Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Payroll Specialist

Location: Palm Bay, Florida (Hybrid)

Position Type: Full-Time, 6-Month Contract (Temporary)

Hourly Rate: $28.00/hr

Relocation: None provided (Local candidates preferred)

Job Summary

Reporting directly to the Senior Manager of Payroll, the Payroll Specialist will partner with various stakeholders to process timely payments for employees across the US, prepare journal entries, execute reconciliations, and support other key payroll and accounting activities.

The successful candidate has a background in multi-company payroll with multi-jurisdictional tax knowledge, is highly analytical, innovative, and experienced with data-driven processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Processing: Assist with maintaining, preparing, and processing biweekly and monthly payrolls to ensure timely and accurate employee payments (including salaries, garnishments, taxes, fundings, and deductions).
• Data Verification: Review the accuracy of data entered for new hires, terminations, and additional employee changes prior to finalizing the payroll.
• Reporting & Analytics: Prepare and distribute payroll reports for review to appropriate departments while maintaining strict confidentiality.
• Accounting Support: Prepare journal entries and reconcile ledger accounts.
• Audit & Compliance: Assist with payroll audits by providing payroll records and documentation. Review, update, and ensure compliance with SOX requirements.
• Time & Tax Management: Balance, verify, and research employee paid time off (PTO) accruals. Review and help resolve any discrepancies or issues related to payroll taxes.

Qualifications

• Experience: 2–3 years of dedicated payroll experience.
• Technical Skills: Intermediate Excel skills (must be comfortable using or learning formulas).
• Attention to Detail: Strict and demonstrable attention to detail.
• Communication: Effective communication skills with the ability to interact with all levels of employees and managers globally.
• Agility: Ability to work in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving environment with the agility to balance strategic projects alongside day-to-day analysis and compensation support.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with  WorkForce Software (WFS) .
• Experience working with  SuccessFactors Employee Central Payroll (ECP) .
• Experience working with  SAP ERP Systems .
• PCP or  CPP Certification.

Work Authorization Requirements

• Applicants for this position must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
• Company is unable to sponsor applicants for work visas for this position now or in the future.  This includes anyone currently on an F1/OPT visa.

ATR International is a staffing and workforce solutions firm providing high‐quality talent across a wide range of industries, including technology, operations, and professional services.

Company Description

ATR International is a staffing and workforce solutions firm providing high‐quality talent across a wide range of industries, including technology, operations, and professional services.