Union Payroll Specialist - Multi-State Tax & Benefits

Nth Degree; Duluth (GA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

Nth Degree, headquartered in Duluth, GA, is seeking a Payroll Analyst to own union benefit administration and payroll tax compliance. You’ll work with Finance, HR, and ADP partners to keep our payroll-related GL accounts clean and accurate.

This is a hybrid role based at our corporate office in Duluth, with three days in the office each week. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of payroll experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to interpret CBAs.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll experience with reconciliations and tax compliance.
• Experience with union payroll and CBAs.
• Experience reconciling payroll taxes in a multi‑state environment.
• Working knowledge of payroll accounting, including GL reconciliations and journal entries.
• Strong Excel skills (lookups, pivot tables) for reconciling accounts and reports.
• Detail-oriented, deadline-driven, able to juggle multiple payrolls and filing deadlines.
• Clear communication and discretion with confidential employee and financial information.

Responsibilities

• Union benefits: Calculate, reconcile, and remit contributions and reports to multiple union funds.
• Collective bargaining agreements: Interpret CBAs to ensure accurate union deductions, employer contributions, and fund reporting.
• Payroll tax compliance: Partner with ADP to reconcile tax liabilities, review filings, and resolve notices.
• Payroll accounting: Reconcile payroll-related GL accounts and prepare journal entries.
• Quarter- and year-end: Support W-2 reconciliations, tax reporting, and audits.
• Systems and reporting: Use ADP Workforce Now to maintain payroll records, build reports, and research discrepancies.
• Go-to resource: Answer payroll questions from employees, union representatives, Finance, HR, and government agencies.
• Continuous improvement: Find ways to tighten internal controls and make payroll processes faster and more accurate.

Skills

Payroll processing

Union payroll

Payroll tax compliance

GL reconciliations

Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot)

Communication

Tools

ADP Workforce Now

UKG

Paylocity

Paycom

Workday

Job description

Nth Degree, headquartered in Duluth, GA, is seeking a Payroll Analyst to own union benefit administration and payroll tax compliance. You’ll work with Finance, HR, and ADP partners to keep our payroll-related GL accounts clean and accurate.

This is a hybrid role based at our corporate office in Duluth, with three days in the office each week. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of payroll experience, strong Excel skills, and the ability to interpret CBAs.