Payroll Specialist

General Function :

The primary responsibility of the Payroll Specialist is to process payroll and expenses for a national firm. In addition, the Payroll Specialist will maintain the company HCM / payroll system to ensure that payroll is processed accurately and timely.

Specific Duties :

• Utilize ADP timekeeping system to verify payroll data on a weekly basis
• Follow up on any missing / inaccurate timecards
• Update and utilize iContact to send mass email timecard reminders on a weekly basis
• Speak with employees to confirm requested direct deposit changes and process changes
• Process and reconcile payroll and expenses
• Address and resolve any employee payroll and expense issues
• Backup the Onboarding Specialist as needed by connecting with new hires to ensure that all new hire / onboarding paperwork is completed in a timely manner
• Backup the Off-boarding Specialist as needed to process terminations
• Prepare, maintain, and update all payroll and expense-related reports and tracking mechanisms
• Manage filing of non-immigrant and state unemployment mailed notices
• Responsible for conducting and documenting workers compensation, 401k audits, and Friend of the Court (FOC) Income Withholding Notice as required
• Complete verification of employment inquiries
• Compile data and report on EEO-1 filing

Requirements :

• Associate’s degree in business or accounting preferred
• Previous experience processing multi-state payroll and expenses in a fast-paced environment
• Strong knowledge of tax and wage laws and common fiscal procedures
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now a plus
• Attention to detail is critical
• Maintain employee confidentiality, keep strong security measures including locked physical and password-protected digital files, and ensure employees only access information on a need-to-know basis
• Excellent verbal and written communication, along with strong organizational skills
• Strong computer literacy, including MS Office and Google suite
• Physically able to sit in front of a computer every work day for long hours at a time
• At least 2-days in our Livonia office per week

Additional Info :

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet . We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories . Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra . We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashioned hard work for 24 years !

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused .

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest . Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include :

• Medical and Dental
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Workplaces in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 , 2022 and 2023!

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