Payroll Specialist
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Payroll Specialist managing multi-state payroll, tax issues, compliance, and year-end processing for MediaCo Operations. Supporting HR, Finance, employees, and management.
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily Payroll department operations, including preparation of multiple bi-weekly payrolls, new hire time and attendance training, employee self-service login reset, verifications of employment, and off-cycle payments
- Interface with Human Resources, Finance, and other teams as required
- Monitor and ensure FLSA compliance for multi-state operations
- Reconcile timecards, including contacting team members and supervisors to obtain timesheet approvals
- Perform data entry/imports for payroll adjustments
- Maintain accurate payroll records for audit/compliance
- Create and distribute reports to business partners
- Resolve tax issues, working with ADP tax and internal resources
- Maintain records and documentation regarding state issues
- Perform year-end processing, including W-2 review, approval and distribution, and preparation for the new year
- Document payroll processes
- Provide timely support to team members and management regarding payroll inquiries
- Perform other related duties as required and assigned
Requirements:
- Associates degree in a related field and 4 years of payroll experience or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience working with integrated Payroll/HR system, preferably ADP Workforce Now
- Union, implementation, and multi-state tax experience preferred (including CA, WA, IL, NY/ NYC)
- Intermediate Excel skills (pivot tables, v-lookups)
- Knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Adobe Acrobat
- Flexibility and ability to multi-task
- Excellent organizational and time management skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Customer-service oriented
- Highly detail-oriented and curious
- Bilingual: English/Spanish is a plus
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