Payroll Specialist

World Acceptance Corporation; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

World Acceptance Corporation in Greenville, SC is seeking a Payroll Specialist to process bi-weekly payroll, audit data for accuracy, and respond to employee payroll questions.

The role collaborates with HR and branches to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local laws, while maintaining detailed payroll records and confidentiality in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required.
• Two or more years of experience in a corporate environment.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with integrity.
• Strong communication skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in Word, Excel, and Outlook; quick to learn in-house applications.

Responsibilities

• Processes bi-weekly payroll for designated employee groups, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Analyzes payroll information and reports to identify discrepancies prior to processing.
• Processes manual payroll inputs and reviews others' manual inputs for accuracy.
• Handles terminations with knowledge of multi-state final pay laws.
• Serves as the point of contact for payroll-related questions from employees, management, and HR.
• Manages payroll inbox and ensures timely follow-up on items.
• Leads garnishments, tax withholdings, unemployment claims, and other payroll compliance activities.
• Coordinates with HR and branches to ensure employee changes are reflected in payroll.
• Maintains payroll records and supporting documentation per internal policy.
• Provides backup support to ensure continuity of payroll processing.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Integrity

Diplomacy

Communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Dependability

English proficiency

Education

High School Diploma

College degree preferred

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing payroll bi-weekly, in addition to performing checks and balances prior to processing to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies and applicable regulations. The Payroll Specialist also serves as the point of contact to company-wide employees regarding payroll-related questions and routine payroll matters.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Processes payroll bi-weekly for designated employee groups, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with company policies and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.
• Analyzes payroll information, reports, and exception items to identify discrepancies and resolves accordingly prior to payroll processing.
• Processes manual payroll inputs and reviews other team members’ manual payroll inputs, ensuring accuracy.
• Processes terminations, which requires knowledge of multi-state final pay laws.
• Serves as the point of contact to employees, management, and HR regarding payroll-related questions and routine payroll matters.
• Manages and monitors the payroll inbox, ensuring timely follow-up, issue resolution, and completion of payroll-related action items.
• Leads garnishments, tax withholdings, employment verifications, unemployment claims, and other payroll compliance activities.
• Coordinates with HR, branch leadership, and other departments to ensure employee changes are completed accurately and timely as it relates to payroll.
• Maintains payroll records and supporting documentation in accordance with internal payroll process, company policies, and retention requirements.
• Provides backup support for payroll team responsibilities to ensure continuity of operations and timely payroll processing.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
• Must have a high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential information.
• Position continually requires demonstrated integrity, objectivity, trust, and diplomacy.
• Must be able to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of the organization by telephone, in person and through other outlets.
• Must have knowledge of a variety of computer software applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must be able to learn other applications quickly, including in-house applications.
• Must be detail oriented and able to identify errors.
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment with a demonstrated ability to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
• Must be able to demonstrate dependability and initiative.
• Must have good command of the English language, both oral and written.

Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma required.
• College degree is a plus.
• Two or more years of experience in a corporate environment.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to constantly remain in a stationary position.
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
• Occasionally may require light lifting up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment

Office environment.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

It is the policy of World Acceptance Corporation to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The duties listed are the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made unless they create an undue hardship to the Company. Physical and environmental requirements are representative of those needed to successfully perform the job.

For over 60 years, World Finance has been helping customers focus less on the unexpected expenses of life, and more on what makes life so sweet. In doing so, we offer personal installment loans that suit the specific needs of our customers while simultaneously delivering outstanding customer service. We are always looking for great people to join our team. Located in 16 states, our network of branches work to provide good to the communities around them. World Finance has been recognized as a Top Workplace in the USA, and we are looking forward to having new team members to join us and be a part of our continuous growth!