Senior Payroll Specialist

Overview

The Senior Payroll Specialist processes and audits semi-monthly and bi-weekly payrolls across multiple companies for a multi-state employee population, and may include payroll for team players. The Senior Payroll Specialist is forward-thinking, analytical, detail-oriented, and methodical, with experience in payroll administration and knowledge of payroll tax and wage and hour regulations. The successful candidate should effectively collaborate and problem-solve with multiple departments (i.e. HR/Legal) related to Company payroll policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and process semi-monthly and bi-weekly multi-state payroll transactions, payroll taxes, and federal, state, and local compliance using ABI, Workday and ADP systems
• Validate and reconcile payroll transaction data to ensure accurate payroll payments, reporting and records, including review of certain Workday dashboards and reports
• Review and audit time and attendance reports and employee correction forms for proper payroll processing
• Communicate with managers and/or employees regarding payroll discrepancies and proactively work to resolve such items
• Review the Workday Payroll Dashboard for Compensation Changes, One-Time Payments, Department Transfers, etc.
• Partner with Human Resources on compliance reporting
• Prepare and input payroll accounting entries and assist with reconciling payroll balance sheet accounts
• Reconcile 401K contributions and loans, and responsible for processing bi-weekly submissions
• Maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions, including quarterly and year-end reporting
• Reconcile ADP Quarter Tax Reports and W-2s
• Prepare and validate the annual sports Schedule 18 (staffing and wages) and Player Salary schedules
• Support an environment that encourages, values, and delivers outstanding customer service
• Support the accounting and finance management team with ad-hoc reporting and reviewing payroll-related expenses on monthly financials, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience preferred
• Minimum of 5+ years of multi-state payroll and payroll accounting experience
• Experience with Time and Attendance and Payroll systems (preferably ABI, ADP, and Workday) and accounting systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 preferred)
• Knowledge of sports team payroll and operations is helpful
• Excellent team player dedicated to the department’s success
• Proactive team player with excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Self-motivated and possess strong organizational, collaboration and critical thinking skills
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel 
• Able to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Able to maintain privacy and confidentiality with sensitive data
• Able to work with minimal supervision