroll Specialist Jobs

Supports payroll and PEO-related functions for employers in HireWith’s network. Candidates may be matched with payroll service bureaus or PEO companies nationwide and receive personalized job-search, resume, and interview support. Ideal candidates have at least one year of payroll service bureau or PEO experience and familiarity with payroll systems such as UKG Ready, isolved, Asure Evolution, ExecuPay, MPAY, IRIS Payroll, or MasterTax. The position is remote and services are free to candidates.

Processes scheduled and off-cycle payrolls, enters employee and payroll changes, calculates payroll, validates data, and resolves discrepancies. Responds to client inquiries, manages an assigned book of business, supports special projects, and maintains compliance and accuracy. The role requires strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills, attention to detail, analytical problem-solving, and experience with iSolved.

Processes scheduled and off-cycle payrolls, enters payroll changes, calculates payroll, verifies data accuracy, and resolves client inquiries. The role manages an assigned book of business, supports payroll projects, maintains accurate records, and ensures compliant processing. It requires strong attention to detail, communication, problem-solving, confidentiality, and proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel.

Supports scheduled and off-cycle payroll processing, including entering payroll changes, calculating payroll, validating data, and resolving discrepancies. Responds to client inquiries, manages an assigned book of business, maintains accurate records, and collaborates with HR, Finance, Operations, and payroll supervisors. The role also involves supporting special projects, maintaining client relationships, completing training, and ensuring timely, compliant payroll processing.

Process accurate payroll for multiple clients, manage payroll reporting and tax registrations, maintain payroll and benefits systems, verify data, resolve discrepancies, answer client questions, and support compliance, integrations, and process improvements. The role requires strong accuracy, organization, communication, discretion, and client service skills, along with experience using payroll platforms and handling multi-state payroll requirements.

Processes multi-state payroll for clients, including pay data entry, payroll tax and retirement reporting, deductions, garnishments, PTO tracking, reconciliations, audits, and payroll-related reporting. Trains and communicates with clients, maintains payroll calendars and procedures, supports year-end audits, and ensures accurate, compliant payroll processing using third-party payroll systems and Microsoft Office.

Provides end-to-end payroll processing and customer support for multiple managed accounts. Responsibilities include resolving cases and escalations, conducting root cause analysis, configuring Workday payroll components, supporting payroll taxes and year-end processes, troubleshooting audit reports, leading client calls, maintaining documentation, and meeting service-level, quality, and production targets.

Manage end-to-end international payroll for clients across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and additional countries. Process payroll changes, reconcile results, coordinate funding and filings, resolve client issues, and maintain accurate records. Help establish payroll processes in new countries by researching statutory and tax requirements. Use ADP, Rippling, Salesforce, and other systems while documenting procedures and supporting continuous improvement.

Processes accurate, timely payroll; calculates wages, deductions, taxes, and overtime; maintains payroll records; reconciles accounts; administers benefits and ACA compliance; responds to employee inquiries; prepares reports; and supports audits. The role requires payroll tax, wage-and-hour, benefits, confidentiality, reporting, and compliance expertise while collaborating with HR, Finance, and benefits providers.

Manage the complete payroll process for assigned clients, ensuring accurate and timely payroll administration. Use ADP Workforce Now, Rippling, and Salesforce CRM to support multi-client payroll operations. Maintain strong attention to detail, meet quality and client service standards, manage deadlines, and build trusted relationships with clients and colleagues.

Processes scheduled and off-cycle payrolls, enters payroll changes, calculates payroll, verifies data accuracy, and generates control totals. Responds to client inquiries, manages an assigned book of business, troubleshoots discrepancies, and supports payroll projects. The role requires strong attention to detail, confidentiality, communication, analytical problem-solving, and proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel and Outlook.

Processes weekly multi-state payroll for approximately 400 construction employees, including union payroll, adjustments, garnishments, payroll taxes, certified payroll, prevailing wage reporting, and W-2s. Audits timecards, labor allocations, job costing, and payroll data; reconciles payroll and maintains compliance with wage laws. Partners with HR, Accounting, project managers, and field supervisors while responding to employee inquiries, supporting audits, maintaining confidential records, and improving payroll processes.

Processes bi-weekly payroll accurately and compliantly, including complex calculations, taxes, deductions, garnishments, benefits, and retirement contributions. Maintains payroll records in SAP, performs audits and reporting using advanced Excel, reconciles payroll general ledger accounts, posts journal entries, and supports 401(k) compliance audits. Participates in new-hire orientation, safeguards confidential information, and collaborates with internal departments while providing professional customer service.

Processes accurate biweekly payroll and complex payroll adjustments while ensuring federal and state compliance. Maintains employee payroll records in SAP, performs audits, prepares reports, reconciles payroll general ledger accounts, posts journal entries, and supports 401(k) compliance audits. The role also assists with new hire orientation, maintains confidential personnel information, and collaborates with internal departments.

Manage US and Canadian payroll tax compliance, including tax notices, registrations, adjustments, W-2c and T4 amendments, reconciliations, filings, audits, and employee inquiries. The role uses Workday and ADP Smart Compliance to resolve tax exceptions, validate setups, support quarter- and year-end processes, and improve compliance workflows. Responsibilities also include documentation, workers compensation support, regulatory liaison activities, and process improvement.

Execute end-to-end US PEO payroll operations, including validations, reconciliations, statutory filings, adjustments, and exception resolution. Ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery while supporting process implementations, system testing, documentation, metrics, and workflow improvements. Serve as a resource for payroll specialists and collaborate with Payroll Operations, Finance, Product, Service Operations, and external stakeholders in a remote asynchronous environment.

Administer multi-state payroll and benefits, ensuring accurate payroll execution, 401(k) remittances, benefits enrollment, compliance, audits, and employee support. Manage state registrations, tax setup, HRIS data integrity, open enrollment, and benefits broker coordination. Provide empathetic guidance on sensitive payroll and benefits matters while optimizing People Operations workflows through automation and accurate documentation.

Process accurate, timely US and Canada payrolls; collaborate with internal teams and external providers; maintain payroll records; support audits, reporting, reconciliations, and variance analysis; answer employee payroll questions; monitor legislative changes; ensure compliance; meet KPIs and SLAs; and contribute to process improvements.

Resolve complex payroll corrections, amended returns, tax notices, and multi-jurisdiction payroll issues for employer customers. Diagnose root causes, coordinate with tax operations, product, and engineering, explain resolutions to partners, and help document and automate recurring processes. The role requires payroll-provider experience across prior-quarter and prior-year amendments, state and local taxes, agency notices, and Canadian equivalents.

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 payroll for assigned business units using UKG, verify payroll and tax data, review timekeeping and workflow impacts, prepare funding requests and reports, respond to employee and HR inquiries, support audits and payroll accounting analysis, and assist with implementation tasks while following company policies and federal and state regulations.

Supports a complex payroll provider implementation across planning, data migration, configuration validation, integrations, testing, cutover, go-live, and post-launch stabilization. Coordinates Payroll, HR, Finance, Engineering/Product, vendors, and implementation partners; validates payroll data and configurations; reconciles discrepancies; manages issues and risks; prepares testing, process, cutover, and knowledge-transfer materials; and provides hypercare support during initial payroll cycles.

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.

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.

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.