Payroll Specialist

Strategic Solutions Inc; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 43,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentor

Generous benefits

Lexington, KY growth flexibility

Job summary

Strategic Solutions Inc in Lexington, KY seeks a Payroll Specialist in a junior role offering growth and hands-on ownership. The position pairs a $43,000 - $68,000 salary with a collaborative team and clear opportunities to level up within a supportive finance environment.

You will contribute to financial forecasting, reporting, and pricing modeling while collaborating with leadership to drive disciplined planning and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated calm when a Lexington, KY client changes scope mid-stream.
• Strategic Solutions Inc mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow.
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level.
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal.
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses.
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
• Reconcile merchant fees against statements that never quite match
• Build the cash-forecast that tells Strategic Solutions Inc when to draw the line of credit
• Lean on Emotional Intelligence and Management Reporting to automate what used to be manual
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Build budget-vs-actual reviews managers across Lexington look forward to
• Support the Payroll Specialist in modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics

Skills

Attention to detail

Emotional intelligence

Stakeholder communication

Presentation skills

Forecasting

Job description

Numbers tell a story, and Strategic Solutions Inc wants a Payroll Specialist who can read it aloud to Lexington leadership. This junior role pairs a $43,000 - $68,000 salary with hands‑on ownership, a collaborative team, and clear opportunities to level up.

Key Responsibilities

• Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
• Reconcile merchant fees against statements that never quite match
• Build the cash-forecast that tells Strategic Solutions Inc when to draw the line of credit
• Lean on Emotional Intelligence and Management Reporting to automate what used to be manual
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Build budget-vs-actual reviews managers across Lexington look forward to
• Support the Payroll Specialist in modeling pricing, margins, and unit economics

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated calm when a Lexington, KY client changes scope mid-stream
• A Strategic Solutions Inc mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• Comfortable presenting ideas to stakeholders at every level
• A communicator who can disagree without making it personal
• The kind of attention to detail that catches what spell-check misses
• Comfort defending a recommendation in front of skeptics

There's a reason finance leaders keep calling Strategic Solutions Inc: this impact-driven Lexington, KY team simply refuses to ship anything mediocre. Our Lexington, KY team moves at a steady, sustainable pace and protects time for deep, focused Management Reporting work.

Your offer at Strategic Solutions Inc: $43,000 - $68,000, a mentor, generous benefits, and the Lexington, KY flexibility to grow on your own clock.

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