Payroll Specialist — Dayforce & Unifocus Expert

Fairmont Hotels & Resorts; Sonoma (CA); On-site; USD 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa is seeking a payroll and office administrator to support the Finance & Business Support team. You will process bi-weekly payroll, verify employee changes, and prepare payroll journals with accuracy and compliance.

Responsibilities include running daily labor reports, training new leaders on payroll systems, liaising with Talent and Culture on pay-related questions, and ensuring all paperwork meets standards.

Qualifications

• Computer literacy in Windows applications required.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities.
• Highly responsible and reliable.
• Team player with guest-focused approach.
• Experience with Dayforce and Unifocus preferred.
• Office administration and hotel accounting experience preferred.
• Experience with union regulations preferred.

Responsibilities

• Offers professional, engaging and friendly service.
• Verifies employee changes and paperwork match.
• Processes bi-weekly payroll using Dayforce and payroll systems.
• Processes manual payroll checks.
• Generates payroll reports for the DOF/ADOF.
• Runs daily labor reports from Dayforce and Unifocus.
• Trains new leaders on payroll systems.
• Reconciles payroll taxes/benefits bi-weekly.
• Liaises with Talent and Culture on pay-related items.
• Manages vacation balance reporting for all departments.
• Follows departmental policies and safety policies.
• Performs other duties and special projects.

Skills

Windows applications

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Reliability

Teamwork

Guest focus

Office administration

Hotel accounting

Union regulations knowledge

Tools

Dayforce

Unifocus

Job description

Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa is seeking a payroll and office administrator to support the Finance & Business Support team. You will process bi-weekly payroll, verify employee changes, and prepare payroll journals with accuracy and compliance.

Responsibilities include running daily labor reports, training new leaders on payroll systems, liaising with Talent and Culture on pay-related questions, and ensuring all paperwork meets standards.