Payroll Specialist
Our Higher Education client in Greater Boston is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join their team for a long-term contract. The ideal candidate has 3+ year experience with payroll, comes from the Higher Education space, has exceptional organizational and time management skills and is proficient in ADP Workforce.
**Applicants must be able to work onsite 5 days per week on the South Shore to be eligible for this role.**
Compensation: $28-29/hr
**potential offers may be outside this range, depending on experience**
If you are interested and meet the qualifications below, apply with your resume for immediate consideration!
Responsibilities:
- Maintain accurate bi-weekly and monthly payroll information by collating, calculating, and entering data
- Update payroll records by entering changes to employee information or benefits such as job title changes, exemptions, and saving deductions
- Gather and examine timesheets to ensure their validity before entering hours into payroll software
- Capture and process approved annual and sick leave
- Ensure that compensation for overtime/holiday work is calculated at the appropriate rate and that annual leave is calculated accordingly, if applicable
- Confirm that legally-mandated and optional deductions have been processed correctly
- Complete all necessary payroll tasks before the pay run to ensure that staff members are compensated accurately and on time
- Address queries about payroll-related issues
- Track Federal Work Study awards
- Work to resolve discrepancies in payments as a matter of urgency
- Identify opportunities for operational excellence and improvement
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred
- 3 years of related Payroll and/or Accounting experience
- Previous Higher Education experience preferred
- Experience/familiarity with ADP Workforce required
- Knowledge of FMLA, sick time, wage garnishments, and tax withholdings
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy with large volumes of data
- Ability to communicate effectively with people across all levels/departments
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