Payroll Specialist Senior

Principal Duties / Responsibilities :

• Compiles payroll data, such as hours worked and other records.
• Enters payroll information for bi-weekly pay periods.
• Maintains and runs payroll reports in payroll software to provide information as required.
• Answers questions from front-line employees, managers, and officers.
• Maintain spreadsheets used to track payroll information.
• Sets up and maintains all wage attachments and garnishments.
• Prepares computer input forms, enters data into computer files, or computes wages and deductions, and posts to payroll records.
• Reviews wages computed and corrects errors to ensure accuracy of payroll.
• Continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses The Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company / customer safety procedures. Knowledge, Skills, Abilities (KSAs), & Competencies : Essential KSAs :
• Associate's Degree in Accounting Payroll and seven years experience or equivalent combination of education and training as required to handle all processing aspects of payroll, including clerical duties, taxes, W-2 forms, etc.
• Previous experience with automated payroll systems and third-party payroll processing.
• Must have thorough knowledge of payroll tax regulations and ability to meet tight deadlines and ensure accuracy with highly confidential materials.
• Must be able to work with confidential material and keep it confidential.
• Ability to : read and interpret documents; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups of employees of ATS; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs; apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions; deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations. Desirable KSAs :
• Team player, organized, self motivated and able to prioritize. Competencies :
• Communications
• Customer Focus
• Business Acumen Physical Demands and Working Conditions : While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands / fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; stoop, kneel, crouch; and talk or hear. The employee is also required to use a telephone with headset for verbal troubleshooting, frequent use of a standard keyboard and computer to document calls in a ticketing system, and occasional use of other office equipment. The employee must occasionally lift and / or move more than 30 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to sit for long periods and use close and color vision. Work is typically performed in a moderately noisy business office. Employment Type : Full Time