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Payroll Administrator

Robert Half

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Payroll Administrator to support a high-volume manufacturing environment in Troy, Michigan. This Long-term Contract opportunity is ideal for someone who can manage payroll operations with minimal supervision, adapt quickly to changing priorities, and maintain accuracy in a fast-moving setting. The role supports a workforce of approximately 800 to 1,000 employees, including union payroll, across weekly and semi-monthly pay cycles.

Responsibilities:
• Process full-cycle payroll for a large employee population across weekly and semi-monthly schedules, ensuring timely and accurate pay distribution.
• Administer payroll for both hourly and salaried employees, including a union employee group that may require prompt handling of contract-related payments and supporting information.
• Review payroll data for completeness and accuracy, resolve discrepancies, and respond to payroll issues in a timely manner.
• Manage multi-state payroll activities while maintaining compliance with applicable wage, tax, and reporting requirements.
• Use Excel functions such as pivot tables and lookups to analyze payroll data and support file imports and exports.
• Work independently to balance recurring payroll tasks with urgent requests in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Assist with payroll training and operational readiness so processes are well established ahead of upcoming organizational timelines.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to provide payroll-related reporting, documentation, and audit support as needed.

• At least 5 years of payroll administration experience in a high-volume environment.

• Proven background processing full-cycle payroll for employee populations ranging from several hundred to 1,000 employees.

• Experience handling multi-state payroll and maintaining payroll compliance across jurisdictions.

• Hands-on experience with UKG highly prefered.

• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and working with payroll data imports and exports.

• Ability to manage union payroll matters with accuracy and discretion.

• Comfortable working independently and shifting between priorities in a busy, deadline-driven setting.

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