Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist

Temporary : 3-6 Months

Comp : $23.00-$25.50 / hr DOE

Location : Modesto, CA

We have an immediate opening for a Payroll Specialist to assist a large client with a project. The Payroll Specialist supports the weekly processing of the company-wide payroll.

Responsibilities :

• Process wage garnishments, child support orders, and taxable adjustments, as assigned
• Responsible for payroll administration of Trust Funds; reports eligibility of Health & Welfare and pension hours to Trust Fund(s);

submits monthly reports and contribution payments

• Respond to payroll related inquiries made by external agencies (i.e. Child Support, Unemployment, etc.) for hours and / or wages
• Calculate and maintain all time off categories
• Maintain and update employee information in payroll system, including deductions and withholdings
• Perform audit and works closely with managers to ensure compliance with Time and Attendance system
• Enter data into payroll system; computes wages and deductions and posts to payroll records
• Process final check, including calculating final dues owed and ensuring various key elements are secured, (e.g. hours worked, benefit time owed, deductions, etc.

along with appropriate allocations

• Coordinate tax notices / issues with the tax filing service and / or taxing agencies to resolve the tax related issues
• Enter employee legally required and voluntary deductions in payroll system
• Calculate and file bi-weekly Federal and State payroll taxes; sends report of payroll taxes to Accounting and Cash Management departments
• Perform other duties as assigned Qualifications :
• 3 Years Directly related experience
• Associates or Bachelors Degree preferred
• Knowledge of garnishment / child support processing
• Knowledge and experience working in a unionized payroll and experience with Trust Fund reporting
• Knowledge of tax deposit requirements; demonstrated knowledge in calculation of gross payroll to net payroll and working with a variety of deduction and pay codes
• Ability to work with confidential information
• Intermediate Excel & Word
• Skilled and Proficient 10-key by touch
19 days ago