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Senior Payroll Specialist

Randstad and Careers
Washington, DC Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/17/2026
Salary: $40 - 45 per hour none
Reference: AB_4872439

We are seeking a highly experienced and detail-oriented Senior Payroll Specialist to join our client's finance and HR team in the Washington, D.C. area. This crucial role is responsible for overseeing complex, multi-state payroll operations and ensuring compliance across the organization.

Mandatory Requirement: Direct, hands-on expertise with the Ceridian Dayforce platform is essential for this position.

salary: $40 - $45 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 4 PM
education: Bachelors


Responsibilities

  • Overall, day-to-day monitoring of Payroll and Dayforce email accounts.
  • Processes payroll bi-weekly for the organization, with the ability to solve problems, perform calculations, and provide direction, training, and support to payroll and other essential personnel
  • Serves as the timekeeping administrator of the Dayforce HCM Workforce Management (WFM) timekeeping module, ensuring accurate setup, access, and data maintenance. This includes reconciling time data within the module for each payroll processing.
  • Review work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies and report such trends to the Payroll Director or other designee.
  • Issues and record adjustments to pay due to timekeeping omissions or retro adjustments.
  • Manages the garnishment process, ensuring timely response to all received documents.
  • Prepares various payroll documents and records, including data input; comprehends and interprets procedural and other information relating to payroll operations.


Skills
  • Ceridian (3 years of experience is required)
  • Payroll
  • payroll reporting
  • Payroll Processing

Qualifications
  • Years of experience: 5 years
  • Experience level: Experienced

Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary-to-permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.


Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Salary : $40 - $45

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