Payroll Specialist with SAP experience

ERP RECRUITING, LLC; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

ERP Recruiting, LLC seeks a Payroll Specialist with SAP Payroll expertise to join on a 3-6 month contract in Cleveland, OH. The role involves end-to-end payroll processing, SAP troubleshooting, and ensuring compliance.

The ideal candidate will manage multi-state payroll, on-cycle and off-cycle payments, and tax recalculations within SAP, while collaborating with HR/IT to streamline workflows.

Qualifications

• 3-6 month contract with potential for direct-hire based on performance.
• Hands-on SAP Payroll expertise required.
• End-to-end payroll processing and SAP troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Process multi-state hourly and salaried payrolls using SAP Payroll.
• Run payroll, off-cycle payments, and retroactive pay adjustments in SAP.
• Reconcile discrepancies and conduct pre- and post-payroll audits.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax rules and garnishments.
• Identify and implement improvements to SAP payroll workflows.
• Serve as primary contact for payroll inquiries from employees and vendors.

Skills

Payroll processing

Excel data reconciliation

Analytical thinking

Communication

Tools

SAP

Job description

Job Description

Payroll Specialist with SAP experience

3-6 month contract with strong potential for direct-hire conversion based on performance and business needs.

We are seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist with hands-on SAP Payroll expertise to join our team on a temp-to-hire contract basis. In this role, you will be responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, system troubleshooting, compliance adherence, and optimizing payroll workflows within SAP.

Key Responsibilities

• Payroll Processing: Process multi-state, high-volume hourly and salaried payrolls accurately and on schedule using SAP Payroll.
• SAP System Operations: Execute payroll runs, off-cycle payments, retroactive pay adjustments, and tax recalculations within SAP.
• Troubleshooting & Auditing: Reconcile payroll discrepancies, perform pre- and post-payroll audits, and resolve SAP system errors or payroll variances.
• Compliance & Reporting: Ensure full compliance with federal, state, and local payroll taxes, wage and hour laws, and garnishment rules. Generate payroll and tax reports out of SAP.
• Process Improvement: Identify gaps or inefficiencies in existing payroll workflows and collaborate with HR/IT teams to streamline SAP payroll configuration and procedures.
• Vendor & Employee Support: Serve as the primary point of contact for complex payroll inquiries from employees, management, and third-party vendors.

Key Qualifications

• Experience: 3+ years of dedicated payroll experience, ideally in a fast-paced or corporate environment.
• Tax & Compliance Knowledge: Strong understanding of multi-state payroll, tax withholdings, garnishments, and FLSA guidelines.
• Data Management: High level of proficiency in MS Excel (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables) for data reconciliation.
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical abilities to troubleshoot payroll errors and system configuration issues.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a client-service mindset.

Company Description

Outstanding organization within manufacturing. Service the aerospace industry as one of the experts in their field. Great culture, people and environment.