Payroll Specialist

The Royal Group, an affiliate of Schwarz Partners, is currently seeking a Payroll Specialist to support our Cicero IL facility. The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the organization’s payroll functions. Responsible for ensuring payroll is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with federal, state and local payroll, wage and salary laws and best practices. This role requires working from the office five days per week.

The Royal Group’s mission is to provide value-added solutions to the most demanding customers.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS FOR THIS POSITION:

• Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Manage full-scope payroll processing operations - processing multi-entity, multi-state weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly payroll using Dayforce for over 450 employees.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state and local payroll, wage and hourly laws and best practices.
• Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Timely process of payroll and tax deposits
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and yearly employee tax reports and filings.
• Coordinate with the Human Resources department the employees onboarding and offboarding, ensuring it is a timely and accurate process.
• Assist the Accounting department on projects as needed as well as other duties as assigned by management.
• Maintain a regular and predictable attendance.

REQUIRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• College degree or professional experience in lieu of education
• 3 to 5 years’ payroll administration with preference in the corrugated industry.
• 5 years’ Payroll experience in any other industry.

PREFERRED EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE:

• College degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources or related field
• Three to five years of related experience managing payroll is preferable in the Corrugated Industry

REQUIRED SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Payroll Process – Extensive knowledge of the payroll function on multiple states, and accounting including preparation, balancing, internal control and payroll taxes.
• Excell Knowledge - Functions such as SUM, AVERAGE, COUNT, and IF statements. Advanced skills like pivot tables and VLOOKUP.
• Language Skills - Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, training, and procedure manuals. Ability to write reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of an organization.
• Mathematical Skills - Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentage, area, and volume. Ability to compute costs, profits, rates, and ratios.
• Reasoning Ability – Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists. The ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Leadership Attributes – must possess the following: Superior time management skills including the ability to manage multiple issues concurrently and the ability to lead an effecting and efficient meeting. Excellent crisis manager who demonstrates that he/she has a high emotional control under adverse conditions and can lead his/her personnel to a successful resolution. Professional appearance to support his/her role as a managerial representative.
• People Skills - Excellent employee relations skills, being an active listener, understanding how to appraise personnel, applying both positive and corrective feedback, being able to resolve conflicts either directly involved or as a third party.

AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER, THE ROYAL GROUP OFFERS:

• Year-round employment for job stability.
• Unlimited opportunities for growth, training, and career advancement.
• Exceptional pay and great, affordable benefits (including life, medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match and more!).
• A clean facility, featuring state-of-the-art technology.
• A respectful, empowering, team-oriented and employee-friendly environment.
• The Royal Group truly values our employees as our greatest asset, and we strive to support both you and your family at work and in life

If you would like to be part of a forward-thinking team with a family feel, culture of excellence, and customer-focused reliability, we want you to be a part of our team!

Our organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Our organization is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.