What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist position at Liberty University?
The Payroll Specialist is responsible for facilitating payroll processing for a workforce exceeding 10,000 employees. The ideal candidate will be able to handle a variety of payroll functions under strict deadlines. The Payroll Specialist will also be able to advise employees and department managers on payroll policies and procedures.
Responsibilities/Duties
2025-12-01
Time Type
Full time
Location
Hybrid
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
Responsibilities/Duties
- Audit and approve incoming payroll data
- Calculate time corrections
- Troubleshoot errors preventing completed payroll results
- Manage wage garnishments
- Monitor and distribute Payroll emails and service tickets
- Correspond with employees and managers on payroll questions and concerns
- Train incoming Payroll employees
- Transmit Payroll files
- Manage stop payments and reversals and correct direct deposit errors
- Processing off-cycle payments
- Create and manage daily and weekly payroll reports
- Other duties as required by the needs of the payroll staff
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- 3- 5 years of previous payroll processing experience
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and non-verbal
- Detail- oriented
- 5 Years experience, Bachelor’s preferred
- Experience with Workday and ADP
- Experience with Microsoft Excel
2025-12-01
Time Type
Full time
Location
Hybrid
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.