Payroll Specialist: Accurate Pay & Compliance

Palm Harbor Homes; Moultrie (GA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support corporate payroll, collect time and attendance data, and manage weekly payroll activities. This role involves preparing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reports, ensuring compliance with policies, and handling tax withholdings, deductions, and benefits.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate degree in HR/Business and has at least 2 years of HR payroll experience, with strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving

Qualifications

• Associate degree in HR/Business or equivalent experience in Payroll and HR support.
• 2 years of experience as an HR Payroll (essential).
• Exposure to Labor Law and employment equity regulations.
• Exposure to payroll practices.
• Full understanding of HR functions and best practices.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Works well under pressure and meets tight deadlines.
• Highly computer literate with capability in email, MS Office and related business and communication tools.
• Fantastic organizational and time management skills.
• Strong decision-making and problem solving skills.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Assist with all internal Payroll / HR inquiries or requests.
• Prepare responses to notices from government agencies regarding employee tax filings.
• Assures that payroll-related transactions are processed in compliance with external and internal policies.
• Performs actions necessary to track and determine regular and overtime pay, and factors commission-based income or bonuses into an employee's salary.
• Calculates and processes Federal and State tax and social security withholdings, union dues, and other deductions, insurance, benefits, pension/retirement, 401(k) contributions and company match, and profit sharing.
• Screens time-worked inputs for calculating, coding, or other errors.
• Monitors computer reports alerting Payroll Clerks to problems or errors.
• Reconciles errors and maintains payroll records.
• Reviews and processes payroll adjustments, including vacation, sick, and other time off.
• Generates accrual entries, as required.
• Fields and responds to payroll inquiries and resolves discrepancies as required.
• Maintains knowledge of rules and laws which govern the payroll administration practices.
• Assists with training of Payroll Clerks.
• May prepare Accounts Payable check requests as necessary.

Skills

HR payroll experience

MS Office

Communication skills

Time management

Detail oriented

Work under pressure

Education

Associate degree in HR/Business

Payroll/HR experience

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

Palm Harbor Homes is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support corporate payroll, collect time and attendance data, and manage weekly payroll activities. This role involves preparing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reports, ensuring compliance with policies, and handling tax withholdings, deductions, and benefits.

The ideal candidate holds an Associate degree in HR/Business and has at least 2 years of HR payroll experience, with strong communication, organizational, and problem-solving