Puzzle 🧩🚀

Payroll Specialist

Puzzle 🧩🚀

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $56,623 - $64,691 per year

About the role

  • Process end-to-end payrolls for multiple clients using the vendor-specific platform.
  • Audit payroll data for accuracy, including earnings, deductions, and accruals.
  • Perform payroll balancing to ensure precise and error-free processing.
  • Manage payroll changes such as new hires, terminations, compensation updates, and earnings/deduction changes within the vendor's system.
  • Process off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, commissions, and retroactive adjustments.
  • Support payroll imports, integrations, and timekeeping data reviews within the vendor-specific system.
  • Partner with clients to collect, validate, and process payroll inputs.
  • Identify and implement payroll process improvements to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
  • Research and resolve payroll discrepancies and client payroll inquiries.
  • Maintain payroll documentation and support creation and updates of SOPs.
  • Participate in payroll projects, system optimizations, and client onboarding activities as needed.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with internal teams to support payroll processing, data accuracy, and timely resolution of payroll-related items.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Finance, or related field — or equivalent experience.
  • 5 + years of payroll processing experience.
  • 2-4 years direct experience processing payroll in a vendor-specific system required.
  • Working knowledge of payroll principles, practices, and procedures.
  • Benefits and earnings/deduction configuration experience preferred.
  • Client payroll onboarding or implementation experience a plus.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll processingpayroll auditingpayroll balancingpayroll data validationpayroll discrepancies resolutionSOP creationpayroll importspayroll integrationstimekeeping data reviewbenefits configuration
Soft Skills
client partnershipcross-functional collaborationprocess improvementproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationorganizational skillsefficiency enhancementdata accuracyclient onboarding