Payroll Administrator

DESCRIPTION

This Payroll Administrator job is for someone who has experience with Microsoft Office and is ready for a challenge. If you can process payroll effectively and efficiently, Robert Half is looking for a Payroll Administrator with dynamic communication and problem-solving skills. You could advance your career at this smart team in a fast-paced environment. Contact us today if you're interested. The Payroll Administrator opportunity will be located in Poway, California as a short-term contract / temporary role.

Key responsibilities

- Collect, calculate, and enter relevant data to maintain payroll records

- Enter changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers as part of managing payroll records

- Handle all payroll information questions and requests

- Report changes where necessary after maintaining payroll operations via company policies and procedures

- Deliver assistance to payroll with internal and external audits

- Put together for department heads the circulation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports

- Resolving payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information

- Calculate employee federal and state income and social security taxes and employer social security, unemployment, and worker compensation payments to establish payroll liabilities

- Compile all information in reference to summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages for reports

- Manage and review, including verify, source documents

- Able to reconcile employee deductions and other liabilities

- Promote employee confidence by protecting payroll operations and keeping information confidential

- Using federal and state regulations and guidelines, ensure company compliance

- Miscellaneous duties as assigned

REQUIREMENTS

- Mastery of internal controls

- Process Bi-weekly Payroll experience preferred

- Comprehensive knowledge of Multi-state Payroll

- Payroll for under 100 employees experience

- Full Cycle Payroll experience required

- Previous experience handling high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.

- Command of Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

- Understanding of basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen

- Certified Payroll Professional designation preferred

- Outstanding data entry skills

- Relevant experience of 2+ years in payroll

- Notable analytical, quantitative and social skills

- Prior experience working with accounting software

- Knowledge of federal and state payroll regulations and requirements