Payroll Coordinator - Part-Time with Growth Opportunity

Hirebridge; Orange (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

Degenkolb Engineers seeks a Payroll Coordinator to support payroll operations, data entry, and recordkeeping, working with the Payroll Manager. This role also provides HR administrative support as capacity allows and is initially part-time with potential to grow into a full-time role.

This hybrid position can be based at Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, or Seattle, California offices.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of payroll administration or payroll processing experience.
• Strong attention to detail, organization, and accuracy.
• Comfortable working with numbers, data, and payroll systems.
• Ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate payroll information for new hires, terminations, and changes.
• Prepare and review payroll data for processing and resolve missing or incorrect details.
• Assist with payroll adjustments, reconciliations, reports, and year-end activities.
• Maintain payroll records, documentation, calendars, and checklists.
• Support payroll-related benefit deductions and 401(k) contributions and inquiries.
• Assist with incentive compensation and other specialty payments.
• Support payroll audits, reporting, system updates, and process improvements.
• Provide additional HR administrative and data-entry support as needed.

Skills

Attention to detail

Initiative

Follow up

Organizational skills

Learning systems

Discretion

Team player

Education

Associate's or bachelor's degree in HR, accounting, business administration, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Degenkolb Engineers seeks a Payroll Coordinator to support payroll operations, data entry, and recordkeeping, working with the Payroll Manager. This role also provides HR administrative support as capacity allows and is initially part-time with potential to grow into a full-time role.

This hybrid position can be based at Detroit, Los Angeles, Oakland, Orange, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, or Seattle, California offices.