Payroll Auditor Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

The Quality and Control Payroll Specialist oversees all payroll-auditing and quality control functions to ensure compliance with tax, regulatory and company policies. Work involves analyzing systems and procedures and adapting them to electronic data processing methods and business practices. The Quality and Control Specialist identifies payroll error trends and quality risks, developing audits to mitigate any future risks and providing detailed reports to management with recommendations for improving internal controls.

• Manages multiple work queues and schedules ensuring that work is assigned to team members appropriately and managed within stated SLAs.

• Provides recommendations and solutions for process improvements; identifies opportunities to mitigate risk and provides value added solutions to meet business needs.

• Oversees the auditing functions for all on-cycle and off-cycle payrolls processed

• Develops and maintains audit queries and reporting

• Reviews payroll source documents and company policies for compliance with labor regulations, tax laws, county policies and company pay policies

• Prepares and reviews payroll audit reports, communicating results with management

• Assists with development of procedures and timelines for submission of source documents

• Explains payroll auditing policies, procedures and systems to internal company stakeholders

• Reviews for correctness interface feeds to and from the payroll and timekeeping systems and develops audit reports to capture data integrity issues

• Ensures accuracy of payroll audits

• Establishes and maintains professional and effective working relationships with co-workers and employees

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years of payroll experience, including expertise in a multi-state payroll environment

• Extensive US payroll experience and expertise

• Exposure and knowledge of complex HR processes that impact payroll

• Advanced Excel Skills

• Knowledge of ADP Vantage and Kronos Timekeeping, or similar time and attendance and payroll applications

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills as problems faced are often complex and require extensive investigation and analysis

• Strong communication skills (oral & written); ability to effectively interact with others at all levels

• Working on a team with 2 other Payroll Auditors

Full-time