Payroll Specialist - Modesto, CA

$48,110 - $53,165/Yr

Save Mart Supermarkets - Modesto, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Modesto, CA

10,001+ employees

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for supporting the weekly processing of company-wide payroll and managing specialized payroll functions such as garnishment processing, Trust Fund reporting, and payroll tax deposits. This role involves maintaining employee information, responding to payroll inquiries, and ensuring compliance with payroll regulations. The Payroll Specialist may also assist in directing Payroll Clerks and is expected to work with various payroll systems to accomplish tasks efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Process wage garnishments, child support orders, and taxable adjustments as assigned.
• Responsible for payroll administration of Trust Funds; reports eligibility of Health & Welfare and pension hours to Trust Fund(s); submits monthly reports and contribution payments.
• Respond to payroll related inquiries made by external agencies (i.e. Child Support, Unemployment, etc.) for hours and/or wages.
• Calculate and maintain all time off categories.
• Maintain and update employee information in payroll system, including deductions and withholdings.
• Perform audit and work closely with managers to ensure compliance with Time and Attendance system.
• Enter data into payroll system; compute wages and deductions and post to payroll records.
• Process final check, including calculating final dues owed and ensuring various key elements are secured, (e.g. hours worked, benefit time owed, deductions, etc.) along with appropriate allocations.
• Coordinate tax notices/issues with the tax filing service and/or taxing agencies to resolve the tax related issues.
• Enter employee legally required and voluntary deductions in payroll system.
• Calculate and file bi-weekly Federal and State payroll taxes; send report of payroll taxes to Accounting and Cash Management departments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Knowledge of garnishment/child support processing.
• Knowledge and experience working in a unionized payroll and experience with Trust Fund reporting.
• Knowledge of tax deposit requirements; demonstrated knowledge in calculation of gross payroll to net payroll and working with a variety of deduction and pay codes.
• Ability to work with confidential information.
• Ability to work with Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, basic Microsoft Word skills.
• Skilled and Proficient 10-key by touch.
• Ability to multi-task while being detail oriented.
• Ability to communicate (verbally, in writing and listening).
• Knowledge of Mathematics including strong math skills.
• Education: Two-year college degree and/or equivalent experience/training.
• Experience: Minimum of 3 years of directly related experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to work overtime, when needed.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Lifelong Learning Educational opportunities
• Employee Association (discounted and free tuition options, contests, and support services)