Senior Payroll Specialist

Senior Payroll Specialist

Our client, a waste disposal company, is looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist for their Houston, TX / Hybrid location. Responsibilities include:

• Understand and execute full On-Cycle (end-to-end) weekly and biweekly payroll processing for approximately 60,000 U.S. multi-state salaried and hourly employees, ensuring accurate validation, reconciliation, HSDL loads, special transactions and payments, and third-party files and funding.
• Process Regular and Mass Off-Cycle payrolls, ensuring pays are entered and calculated accurately, properly approved, and processed in accordance with established payroll policies and schedule.
• Process payroll banking transactions, including stop payments, direct deposit rejects, and reversals, ensuring timely payment and/or resolution.
• Run, prepare, and format reports to evaluate and analyze data accuracy, identify discrepancies, and support payroll reconciliation and audits.
• Research and resolve general inquiries in a timely, accurate, and professional manner, ensuring issues are addressed in accordance with payroll policies and service expectations.
• Work collaboratively with payroll team members and cross-functional partners to ensure service commitments are met, issues are resolved in a timely manner, and payroll operations are effectively supported.
• Work with applicable suppliers and vendors as required to address issues, coordinate resolutions, and ensure timely and accurate completion of payroll-related activities.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement related to reconciliation, controls, efficiency, and accuracy that align with departmental and organizational goals.
• Follow prescribed rules and procedures to ensure security of information when handling/dealing with various payroll functions and must use discretion to determine what components may be disclosed and to whom within established policy or procedures.
• The position is solely responsible for the employees' payroll.
• As such, significant care must be taken relative to confidential information, such as court orders or other payments/withholdings.

Requirements include:

• Education: Associate's or Bachelor's Degree (accredited) in Accounting, Human Resources or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited and 4 years of relevant work experience).
• Experience: 5+ years' multi-state payroll experience, and 3 years of Oracle HCM Cloud experience.
• Preferred: Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required:
• Maintain consistent attendance and punctuality
• Self-starter and team player; able to work both collaboratively and independently with minimal supervision
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with a consistently positive attitude
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, combined with analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Effectively prioritized workload and tasks to meet daily payroll deadlines
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
• Provide excellent customer service to employees and stakeholders
• Excel Skills including vlookup, pivot tables, data manipulation and analysis
• Knowledge of Oracle HCM Cloud, Service Now and UKG Timekeeper
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

Why Should You Apply?

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities