Senior Payroll Specialist – Construction & Certified Payroll

Creative Financial Staffing; Keenesburg (CO); On-site; USD 81,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to support weekly payroll for multiple entities. You will process payroll, handle discrepancies, and provide detailed reporting for construction projects.

Responsibilities include coordinating timecard data, applying union and certified rates, and ensuring compliance with wage and hour rules. Collaboration with HR and accounting is essential to maintain accurate records and timely payrolls.

Qualifications

• At least three years of payroll processing experience.
• Knowledge of payroll reconciliation, internal controls, payroll taxes, and wage and hour requirements.
• Strong attention to detail and discretion when handling employee information.
• Ability to organize competing priorities and consistently meet weekly processing deadlines.
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach with employees, HR, accounting, and operations.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate weekly payroll from timecard review through final processing, confirming hours, earnings, deductions, and pay changes.
• Review information from multiple timekeeping platforms, resolve missing or inconsistent entries, and ensure hours meet wage and hour requirements.
• Apply appropriate pay rates, including union and certified payroll rates, and allocate labor hours for accounting and project reporting.
• Reconcile attendance, leave, and payroll adjustments; work with Payroll Manager to research and correct discrepancies.
• Partner with HR to maintain accurate payroll information for onboarding, separations, direct deposits, and tax withholding elections.
• Prepare off-cycle and final paychecks following deadlines.
• Complete certified payroll submissions and union reports, including payroll tax filings and payments.
• Assist compliance leadership with apprenticeship documentation and certified payroll reporting for Inflation Reduction Act projects.
• Respond to employee questions about compensation, provide payroll reports to management, and maintain confidential records.

Skills

Attention to detail

Clear communication

Time management

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Adobe Acrobat

Viewpoint Spectrum

Job description

Creative Financial Staffing, LLC is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to support weekly payroll for multiple entities. You will process payroll, handle discrepancies, and provide detailed reporting for construction projects.

Responsibilities include coordinating timecard data, applying union and certified rates, and ensuring compliance with wage and hour rules. Collaboration with HR and accounting is essential to maintain accurate records and timely payrolls.