Payroll Specialist

All Cartage Transportation; Hawthorne (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

All Cartage Transportation in Hawthorne, CA is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage daily payroll operations, ensuring accurate processing and timely delivery of pay statements. The role requires an associate degree, strong Excel skills, and experience with Paycom and QuickBooks.

You will handle garnishments, time processing, data entry, confidentiality, and support the payroll manager as needed. This on-site position emphasizes accuracy, regulatory compliance, and teamwork within our

Qualifications

• Associates degree in human resources, business administration, or related field.
• Strong MS Excel skills and working knowledge of payroll software.
• Paycom experience is highly desirable.
• QuickBooks experience is highly desirable.
• Experience with hourly and salaried payroll for union and non-union staff.

Responsibilities

• Carry out payroll department transactions daily.
• Ensure payroll operations are accurate and promptly processed.
• Review payroll before transmitting and verifying reports.
• Process garnishments and ensure compliance.
• Handle time processing and attendance integration with payroll.
• Prepare payroll checks/pay statements and maintain employee records.
• Assist with staff compensation audits and reporting.
• Maintain privacy and confidentiality of payroll data.
• Support payroll manager in absence.

Skills

Verbal/written communication

Attention to detail

Time management

Leadership

Reliability

Education

Associate degree in HR/Business

Tools

Excel

Paycom

QuickBooks

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Corporate Office - HAWTHORNE, CA 90250

Salary Range: $25.00 - $27.00 Hourly

To be successful in the role of a payroll specialist, the typical candidate for this position must be able to carry out the key duties, tasks, and responsibilities outlined in the sample job description below:

• Carry out payroll department transactions on a daily basis
• Handle workflow to guarantee all payroll operations are precisely and promptly worked on
• Review payroll before transmitting and verifying authenticated reports
• Work on accurate garnishments adherence and calculations
• Implement attendance and time processing and interconnect with payroll
• Perform agreements for all unclaimed property payroll checks
• Work on all time data entry and evaluation for accuracy and completeness of regular time, vacation payout, salary, leave of absence, overtime, retirements, severance payments and retro
• Print out and forward checks or pay statements, operate departmental reports and organize employee records following government regulations
• Render assistance in assembling payroll data for staff compensation payroll audit every year
• Have respect for and maintain privacy parameters of operations, professional protocols and personal confidentiality
• Participate in all fundamental and external discussions in relation to payroll whenever the payroll manager is absent

Job Requirements / Qualifications

• An associate degree in human resources, business administration or affiliated area of experience
• A working knowledge of applicable government regulations with leading edge understanding and familiarity with MS Office package, especially the use of Excel
• Paycom experience highly desirable
• QuickBooks experience highly desirable
• Practical experience with hourly, salaried union and non-union payroll
• Dexterity in handling intricate projects all at the same time while functioning well under pressure to attain deadlines
• Strong project management, detailed-oriented, organizational and time management skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Accurate data entry skills
• Use good judgment in completing work tasks
• Strong leadership skills
• Regular, reliable attendance