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Robert Half lists this Payroll Specialist opportunity in new york city (brooklyn), New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Title: Payroll Specialist
Type: Permanent
Location: Manhattan, NY
Schedule: Hybrid
About the Role
Our client is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical Payroll Specialist to join their HR Operations team. This role will play a key part in ensuring employees are paid accurately and on schedule while supporting payroll administration, reporting, compliance, and compensation-related processes across a multi-state workforce.
The ideal candidate is highly organized, comfortable working with confidential information, and able to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Strong hands-on experience with Workday is required. Advanced Excel capabilities, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs , are also required.
What You'll Be Responsible For
Support the complete biweekly payroll cycle, ensuring employee pay, deductions, earnings, adjustments, and related transactions are processed accurately and on schedule.
Maintain and update payroll-related information in Workday , including employee tax elections, garnishments, deductions, and other payroll changes.
Work with payroll tax processes and related activities.
Review employee time and attendance information, follow up on discrepancies, and help ensure required approvals are completed before payroll deadlines.
Assist employees and managers with payroll, timekeeping, tax, compensation, and related questions, providing timely and professional support.
Coordinate off-cycle payroll activities, including special payments, bonuses, corrections, and other one-time compensation transactions.
Research and resolve payroll discrepancies and more complex employee pay issues in partnership with the Payroll Manager and other internal stakeholders.
Help ensure payroll practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations, and company policies.
Assist with quarterly and year-end payroll activities, including tax filings, reconciliations, reporting, and related documentation.
Participate in payroll audits by reviewing records, preparing supporting documentation, and responding to auditor requests.
Perform regular payroll reconciliations and quality-control reviews to identify and correct discrepancies before they impact employees.
Develop recurring and ad-hoc payroll reports and analyses for HR leadership, management, and other business partners.
Use Excel extensively to analyze payroll and employee data, including PivotTables, VLOOKUPs, data reconciliation, and reporting .
Maintain accurate records related to new hire compensation arrangements and other compensation commitments.
Provide administrative and operational support for equity compensation programs, including employee stock purchase activities and stock award exercises/releases.
Identify opportunities to streamline payroll processes, strengthen controls, improve data accuracy, and increase operational efficiency.
Maintain strict confidentiality when handling employee compensation, tax, banking, and other sensitive information.
Take ownership of additional HR, payroll, compensation, and People Operations projects as business needs evolve.
What We're Looking For
Prior experience supporting or processing payroll, preferably in a multi-state environment.
Hands-on Workday experience is required.
Experience with Workday Payroll is highly preferred and considered a major plus.
Experience with ADP SmartCompliance or similar payroll tax platforms is preferred.
Strong understanding of payroll processes, controls, reconciliations, and applicable payroll regulations.
Advanced Excel skills are required, including PivotTables and VLOOKUPs.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with exceptional attention to detail.
Ability to work effectively with sensitive and confidential employee information.
Who can apply
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