Payroll Specialist

Location: Sacramento, CA (On-site, Monday through Friday) Salary: $43,500 to $56,000 Skills: Payroll Administrator, Payroll Processing, Exempt and Non-Exempt Payroll, HCM Software, Tax Withholdings, Benefit Deductions, Wage and Hour Compliance, Payroll Compliance About the Opportunity My client, one of the most established mission-driven nonprofits, is looking to hire a Payroll Administrator who wants to own the whole pay cycle. This is a direct hire position with full ownership and no handoffs. Payroll is the one job where nobody notices when it’s perfect and everybody notices when it isn’t. You’ll be the steady hand who makes it perfect, with visibility across the organization and a collaborative team around you. This is a hands-on processing role, not a strategy role, and it’s on-site Monday through Friday. If you want your accuracy trusted and your work to matter to every person on payroll, this is worth a conversation. Responsibilities Own the accuracy of every paycheck, from wage calculations to tax withholdings and benefit deductions Stay ahead of changing wage, hour, and tax rules so nothing slips through Run each pay cycle for both exempt and non-exempt teams, start to finish Be the go-to for pay questions and resolve discrepancies fast and kindly Keep the HCM platform clean and current: setups, changes, and data integrity Partner with HR on new hires, status changes, and benefit updates so pay always matches reality Spot ways to make every cycle faster and cleaner, then make them stick Must-Have Skills Hands-on payroll processor, exempt and non-exempt, for a few hundred employees Able to be on-site every day, Monday through Friday Accuracy-first mindset with strong follow-through on every pay deadline Nice-to-Have Skills Experience on a well-known cloud-based payroll or HCM platform Strong Excel skills for reconciling and spot checks Payroll background in a nonprofit or other mission-driven setting #J-18808-Ljbffr Talently