Payroll Specialist

Arrow International Inc; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Arrow International is the world’s largest manufacturer and supplier of charitable gaming products and solutions, seeking a Payroll Specialist to join the payroll team at our Brooklyn, Ohio headquarters. The role focuses on accurate payroll processing, garnishments, and reporting in a hands-on, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities include processing regular and overtime wages, PTO, maintaining payroll records, validating deductions, and ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal

Qualifications

• Requires an associate degree or any equivalent combination of experience and education.
• Minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Knowledge of payroll principles, practices, regulations, and procedures.
• Knowledge of state and federal payroll regulations including garnishments, child support, levies, subpoenas.
• Canadian payroll processing a plus.
• Knowledge of process improvement methods and techniques.
• Strong numerical data handling and reporting skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, document, distribute, and reconcile the payroll system.
• Review pay computations and deductions for accuracy.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of payroll regulations at local, state, and federal levels.
• Respond to inquiries regarding paychecks or payroll reporting.
• Ensure payroll issues are escalated and resolved promptly.
• Work independently and collaboratively on payroll projects.
• Analyze Paylocity time and labor data before uploading to payroll weekly/biweekly.
• Process regular wages, overtime, PTO, etc.
• Audit and review timekeeping, payroll, and deductions biweekly.
• Garnishment registrations for new jurisdictions as needed.
• Contribute to HRIS projects including tax updates and system migrations.
• Maintain and process payroll records and reports for accounting.

Skills

Payroll knowledge

Timekeeping

Attention to detail

Verbal/written communication

Analytical ability

Education

Associate degree or equivalent

Tools

Paylocity

HRIS systems

Job description

Description

Arrow International is the world's largest manufacturer and supplier of charitable gaming products and solutions. We produce and distribute a wide array of products including consumables (pull tab tickets, bingo paper and ink, etc.) as well as world-class, state-of-the-art, electronic gaming products. Our products are sold, installed, and operated in numerous social and gaming venues around the world. We continue to grow at a record pace and offer this exciting career opportunity to join our team where we are focused on attracting and engaging exceptional talent, empowering colleagues to achieve fulfilling careers, and creating fun and engaging products that are second to none for our customers.

Position Summary

The Payroll Specialist is an integral member of the payroll team. The successful candidate will have previous experience processing payroll, setting up garnishments, and running report. This position is located on-site at our corporate headquarters in Brooklyn, Ohio.

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Responsible for the accurate preparation, documentation, distribution, and reconciliation of the payroll system.
• Reviews the computation of pay and associated deductions for accuracy.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of local, state, and federal legislation affecting payroll; understands and follows applicable provisions.
• Respond to and resolve any inquiries regarding paychecks or payroll reporting.
• Ensures payroll issues are escalated and resolved promptly.
• Work is generally independent and collaborative in nature.
• Contributes to moderately complex aspects of a project.
• Perform thorough analysis of Paylocity time and labor system prior to uploading to the payroll system on a weekly/biweekly basis.
• Process regular wages, overtime wages, PTO, etc.
• Process, audit, analyze and review timekeeping, payroll and benefit deductions are made on a biweekly basis.
• Search and gather data for registration to Paylocity of new jurisdictions to be set up as per payroll reports generated.
• Work on various HRIS projects including, but not limited to, tax updates, system updates, and system migrations.
• Maintain & process payroll records & reports for accounting of salary/wages due, accruals, deductions, and other payroll related duties.
• Conduct periodic audits of accounts to ensure accuracy.
• Provide accruals to plant division leadership for budget reconciliation.
• Reconcile payroll prior to final calculation, processing, and validate confirm reports.

Requirements

Experience and Education

• Requires an associate degree or any equivalent combination of experience and education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
• Requires a minimum of 2 years of related experience.
• Knowledge of payroll principles, practices, regulations, and procedures
• Knowledge of basic accounting practices and procedures
• Knowledge of applicable state and federal payroll and related tax regulations, legislation, and guidelines included but not limited to writs of garnishments, child support, levies, subpoenas, non-resident alien and US tax treaties.
• Canadian payroll processing a plus
• Knowledge of practice, methods, and techniques of process improvement
• Skill in evaluating and analyzing technical payroll activities.
• Skill in both verbal and written communication
• Skill in preparing detailed reports.
• Skill in performing details computations.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORKING CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.
• The noise level in the work environment is low.
• May be required to sit for long and/or extended periods of time.