Payroll Specialist

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Payroll Specialist

Contract: Buffalo, New York, US

Salary Range: 25.00 - 33.00 | Per Hour

Job Code: 371104

End Date: 2026-09-13
Days Left: 19 days, 3 hours left

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Position Details:

Location - 100% Remote

Title - Senior Payroll Specialist

Pa range- $25-33/hr

Skill Set

• Payroll Processing and fundamental payroll knowledge
• Multi-tasking and Problem-Solving Skills
• Workday Payroll System or Minimal Workday HCM or Time and Attendance experience

Overview:

• Supports the activities of payroll and all tasks necessary to accomplish the organization's payroll and compensation processing; assists leadership in dealing with complex payroll problem resolution, while balancing assigned workloads and requiring comprehensive knowledge of payroll process steps, statutory and government regulations, and Company policies.
• Responsible for supporting biweekly payroll function in the HR system, with a high focus on accuracy, timeliness, and accounting of all job functions. Completes work of a non-routine nature with a comprehensive understanding of time and attendance practices.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Complete all necessary payroll activities as assigned based on procedure and suggest updates to procedures as needed.
• Provide accurate and timely payroll processing of employees' pay, time, leave and other time off.
• Review and make necessary adjustments to terminated employees' final pay; verify completion of timesheets and accuracy of dates, complete payment for accrued time off and severance as needed.
• Partner with HR Service Team on resolving employee cases independently.
• Process off-cycle pay as requested; review retroactive pay transactions, etc., independently.
• Complete activities related to employee overpayment management including legally compliant recoupment/correction of overpayment calculations
• Review and ensure the accuracy of leave of absence dates and payroll related to leaves
• Work with third party to communicate, set up, reconcile and troubleshoot employee garnishments
• Process refunds for ACH rejects and work with employees to correct payment election details
• Create and reconcile payroll upload files for one-time adjustments to pay and benefits while adhering to audit and approval flow requirements
• Sort and distribute payroll mail items
• Complete taxable stock transactions while adhering to audit and approval flow requirements
• Adjust time off accruals for scheduled hours changes
• Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of the regulations and policies affecting the payroll process
• Train and mentor less experienced Payroll team members
• Assist with projects and system testing as assigned
• Understand and adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company's Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.

Job Requirement

• Workday Payroll System
• Payroll Processing
• Payroll fundamanetals

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• Sakshi Kothari
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