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Payroll Specialist

PEG Staffing

Ready to take your payroll expertise to the next level? Join PEG's Fortune 500 financial client and play a key role in ensuring thousands of employees are paid accurately and on time. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving problems, and want to make a real impact on a high-performing team, this contract opportunity is for you! This is a 6-month opportunity with a hybrid work schedule of 3 days/week onsite, 2 days remote.

What You'll Do:
  • Process payroll checks and direct deposits.
  • Set up direct deposit and maintain banking information.
  • Stay updated on payroll tax regulations.
  • Manage garnishments and wage attachments.
  • Maintain and audit payroll records.
  • Reconcile payroll and general ledger accounts.
  • Resolve payroll discrepancies and respond to employee inquiries.
To Be Successful, It'll Help If You Have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting preferred.
  • Payroll processing experience required.
  • Strong Excel, math, and organizational skills.
  • Familiarity with Windows-based systems.
  • Peoplesoft and Oracle Software Experience
Benefits:?
  • Medical??
  • Dental?
  • Vision?

PEG STAFFING & RECRUITING:??
PEG™ Staffing & Recruiting, Inc. (PEG) is a certified woman-owned full-service staffing agency headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. We're known for keeping the staffing industry on its toes with our energetic (and sometimes relentless) commitment to matching companies and candidates to their better halves! Plus, we're pretty cool to work for, too.?


For basically forever (we'll let you count the decades) we have been a leader in successfully connecting businesses to superior, advanced, rockstar-level talent in the office administrative, accounting, technology, engineering, manufacturing, and distribution industries.???


As champions for everyone, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.?


Feel like this job is "close, but no cigar" and you really want the cigar? Well, we don't have cigars, but we're determined to connect you to a role you'll love. Send us your resume or check out what we have to offer at?
Vacancy posted 3 days ago
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