Payroll Administrator

The Team You Will Be Joining

• A centralized payroll function supporting a growing, publicly traded industrial manufacturing organization
• A collaborative team partnering closely with HR, business leaders, field superintendents, and employees across multiple locations
• A fast-paced payroll environment managing frequent new hires, payroll changes, and time-sensitive check requests
• An organization with a large, multi-state employee population that includes both union and non-union workforces
• A hands-on team focused on payroll accuracy, compliance, responsive service, and protecting confidential employee information

What They Offer You

• A temporary assignment supporting the organization during a period of significant hiring volume and growth
• The opportunity to take ownership of weekly union payroll and union benefits reporting
• Exposure to complex payroll activities, including prevailing wage requirements, benefit calculations, audits, balancing, and reconciliations
• A highly collaborative role with direct interaction across Payroll, HR, operations, and field leadership

Location

• Flexibility to consider qualified remote candidates, although candidates local to Charlotte are preferred

Why This Role Is Important

• You will help ensure union employees are paid accurately and on time in a rapidly changing, high-volume environment
• Your knowledge of union agreements, prevailing wages, and benefit requirements will help protect payroll compliance and data integrity
• You will provide immediate support during a period of organizational growth when payroll activity is increasing
• You will maintain and validate critical employee information, including direct deposit details, tax elections, and other payroll data
• You will investigate employee payroll questions and resolve time-sensitive issues within established service expectations
• You will produce post-payroll reports and support audits, balancing, and reconciliation activities
• You will serve as a trusted payroll partner to HR, business leaders, superintendents, and employees

The Background That Fits

• 3-4+ years of hands-on payroll administration experience in a complex or high-volume environment
• Direct experience processing union payroll, including union benefits reporting and working with different union jobs or agreements
• Working knowledge of prevailing wage requirements, union-benefit calculations, payroll deductions, and payroll check processing
• Experience managing frequent hires, terminations, employee changes, and expedited or next-day check requests
• Payroll system experience with Dayforce, Workday, or UKG; hands-on Dayforce Payroll experience is strongly preferred
• Intermediate Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables, with experience supporting payroll reporting and reconciliations
• A detail-oriented, service-minded approach with the ability to communicate confidently across HR, operations, field leadership, and employees