Payroll Specialist
Robert Half
Job Description
Job Description
We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to support accurate and timely payroll operations for a large employee population in Gig Harbor, Washington. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone with strong experience managing end-to-end payroll across multiple states while maintaining compliance and data accuracy. The role will work with established payroll platforms to process pay, resolve discrepancies, and help ensure smooth payroll administration.
Responsibilities:• Process full-cycle payroll for a workforce of more than 500 employees, ensuring deadlines are met and earnings, deductions, and taxes are calculated correctly.
• Administer payroll activities across multiple states while applying applicable wage and tax regulations to maintain compliance.
• Review payroll records for accuracy, investigate inconsistencies, and resolve issues related to timekeeping, pay adjustments, and employee data.
• Use ADP Workforce Now and Paylocity to manage payroll transactions, maintain records, and support reporting needs.
• Coordinate payroll updates such as new hires, terminations, compensation changes, benefits deductions, and garnishments.
• Reconcile payroll totals and supporting reports each cycle to confirm completeness and identify any variances before final processing.
• Respond to employee and internal stakeholder questions regarding payroll details, pay statements, and related transactions.
• Support payroll-related audits and documentation requests by preparing organized records and validating required information.
• Proven experience handling full-cycle payroll processing in a high-volume environment.
• Background managing multi-state payroll with strong knowledge of payroll tax and wage compliance requirements.
• Familiarity with Paylocity and its payroll functions.
• Ability to process payroll for employee populations exceeding 500 workers.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify and correct payroll discrepancies efficiently.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work with confidential information professionally.
Vacancy posted 6 days ago
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