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Payroll Specialist
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Robert Half
Houston, TX (In Person)
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Job Description
We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to support a fast-paced organization in Houston, Texas within the Oil & Gas field services sector. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who brings strong experience across payroll and benefits administration and can manage a high-volume, multi-state payroll environment with accuracy and consistency. The role will focus on ensuring timely bi-weekly payroll processing for a large employee population while helping maintain compliance with applicable union, tax, and benefits requirements.
Responsibilities:
- Process end-to-end bi-weekly payroll for more than 500 employees across multiple locations, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
- Administer payroll activities for employees working in up to nine states, including proper handling of state-specific tax and wage requirements.
- Review payroll data, earnings, deductions, and adjustments to identify and resolve discrepancies before final submission.
- Support benefits-related payroll functions by coordinating deductions, enrollments, changes, and reconciliations with accuracy.
- Manage union payroll components, including applicable pay rules, deductions, and reporting obligations.
- Maintain employee payroll records in ADP Workforce Now and ensure updates are entered correctly for new hires, status changes, and terminations.
- Respond to payroll and benefits inquiries from employees and internal stakeholders in a thorough and timely manner.
- Partner with internal teams to reconcile payroll reports, support audits, and assist with compliance documentation as needed.