Hybrid Payroll Specialist: Compliance, Systems & Benefits

Quest Oracle Community; Indianapolis (IN); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental & Vision

Defined Benefit Pension Plan

401(k) Retirement Plan with company

Short-Term Incentive Plan (STIP)

Health Savings Account (HSA) with 公司 2

Wellness Program

Adoption and tuition assistance

Employee Credit Union

PTO and Paid Holidays

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Citizens Energy Group is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage end-to-end payroll, bi-weekly processing, timekeeping validation, and deductions with a focus on accuracy and compliance.

This role partners with HR, Accounting and Treasury to ensure payroll accuracy, administers benefits and retirement contributions, and maintains Oracle EBS payroll workflows. A hybrid schedule and competitive benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field; equivalent payroll experience may be considered.
• Five or more years of payroll administration experience, including end-to-end payroll processing.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll tax withholding, wage and hour requirements, garnishments, benefit deductions, retirement plan deductions, and year-end payroll processes.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including data reconciliation, PivotTables, lookups, formulas, and reporting.
• Experience reconciling payroll registers, taxes, benefit deductions, retirement plan feeds, and payroll-related liabilities.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, organization, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to manage confidential employee payroll information with discretion, accuracy, and professionalism.
• Ability to communicate clearly with employees, leaders, HR, Accounting, Treasury, Benefits, auditors, and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Process and audit bi-weekly payroll, including timekeeping, earnings, overtime, deductions, direct deposits, off-cycle payments, and final pay.
• Validate payroll data, employee transactions, pay changes, leave payments, accruals, and other payroll-related inputs to ensure accuracy.
• Administer payroll taxes, benefits, retirement contributions, garnishments, union dues, and other required or voluntary deductions.
• Review payroll reports, reconcile payroll-related accounts and liabilities, and resolve discrepancies to ensure accurate financial reporting and audit readiness.
• Support payroll compliance with federal, state, local, union, and company requirements while maintaining confidentiality of employee information.
• Process union remittances, maintain dues records, and assist with payroll-related audits and reporting.
• Maintain employee payroll records and system data, including tax elections, direct deposit information, and payroll documentation.
• Research, test, and resolve payroll system issues while supporting system enhancements, process improvements, and payroll-related projects.
• Manage quarter-end and year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing, payroll reconciliations, and regulatory reporting.
• Prepare payroll reports and respond to employee and leader inquiries regarding pay, deductions, and payroll transactions.

Skills

End-to-end payroll processing

Oracle EBS experience

Excel / data reconciliation

Regulatory knowledge (federal/state&地方

Communication with HR and leadership

Confidential data handling

Garnishments and deductions

Education

Associate’s degree in Accounting/Finance/Business Administration

Tools

Oracle EBS

Job description

Citizens Energy Group is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage end-to-end payroll, bi-weekly processing, timekeeping validation, and deductions with a focus on accuracy and compliance.

This role partners with HR, Accounting and Treasury to ensure payroll accuracy, administers benefits and retirement contributions, and maintains Oracle EBS payroll workflows. A hybrid schedule and competitive benefits are offered.