Contract Payroll Coordinator for 2,500+ Employees (UKG)

Brilliant Financial Staffing - IL

Santa Ana (CA)

On-site

USD 48,000 - 52,000

Full time

5 days ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k)

Job summary

Brilliant Financial Staffing has partnered with a well-established company in Santa Ana, CA to identify a Payroll Coordinator. This contract role covers payroll for 2,500+ employees across multiple states and supports payroll reporting and compliance activities.

Start date is ASAP. The Payroll Coordinator will prepare and process weekly payroll for hourly staff and bi-weekly payroll for salaried staff, using UKG, with Garnishments and timekeeping data management.

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of Payroll experience.
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, multi-state payroll environment.
  • Strong Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and PivotTables.
  • Excellent communication skills.
  • UKG payroll experience is a plus.
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
  • Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare and process weekly payroll for 2,500+ hourly employees and bi-weekly payroll for salaried employees.
  • Reconcile timecards and payroll data in UKG.
  • Process approximately 25 garnishments on a bi-weekly basis.
  • Process timekeeping data related to customer job sites for upload into UKG and reporting.
  • Support various payroll-related projects and reporting needs.
  • Perform additional responsibilities as required by management.

Skills

Excel (VLOOKUPs & PivotTables)
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Multitasking
UKG payroll experience

Tools

UKG Payroll

Job description

Brilliant Financial Staffing has partnered with a well-established company in Santa Ana, CA to identify a Payroll Coordinator. This contract role covers payroll for 2,500+ employees across multiple states and supports payroll reporting and compliance activities.

Start date is ASAP. The Payroll Coordinator will prepare and process weekly payroll for hourly staff and bi-weekly payroll for salaried staff, using UKG, with Garnishments and timekeeping data management.

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