Payroll Specialist - Prevailing Wage Exp + Paycom

Bilingual Spanish Payroll Specialist

Location: Cerritos, CA

Schedule: Full-time, onsite

Pay: $25.00-$30.00 per hour

Type: Temp to hire

Position Overview: A fast-paced logistics and transportation company in Cerritos is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support high-volume payroll operations. This role requires strong attention to detail, experience with multi-rate payroll, and the ability to manage payroll data accurately in a compliance-driven environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process weekly and/or bi-weekly payroll for hourly employees in a high-volume environment
• Review and validate timecards, job codes, and pay classifications for accuracy
• Ensure payroll compliance with state and federal wage and hour laws, including overtime and meal periods
• Maintain employee payroll records, including new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, and deductions
• Process garnishments, benefits deductions, and off-cycle payments as needed
• Respond to employee inquiries related to payroll, pay discrepancies, and deductions
• Generate payroll reports and support audits as needed
• Partner with HR and operations teams to ensure accurate coding of hours and job assignments
• Utilize Paycom for payroll processing, reporting, and employee data management

Requirements:

• 2+ years of hands-on payroll processing experience
• Experience with job codes, multi-rate payroll, or prevailing wage strongly preferred
• Experience using Paycom required
• Bilingual Spanish required
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to handle sensitive information with discretion
• Preferred Background:
• Experience in logistics, transportation, staffing, construction, or other high-volume hourly workforce environments
• Experience supporting payroll for field-based or multi-location teams

This is an immediate need with interviews happening quickly. Candidates must be available to work onsite in Cerritos and ready to start as soon as possible.