Payroll Specialist / Coordinator

100% on site Sahuarita, AZ 85629

LHH Recruitment Solutions has partnered with a growing entertainment company who is currently seeking a highly skilled and experienced permanent Payroll Coordinator with PeopleSoft and Kronos expertise to join their team in Sahuarita, AZ. As a Payroll Coordinator, you will be responsible for ensuring accurate and timely processing of payroll for their organization. Your primary focus will be on utilizing the payroll software to manage payroll functions efficiently.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Audits and maintains team member scheduling and payroll information in the scheduling/timekeeping and payroll processing systems.

• Provides assistance and training to team members and department schedulers.

• Audits and analyzes discrepancies/missing data between schedules and time clock punches.

• Works with Payroll Supervisor maintaining team members system generated tracking of tips and audit of the enterprise system tipping process and working with departments improving the payroll tipping process.

• Assists/backup processing of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax reporting monthly, quarterly and annually.

• Assists in the completing team members W2 processing.

• Assists in the completing biweekly tax disbursements.

• Assists in processes bi-weekly payroll; prints checks; runs payroll reports and updates team member PTO balances along with bi-weekly balancing of payroll.

• Assists in establishing payroll policy and procedures.

• Assists with maintenance of Payroll and timekeeping/scheduling systems.

• Conducts team member orientation and provides ongoing training for payroll and scheduling tasks.

• Assists with the maintenance & administration of the pay card program.

• Assists in processing regular and off cycle monthly payroll for team members; performs detailed payroll calculations; verifies information from relevant forms; audits, corrects and balances payroll.

• Provides customer service to team members and management on the use of the timekeeping/scheduling system.

• Compiles data, calculates retroactive salaries; implements and balances data to produce retroactive checks and off cycle payroll checks.

• Calculates IRS and family support garnishments in accordance with regulations; processes deductions and disburses payments bi-weekly; verifies and enters voluntary payroll deductions.

• Develops and maintains payroll spread sheets; compiles, analyzes, calculates and audits information from all relevant forms; process adjustments; coordinates and administers team member hours/days tracking programs and researches and resolves discrepancies.

• Generates stop payments, cancels/rewrites of checks and processes check requests in emergency situations.

• Reviews Personnel Action Forms (PAF) and other payroll documents to maintain accurate team member data.

• Researches questions and computations regarding gross pay, deductions, retroactive pay; interprets and explains payroll, practices and procedures to team members.

• Reviews, processes and verifies new hire paperwork.

• Maintains confidentially of all team member information.

• Contributes to a team effort and accomplishes related results as required.

• Performs other duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma or GED

• Four (4) years payroll processing or timekeeping/scheduling systems experience.

• Must be 18 years of age or older.

• No felony, assault, theft or stealing convictions.

• Must be able to pass a pre-employment drug/alcohol screen and background investigation.

• Experience with Payroll & Scheduling systems (PeopleSoft and Kronos preferred.)

• Experience with data entry into MS Office software’s like Word and Excel

• Knowledge of payroll practices and procedures.

• Knowledge of tax regulations.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Pay for this is $30-$35 an hour and it is 100% on site Sahuarita, AZ 85629

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance