Senior Payroll Administrator
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Senior Payroll Administrator owning multi-state payroll, benefits, tax compliance, and ADP Workforce Now for a national firefighter credit union. 100% remote with a permanent fixed home office.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee and process multi-state payroll operations end to end, including bi-weekly, semi-monthly, and off-cycle cycles
- Ensure accurate and timely payroll completion in accordance with established controls, requirements, and organizational policies
- Serve as the payroll subject matter expert and ADP Workforce Now “Super User”
- Direct system configuration, employee data integrity, reporting, audit readiness, and platform improvements
- Administer payroll-related benefits and retirement programs, including deduction management, benefit-change processing, and 401(k) administration
- Reconcile carrier invoices, billing statements, and payroll deduction registers against enrollment and payroll data
- Manage multi-state payroll tax compliance and reporting, including tax jurisdiction setup, withholding accuracy, remittance, and quarterly/annual filings
- Resolve agency notices and jurisdictional discrepancies and partner with ADP and Finance on tax setup for new work locations
- Own payroll- and benefits-related monthly reporting, filings, testing, and documentation, including month-end reporting, ad hoc requests, EEO-1 reporting, non-discrimination testing, and Form 5500
- Advise and serve as point of escalation for employees, leaders, and internal and external partners on payroll and benefits matters
- Evaluate and improve payroll processes, controls, and systems
- Support HR initiatives requiring payroll, HRIS, benefits, reporting, or compliance expertise
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree
- 7 years’ experience in payroll administration, including experience with multi-state payroll
- 5 years’ experience with processing California payroll
- 5 years’ experience using Excel, Word, and Outlook, including advanced Excel formulas such as VLOOKUP
- 3 years’ experience serving as an advanced or “Super User” in ADP Workforce Now, with broad access to and working knowledge of the platform’s payroll processing and HR functionality
- 3 years’ experience with employee 401(k) retirement plans and payroll-related benefit deductions
- 3 years’ experience with benefits administration, including reconciliation of carrier invoices and payroll deductions
- 3 years’ experience with payroll-related compliance activities, including non-discrimination testing, EEO-1 reporting, and Form 5500 activities
Benefits:
- Competitive salary with a pay for performance bonus
- Fully paid Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits package for employees
- Fully paid Life insurance, AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage
- 401k plan with a 3% safe harbor from the credit union and a matching program of up to 4%
- Education reimbursement of up to $5,250 annually
- 0% education loan assistance program
- Pet Insurance
- 4 weeks of PTO annually including 2 ½ days of float time
- 9 paid holidays plus 2 half days
















