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Payroll Specialist

Kelly
Brea, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/28/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/26/2026
For those who want to keep growing, learning, and evolving. We at Kelly® hear you, and we’re here for you! We’re seeking a Payroll Specialist to work at a premier organization in Brea, CA. Sound good? Take a closer look below. You owe it to yourself to consider this great new opportunity.

Salary/Pay Rate/Compensation: $31.00 per hour

Shift: 1st

Why You Should Apply To Be Payroll Specialist

  • Opportunity to support a well-established and reputable organization.
  • Full-time position with a consistent 40-hour work week.
  • Excellent chance to build hands-on experience in payroll administration and data management.

What’s a typical day as Payroll Specialist? You’ll be:

  • Managing a limited scope of work assigned to a specific work area.
  • Performing accurate and timely data entry related to payroll processes.
  • Supporting the Pay Benefits delivery team.
  • Ensuring compliance with established procedures and maintaining confidentiality.
  • Assisting in maintaining payroll records and supporting payroll processing activities.
  • Managing assigned tasks efficiently and with great attention to detail.

This Job Might Be An Outstanding Fit If You

  • Have an Associate Degree.
  • Bring experience in office administration or payroll processing (preferred).
  • Possess strong attention to detail and accuracy in data entry.
  • Are able to maintain confidentiality and comply with compliance requirements, including background checks and verification processes.

What happens next

Once you apply, you’ll proceed to next steps if your skills and experience look like a good fit. But don’t worry—even if this position doesn’t work out, you’re still in our network. That means all of our recruiters will have access to your profile, expanding your opportunities even more.

Helping you discover what’s next in your career is what we’re all about, so let’s get to work. Apply to be Payroll Specialist today!

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

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Finding the right job isn’t always easy. Kelly® Professional & Industrial takes the guesswork out of your job search by connecting you with great opportunities that work for you. That means your schedule, your interests, and your career plan. In fact, our company created the staffing industry with the goal of connecting people with great office jobs—so you could say we’re pretty good at it!

About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Salary : $31

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