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Payroll Specialist
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Robert Half
Decatur, AL (In Person)
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Description We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to join a chemicals manufacturing organization in Decatur, Alabama. This contract opportunity with the potential to go permanent is ideal for a detail-oriented payroll specialist who can manage high-volume processing with accuracy and consistency across multiple jurisdictions. The role will support timely employee compensation, maintain payroll records, and help ensure compliance with company policies and applicable regulations.
Responsibilities:
- Process end-to-end payroll for a large employee population, ensuring wages, deductions, and adjustments are completed accurately and on schedule.
- Administer multi-state payroll activities while following applicable tax, wage, and reporting requirements in each jurisdiction.
- Use ADP Workforce Now to enter, review, validate, and finalize payroll data for regular and off-cycle runs.
- Audit payroll records to identify discrepancies, resolve errors, and maintain complete documentation for each pay period.
- Partner with HR, finance, and site leadership to address payroll questions, employee changes, and compensation updates.
- Reconcile payroll-related reports and support compliance with internal controls, policies, and regulatory requirements.
- Assist with payroll administration during periods of increased workload and provide dependable coverage for ongoing business needs. Requirements
- Demonstrated experience handling full-cycle payroll from initial data review through final processing and reconciliation.
- Background managing multi-state payroll with knowledge of related tax and compliance considerations.
- Hands-on proficiency with ADP Workforce Now in a payroll processing environment.
- Experience supporting payroll for employee populations exceeding 500 workers.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain accuracy in a fast-paced, deadline-driven setting.
- Solid understanding of payroll practices, recordkeeping standards, and confidentiality requirements.