Payroll Specialist

Published August 4th, 2025

Key Responsibilities
Financial Oversight & Accounting Operations
• Oversee payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with relevant laws and policies.
• Ensure proper processing of payroll deductions for taxes, benefits, charitable contributions, and other deductions.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Maintain, reconcile and transmit retirement plan contributions
• Identify and recommend updates to payroll accounting software, systems, and procedures.
• Reconcile payroll to the general ledger and monthly bank statements.
• Issue, or reissue, physical or replacement checks or direct deposits due to payroll errors or final discharge.
Record and process federal and state payroll tax deposits.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
Facilitate audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.

Financial Analysis & Reporting
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
Qualifications & Skills
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources or related field.
Minimum of 2 years of payroll processing experience, preferably in the human services sector.
• Proficiency in payroll systems. accounting software, and financial reporting tools.
• Experience with state agency billing systems and compliance requirements (a plus)
• Ability to analyze financial data, identify trends, and provide strategic financial insights.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with internal teams and external auditors.

Additional Requirements
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment in financial matters.
• Experience with the HRIS Paycom preferred.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software.
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively.

 

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