Payroll Clerk

Job Summary We are seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Clerk for a direct hire opportunity in Riverside, CA. This role supports payroll processing for hourly and salaried employees in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, ensuring payroll is accurate, timely, and compliant with federal, state, and California wage‑and‑hour requirements. The Payroll Clerk will work closely with HR, Accounting, Benefits, and operations teams to validate timekeeping records, process payroll data, resolve employee payroll questions, and support audits and reporting. This is a great opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys accuracy, confidentiality, teamwork, and being part of a stable organization with supportive leadership and a collaborative work environment. Key Responsibilities Process payroll data for hourly and salaried employees, including regular hours, overtime, meal premiums, shift differentials, bonuses, adjustments, and corrections. Review, audit, and validate timekeeping records to support compliance with wage‑and‑hour requirements. Maintain employee payroll data, including pay rates, deductions, garnishments, tax withholdings, and related payroll changes. Respond to employee payroll inquiries professionally, confidentially, and in a timely manner. Support payroll audits, reconciliations, reporting, payroll registers, variance reports, labor reports, and year‑end W‑2 processes. Coordinate payroll‑related information with HR, Accounting, and Benefits teams while maintaining accurate payroll records. Compensation and Benefits Pay range: $30 to $36 per hour. Job type: Direct hire. Location: Riverside, CA. Equal Opportunity Employer / Disabled / Protected Veterans We are committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact your staffing representative who will reach out to our HR team. Fair Chance Hiring We also consider for employment qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements, including, if applicable, the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment-qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, including, if applicable, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. For Los Angeles, CA applicants: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. #J-18808-Ljbffr AppleOne Employment Services