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Sparrow Company LLC
Certified Payroll Specialist
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What they do
A Payroll Specialist manages the financial and accounting work involved in processing payroll for a company or organization. Manages employee benefits programs and payroll deductions, or assists with evaluating compensation levels for different job categories and titles.
$57,441 / year median in California
-8% projected decline
Job Description
Duties:
- Process Certified Payroll
- Track time for Prevailing Wage hourly employees
- Follow-up with supervisors for Timekeeping approvals
- Generate weekly Certified Payroll Reports and submit to appropriate agencies
- Resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information in PayTrax
- Interpret complex contract documents, delivery methods and agreements related to construction
- Analysis of certified payroll, prevailing wage and apprenticeship documents to ensure compliance with governing laws and Labor compliance programs
- Interact at all levels in the organization, maintaining positive and respectful relationships
- Review and organize information, materials and details independently and effectively identifying deficiencies, and requesting additional information if needed; take appropriate actions
- Support Prevailing Wage Payroll Manager with various tasks and projects as required