Senior Payroll Specialist

The Senior Payroll Specialist job leads complex payroll processing and compliance activities while serving as a trusted payroll subjectmatter expert and partner to crossfunctional stakeholders. With minimal supervision this role ensures accurate payroll execution regulatory compliance and high data integrity while also supporting crossfunctional projects system or process changes and vendor interactions that impact payroll delivery. This position plays a key role in establishing standards advising internal partners resolving complex employee inquiries and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives that enhance payroll effectiveness compliance and employee experience.

• PAYROLL COMPLIANCE EXECUTION: Proposes and implements payroll process adjustments based on new regulations to ensure payroll processes meet legal and fiscal requirements and that payroll records are aligned to guidelines.
• PAYROLL RECORDS MAINTENANCE & DATA QUALITY ASSURANCE: Verifies payroll data ensuring the accuracy of data for essential payroll variables such as employee salaries bank accounts and addresses for new hires and terminations and that payroll variable elements are aligned with the organizations policies.
• STAKEHOLDER & EMPLOYEE PARTNERSHIP: Serves as a trusted advisor to internal stakeholders and employees by proactively communicating payroll topics translating complex information into clear guidance and anticipating impacts of changes. Builds strong credibilitybased relationships through approachable communication sound judgment and collaborative problem solving while influencing outcomes and driving resolution of complex issues.
• PAYROLL ADMINISTRATION: Executes various complex payroll process tasks including coordinating the submission of required reports running post payroll reports for third party companies preparing and distributing paychecks or direct deposits generating payroll reports ensuring reconciliation of payroll records tax filing and reconciliation and responding to employee inquiries regarding their pay.
• PAYROLL COMPLIANCE: Leads complex internal and external research of payroll related laws and regulations to help monitor compliance of the organizations payroll process identify impact and provide suggestions on improvements.
• CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT: Proactively identifies and champions opportunities to enhance payroll processes controls and employee experience. Drives implementation of improvements influences adoption across stakeholders and informally coaches team members to strengthen overall payroll capability and consistency.
• CROSS-FUNCTIONAL PROJECT & VENDOR MANAGEMENT: Leads and contributes to crossfunctional payroll initiatives and projects by partnering with HR Finance Tax Legal Time & Labor and external vendors. Serves as the payroll subjectmatter expert to assess impacts define requirements coordinate testing activities manage vendor interactions and support the successful implementation of process system or regulatory changes.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum requirement of 4 years of relevant work experience. Typically reflects 5 years of progressive payroll experience including complex multistate U.S. payroll processing
• Proven ability to work independently manage competing priorities and resolve complex payroll issues with minimal supervision
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Management experience

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Advanced experience with ADP GlobalView SAP Payroll or ADP Tax Services
• Experience supporting payrollrelated crossfunctional projects system implementations or regulatory changes
• Experience acting as a payroll subjectmatter expert providing guidance training or informal coaching to peers or stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

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