Job Details

Job Description Summary

LOCATION: Hybrid (Punta Gorda, FL) or Remote (For highly qualified candidates)

This position analyzes, manages, and optimizes an organization's payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely employee compensation while maintaining compliance with labor laws and tax regulations, handling data, processing transactions, reconciling accounts, and acting as a liaison with HR and Accounting. They use data to find efficiencies, resolve discrepancies, prepare reports, and ensure legal adherence for things like wage, tax, and deductions.

This role is crucial for our organization's financial health, bridging the gap between HR, accounting, and employees to ensure everyone gets paid correctly and legally, minimizing risks and improving operational flow. Reports to Sr. Payroll Manager.

How will you make an impact & Requirements

Core Responsibilities

• Data Management: Gathering, validating, and analyzing payroll data for accuracy.
• Processing & Compliance: Processing paychecks, managing taxes, deductions, garnishments, and ensuring adherence to federal, state, and local laws.
• Auditing & Reconciliation: Performing internal audits, reconciling payroll transactions, and correcting errors.
• Reporting: Preparing payroll reports, accounting transactions, and various documents for appropriate parties and special reports for management each payroll or as requested.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Working with HR, Accounting, Treasury, and other departments on payroll-related matters.
• Process Improvement: Identifying and implementing ways to make payroll processes more efficient and effective.

Key Skills & Knowledge

• Knowledge of Laws: Deep understanding of wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and state/federal requirements.
• Analytical Skills: Using data to solve problems and improve processes.
• Technical Skills: Proficiency with payroll software, such as ADP and Workday, and software tools like Excel and Outlook.
• Attention to Detail: Essential for accuracy in calculations and data entry.
• Communication: Clear, concise written and oral conveyance is an essential function. Excellent customer service.

Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and have the ability to work independently in a fast paced, cross-functional environment. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• 5+ years in Payroll, performing all payroll functions.
• Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills, specifically Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including advanced formula knowledge and experience with PivotTables.
• Excellent customer service. Exercise highest discretion and professional prudence.
• Ability to remain flexible, positive, and enthusiastic to changes and new assignments.
• Aptitude to perform tasks independently and/or remote or virtual.
• Experience with ADP or similar payroll systems.
• CPP or FPC certification preferred.

Physical Demands

Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects. Repetitive motion. Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. The worker must have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading. Ability to lift to 15 lbs. independently not to exceed 50 lbs. without help.

Compensation:
$61,226.00
to
$91,839.00