Payroll Specialist

Precision Castparts; Oregon; On-site; USD 60,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Precision Castparts Corporation seeks a Payroll Specialist to manage bi-weekly payroll for 16 locations within the Structurals Division, ensuring data integrity, accurate timekeeping, and timely transmission. The role emphasizes process improvement, policy interpretation, and service excellence.

You will support payroll staff at satellite facilities, review HR changes, pension and 401(k) reporting, and administer health club reimbursement while driving best practices across the division.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload.
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills.
• Ability to perform in stressful situations.
• Previous experience in ADP is a plus.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing setting is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Bi-weekly processing of the payrolls.
• Communicate and escalate issues as appropriate.
• Resolve employee issues with superior customer service.
• Audit and review all aspects of the payroll prior to transmission to ensure accuracy.
• Review HR changes and take appropriate action (new hires, terminations, transfers, status changes).
• Review timekeeping data prior to payroll transmission.
• Provide interpretation and guidance on payroll policies.
• Contribute to and update current processes and procedures, identifying improvement opportunities.
• Administer health club reimbursement program.
• Support payroll staff at satellite facilities.
• Review pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) reporting.
• Data entry as required.

Skills

Payroll processing

Customer service

Timekeeping

Multitasking

Data entry

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree

Tools

ADP

Job description

The Payroll Specialist reports to the Payroll Manager and will serve as the primary resource for all 16 payroll locations within the Structurals Division. This position will be challenged to drive and enforce process improvement and best practices throughout the Division. The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the quality control and data integrity aspect of the payroll processing, ensuring the accuracy of the data entry, timekeeping, completeness, and timeliness of the payrolls.

Job Functions

• Responsible for the bi-weekly processing of the payrolls
• Communicate and escape issues or concerns as appropriate
• Resolve employee issues with superior customer service
• Audit and review all aspects of the payroll prior to transmission to ensure accuracy
• Review and validate HR changes (new hires, terminations, employee transfers, status changes, etc.) and take appropriate action
• Review timekeeping data prior to payroll transmission
• Provide interpretation and guidance on policies as related to employee pay
• Contribute to, review, and update PCC’s current process and procedures, identifying improvement opportunities
• Administer health club reimbursement program
• Provide support and guidance for the payroll staff at the satellite facilities
• Review pension, profit sharing, and 401(k) reporting
• Aspects of position will require data entry

Job Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of payroll processing experience preferred.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize workload
• Exceptional communication and customer service skills
• Ability to perform in stressful situations
• Previous experience in ADP is a plus
• Previous experience in a manufacturing setting is a plus