CT - 5252 Payroll Specialist

Coghlin Companies Inc; Westborough (MA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Tech in Westborough, MA is seeking a payroll professional to manage daily payroll operations and bi-weekly processing. You will ensure accurate transactions and timely reporting in a fast-paced environment.

The role involves ADP payroll workflows, 401k funding, garnishments, benefit enrollments, and generating reports for internal stakeholders. Equal opportunity employer.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Proven experience processing payroll accurately and efficiently using ADP payroll systems.
• Working knowledge of payroll administration principles, practices, and best practices.
• Strong understanding of federal and state payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and garnishment requirements.
• Experience with ADP payroll systems required.
• Experience with UKG HRIS or comparable Human Resource Information Systems preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform daily payroll operations and related administrative functions.
• Manage bi-weekly payroll workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and on schedule.
• Reconcile bi-weekly payroll data prior to transmission and validate payroll reports for accuracy.
• Create and post payroll-related general ledger entries and reconcile payroll transactions with cash accounts.
• Manage the 401k submission funding to ensure IRS compliance.
• Process payroll adjustments, manual checks, and related payroll entries.
• Process all benefit enrollments and related payroll deductions.
• Calculate and administer wage garnishments in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.
• Generate standard payroll reports and distribute them to staffing vendors and internal stakeholders weekly and as needed.
• Complete employment and income verification requests in a timely manner.
• Support and guide supervisors and managers in the proper use of ADP Time & Attendance systems.
• Review non-exempt employee time records to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies and payroll requirements.
• Review monthly benefit invoices for accuracy and coordinate payment processing through Accounts Payable.
• Enter new hire and temporary employee information into the UKG HRIS system and ADP payroll database.
• Maintain employee records by processing salary changes, benefit enrollments, employment status updates, and other personnel actions.

Skills

Payroll processing

ADP payroll systems

UKG HRIS

Regulatory compliance

Payroll reporting

Tools

ADP payroll systems

UKG HRIS

Job description

Columbia Tech
27 Otis Street
Westborough, MA 01581, USA

Description

Responsibilities:

• Perform daily payroll operations and related administrative functions
• Manage bi-weekly payroll workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and on schedule.
• Reconcile bi-weekly payroll data prior to transmission and validate payroll reports for accuracy.
• Create and post payroll-related general ledger entries and reconcile payroll transactions with cash accounts.
• Manage the 401k submission funding to ensure IRS compliance
• Process payroll adjustments, manual checks, and related payroll entries
• Process all benefit enrollments and related payroll deductions.
• Calculate and administer wage garnishments in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.
• Generate standard payroll reports and distribute them to staffing vendors and internal stakeholders weekly and as needed
• Complete employment and income verification requests in a timely manner.
• Support and guide supervisors and managers in the proper use of ADP Time & Attendance systems.
• Review non-exempt employee time records to ensure accuracy and compliance with companypolicies and payroll requirements
• Review monthly benefit invoices for accuracy and coordinate payment processing through Accounts Payable.
• Enter new hire and temporary employee information into the UKG HRIS system and ADP payroll database.
• Maintain employee records by processing salary changes, benefit enrollments, employment status updates, and other personnel actions.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3-5 years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Proven experience processing payroll accurately and efficiently using ADP payroll systems.
• Working knowledge of payroll administration principles, practices, and best practices.
• Strong understanding of federal and state payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and garnishment requirements.
• Experience with ADP payroll systems required.
• Experience with UKG HRIS or comparable Human Resource Information Systems preferred.

Salary Range: $65,000-$80,000(Salary commensurate with experience)

Columbia Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Columbia Tech does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.

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