What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Operations Specialist position at Red Envelope Consulting?
Description
Are you passionate about numbers, accuracy, and helping employees get paid and supported correctly? Our client is looking for a Payroll Operations Specialist who thrives in a fast-paced environment and can manage a multi-state payroll processing and benefits coordination with precision and care.
Join the team and play a key role in our continued success and growth. We look forward to welcoming you to the team!
Requirements
- Accurate, timely, and compliant payroll operations across a multi-state workforce.
- Manages weekly payroll processing, timekeeping validation, special pay calculations, and payroll controls while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Serves as the subject matter expert, partnering with HR, Finance, managers, and the external payroll provider to support payroll accuracy.
- Maintains payroll systems and workflows within Paycor and administers payroll-related benefit and 401(k) deductions, reconciliations, and reporting to support accuracy, compliance and audit readiness.
Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or related field preferred
- CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification preferred
- 5 years of payroll administration experience.
- Experience with Paycor or similar payroll/HRIS platform required.
- Demonstrated experience administering multi-state payroll tax assignments, withholding requirements, and payroll tax compliance.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required, including data reconciliation, Pivot Tables, lookups, and reporting.
- Experience in construction or field-based workforce environments preferred.
- Prevailing wage experience strongly preferred.
- Experience reconciling benefits deductions and retirement plan feeds.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary.
- Comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance.
- Health Insurance starting at 99 cents per week
- Retirement savings plan with company match.
- Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
- A supportive and collaborative work environment.
Core Values
Grit: You Follow Through When Work is Hard
Lead From Your Seat: You think like an owner
Uber Customer Centric: You drive a "wow" experience
Endeavor to be Great: You strive to be the best version of yourself
Red Envelope Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.