Payroll Specialist

Summary:

Our enterprise FinTech Client (not big banking) is looking to hire a detail-oriented Payroll Processing Specialist with extensive experience in ADP Workforce Now and advanced Excel skills. This contract role involves the preparation and processing of multi-state payroll, ensuring compliance, and maintaining confidentiality. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in payroll processing, not just payroll administration, and will be comfortable working in a dynamic environment.

Key Technical Skills:

• Proficiency in ADP Workforce Now for payroll processing
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and complex formulas
• Experience with multi-state payroll processing
• Knowledge of payroll tax reporting and compliance
• Familiarity with employee life cycle changes in payroll systems

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain employee confidence and protect payroll operations by ensuring a high level of confidentiality
• Respond to internal employee payroll inquiries promptly and oversee the payroll email inbox
• Maintain and organize hard payroll files
• Prepare and process multi-state payroll for exempt and nonexempt employees in the US and some international locations
• Process employee life cycle changes in the payroll system, including new hires, terminations, entity changes, salary increases, tax changes, department allocations, and garnishments
• Understand how payroll data is interpreted by third-party processes
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as HR, Benefits, and Finance/Accounting
• Provide relevant payroll-related reporting to various teams within the organization
• Assist with the audit of third-party vendor-related tasks
• Review quarterly payroll tax reporting and ensure filings are handled by ADP, as well as review and distribute annual W-2s
• Assist or lead ad-hoc projects as needed

Required Certifications/Education:

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (e.g., Accounting, Finance, Business Administration) is preferred
• Relevant certifications (e.g., Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)) are a plus