What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist I position at United Petroleum Transports?
Department: Accounting
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Senior Manager of Payroll
Location: Corporate Office
Position Summary
The Payroll Specialist I provides foundational payroll support through data entry, record maintenance, and payroll processing assistance.
This is an entry-level role designed to build payroll knowledge and prepare employees for advancement.
Key Responsibilities
Minimum Qualifications for Considerations:
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Reports To: Senior Manager of Payroll
Location: Corporate Office
Position Summary
The Payroll Specialist I provides foundational payroll support through data entry, record maintenance, and payroll processing assistance.
This is an entry-level role designed to build payroll knowledge and prepare employees for advancement.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist with payroll data entry and processing
- Maintain payroll records and documentation
- Review timekeeping inputs
- Respond to routine payroll inquiries
- Support reporting and reconciliation preparation
- Participate in cross-training
- Learns payroll processes quickly
- Maintains accuracy in assigned tasks
- Meets deadlines with guidance
- Demonstrates reliability and attention to detail
- Accuracy rate of 97%
- Task completion timeliness
- Responsiveness to inquiries
- Learning progression
Minimum Qualifications for Considerations:
- High School Education or equivalent
- Minimum 1 year experience in payroll processing preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Moderate Computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook),
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks
- Strong organizational and time management skills
- Self-starter with detail-oriented work habits
- Able to maintain confidentiality
- Display professional demeanor
- Good interpersonal skills; able to work well with wide range of individuals
- Demonstrate dependability through good attendance, punctuality and adherence to timelines and schedules
- Knowledge of basic company employment policies and procedures
- Clear communication skills in dealing with CSC Centers, outside departments, other team members and vendors.
- Capable of doing general math and analytical problems.
- Ability to react to change productively and handle essential tasks as assigned
- Able and willing to continue professional development
- Sitting for long periods of time, walking, finger dexterity, feeling, repetitive motions, and talking, hearing and visual activity.
- Occasional lifting (up to 20 pounds).
- Normal office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and copier/printer/scanners.
- Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm