Payroll Compliance & Operations Specialist

Employee Relations Associates, Inc.; Florham Park (NJ); In loco; USD 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

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Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short term disability

401(k)

Holiday pay

Descrizione del lavoro

Employee Relations Associates, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Specialist II to ensure accurate, compliant biweekly payroll for a multi‑office, project‑based workforce. You will work with HR, Accounting, and project teams to align time, pay, and project cost data on an ongoing basis.

The role covers payroll processing, comprehensive compliance with wage, hour, and tax rules, and ongoing process improvement. You will support audits, W‑2s, and complex deductions while maintaining strong records and

Mansioni

• Process payroll for assigned cycles, including regular and overtime hours, PTO, bonuses, per diem, and other earnings.
• Validate timesheet and project charge code data before each cutoff. Follow up on missing, late, or inconsistent entries.
• Process new hires, terminations, rate and status changes, and final pay in line with state requirements.
• Apply benefit, retirement, and involuntary deductions, including garnishments, child support orders, and levies, per the order or plan terms.
• Complete pre-payroll and post-payroll audits. Resolve variances before release and document corrections.
• Process off-cycle payments, retro pay, and corrections, and handle multi-state employee withholding.
• Apply federal, state, and local wage, hour, and tax requirements to payroll transactions.
• Reconcile payroll tax deposits and support quarterly and year-end filings, including W-2 preparation, with the payroll provider and Accounting.
• Work with federal, state, and local tax authorities to register and close payroll tax accounts, and keep tax codes and jurisdiction setup current in the payroll system.
• Verify that workers' compensation class codes are set up correctly for each state and assigned to the right employees and job functions in the payroll system.
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger and support month-end close.
• Support certified payroll and prevailing wage reporting on federal and public-sector projects, where applicable.
• Respond to wage verifications, unemployment claims, and audit requests. Maintain payroll records to retention requirements.

Conoscenze

Payroll processing

Compliance

Data analysis

Multi-state payroll

W-2 preparation

Garnishments

Strumenti

Payroll system

Descrizione del lavoro

Employee Relations Associates, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Specialist II to ensure accurate, compliant biweekly payroll for a multi‑office, project‑based workforce. You will work with HR, Accounting, and project teams to align time, pay, and project cost data on an ongoing basis.

The role covers payroll processing, comprehensive compliance with wage, hour, and tax rules, and ongoing process improvement. You will support audits, W‑2s, and complex deductions while maintaining strong records and