Payroll Analyst

Title: Payroll Specialist

Working Arrangement: In office

Reason for the opening: Newly added position.

POSITION TYPE: Full time. In Office located in Royal Oak.

Duties:

Process payroll for hourly, salaried, and union employees accurately and on time.

Calculate regular, overtime, holiday, and shift differential pay.

Ensure compliance with collective bargaining agreements, if applicable.

Review and verify timecards, timesheets, and electronic timekeeping systems.

Work with supervisors to resolve missing or incorrect time entries.

Monitor attendance policies and flag discrepancies or violations.

Keep up with changes in wage and hour laws, tax regulations, and employment standards.

Generate and submit payroll reports to HR, Finance, and management.

Prepare reports for audits, workers' compensation, and labor cost analysis.

Maintain accurate payroll records and confidentiality of employee information.

Coordinate payroll deductions for health insurance, retirement plans, and other benefits.

Manage year-end processes including W-2s, 1099s, and other tax documentation.

Respond to employee inquiries about pay, taxes, and deductions.

Reconcile payroll accounts and assist in resolving discrepancies.

Support internal and external payroll audits.

Requirements:

High School Diploma required.

5+ years of payroll processing experience is required.

Full cycle experience from retrieval of timesheets through paycheck production is required.

Computer skills: Word, Excel, and experience with Payroll software.

Maintain employee payroll records and payroll reports

Improve payroll services and payroll system

Update all payroll tax information on payroll reconciliation sheets after each payroll

Perform internal payroll tax audits

Ensure payroll tax reporting and tax payments

Confirm payroll data audits and payroll registers

Ensure payroll tax regulatory compliance

Perform various payroll audits to ensure payroll is

Verify employee payroll data in all payroll-related systems

Assist in payroll tax research

Prepare all payroll tax payments; ensure timely receipt of all payroll tax

Use specialized payroll and tax software to prepare payroll tax returns

Assist with weekly payroll processing

Setting up payroll tax accounts, and payroll related taxes and compliance

Update payroll tax liability worksheets

Respond to payroll tax related questions and resolve payroll tax issues Company

Handling the payroll tax process for multi-entity, multi-state payroll

Provide payroll processing testing support

Prepare various payroll and management reports

Reconcile quarterly payroll taxes, payroll bank statements and review the accuracy of payroll deductions to payroll output

Permanent