Online Payroll Specialist

Naukri Mitra; United States; Remote; USD 47,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote setup

Flexible hours

Job summary

Naukri Mitra is seeking an Online Payroll Specialist to manage payroll for a mix of part-time and full-time staff. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and clear communication with HR and finance. Flexible hours and a remote setup are available, with a path toward senior payroll or compliance work as you grow.

You’ll use payroll software daily, explain payroll logic to colleagues, and ensure timely, error-free checks. Strong attention to detail and payroll software experience are essential.

Qualifications

• You've used payroll software already—it's a must.
• Understanding why compliance and reporting exist is essential.
• Attention to detail that survives closing deadlines is critical.
• Able to explain payroll logic clearly to non-experts.

Responsibilities

• Run payroll for a mix of part-time and full-time staff, twice.
• Read timesheets and overtime entries carefully to spot discrepancies.
• Collaborate with HR and finance to agree on payroll numbers.
• Stay current with quarterly compliance rules and reporting.
• Maintain clean payroll records for audit readiness.

Skills

Payroll software

Attention to detail

Compliance knowledge

Payroll experience

Communication skills

Tools

ADP

Job description

Somebody's paycheck comes up five dollars short, and suddenly there are three emails, and HR wants a word (there's always a word). That's payroll, basically. We're hiring an Online Payroll Specialist to catch that before it happens, rather than clean it up afterward. Part-time or full-time, your pick — hours here bend around your life, not the other way round. People hear "payroll" and picture data entry with extra steps. It's really not, though I get why it looks that way from outside. You're calculating wages, applying deductions, then checking your own math a second time because someone's rent is riding on it being right. Overtime edge cases turn up constantly. So do timesheets that don't quite make sense, usually right before a deadline. Search online payroll specialist jobs anywhere, and half the listings make it sound like solo number-crunching in a quiet room. It isn't. You're on a call with HR at 10, elbow-deep in a finance spreadsheet by 11, and somewhere in there answering a question nobody warned you about.

What Actually Fills a Week Running payroll for a mix of part-time and full-time staff — twice, because the first check is never really the last one. Reading timesheets and overtime entries closely enough that the thing that's off doesn't slip past you. Following a discrepancy all the way through, not just flagging it and hoping. Getting HR and finance to actually agree on the numbers instead of arguing about them separately. Keeping up with whatever compliance rules apply this quarter (they move more than people expect). And keeping records clean enough that audit season doesn't turn into a fire drill.

Before You Even Apply

You've used payroll software already — not a nice-to-have, a floor. Past that, understanding why compliance and reporting exist beats knowing which button does what. Attention to detail more or less is the job; lose that, and the rest doesn't matter much. You'll also spend real time explaining payroll logic to people who've never once wondered how their check gets built, so saying it plainly counts for a lot more than most people assume walking in. Some payroll processing background, or close enough Working knowledge of compliance and standard reporting Comfort in payroll or HR software — no walkthrough needed Attention to detail that survives a closing deadline Communication that's clear whether it's written or said out loud

None of this next part is required

Multi-state payroll experience helps. Hands-on time with ADP or something like it, same story. A working sense of tax withholding rules doesn't hurt.

Why This One, Specifically

$52,000 a year, hours you shape rather than a schedule stapled to your calendar. At Naukri Mitra, hiring leans toward fit over speed — sounds like a line until you're the one getting a real onboarding instead of a login and a shrug. There's an actual path toward senior payroll or compliance work later on, which matters if you've had jobs before that flatlined by month three. Who's on the Other Side of This Small team, quick answers, nobody vanishing into a silo whether they're remote or not. Spot a better way to fix some recurring payroll headache? Say it out loud — nobody here just processes quietly and hopes it gets noticed. People stay because the work stays predictable where it counts, and because the team actually shows up when a deadline gets tight (it will, eventually). Flexible hours, remote setup, all of that aside — the expectation doesn't move: get it right, follow through on details other people let slide. Payroll experience — check. Eye for detail — check.