Payroll Specialist POST NUMBER: 151024

Vaco Phoenix is working with a company in Tempe who is looking to add a Payroll Specialist to their growing team. This position requires the preparation, processing, and maintenance of basic payroll responsibilities. This is a direct hire position that is fully on site, paying up to $30 per hour, and interviewing this week. If you are looking for your next exciting opportunity, apply today.
Job Description:

• Process new hire paperwork, W-4 forms, Personnel Action Forms (PAFs), and craft transfers as needed.
• Import employee time, review labor records for accuracy, and work with jobsite staff to fix errors before payroll is finalized.
• Run payroll reports to verify time and pay information and ensure accurate payroll processing.
• Process off-cycle payments, including final paychecks, missed or incorrect pay, retroactive pay, and one-time payments.
• Prepare and correct Certified Payroll Reports (CPRs), including uploads when required.
• Manage employee payroll documents in the system.
• Respond to and resolve payroll support tickets.
• Review and process employee expense reports.
• Process payroll reclassifications and corrections resulting from time entry updates.

Required:

• 3 years of experience in payroll
• Proven expertise in certified payroll reporting (Davis-Bacon, prevailing wage compliance, etc.)
• Familiar with multi-state payroll and job costing
• Experience with federal, state, and local wage laws

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. Submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.