Senior Payroll Administrator

Objective:
The Senior Payroll Administrator’s primary responsibility is to manage all aspects of the company’s payroll process to ensure accurate and timely payments to employees. 

Accountabilities:

• Prepare, process, calculate and audit company payroll according to procedures, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of payroll checks
• Understand and adhere to federal and state employment wage and hour laws and current human resources practices
• Enter new garnishments, child support orders, benefit deductions and other employee changes into the payroll system
• Update benefit records and vendors with new enrollments, changes, or cancellations
• Compute & audit employee commissions, hours and salaries for accuracy & approvals prior to payroll submission
• Validate payroll file for accuracy so that employees and other key stakeholders have an error-free payroll experience
• Analyze pre- and post-payroll audit reports to identify and correct payroll errors
• Responsible for the delivery & distribution of pay checks, direct deposits and pay statements
• Research and resolve questions from employees/managers, relative to the processing of payroll information, such as vacation/sick time, direct deposit, retroactive pay calculations, tax questions, pay errors
• Prepare standard and ad hoc payroll reports and statements as necessary
• Participate in payroll year end tasks
• Ensure record-keeping compliance including filing/archiving/storage of payroll records
• Develop and deliver payroll related training for all users

Qualifications:

• Four-year college degree, with an emphasis in Business Administration or Accounting is preferred
• HR Generalist experience
• Three to five years of direct payroll experience
• Ability to perform basic math functions and employ accurate use of detail with minimal errors
• Oversee recovery of overpayments

Preferred Experience:

• Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel
• Working knowledge of Paycom or similar payroll software
• CPP certification