Payroll Specialist

Aston Carter - Tampa, FL

Full-time - Entry Level

Tampa, FL

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Payroll Specialist role at Aston Carter involves managing payroll for employees on a biweekly basis. This position is crucial for ensuring accurate payroll processing, compliance with wage laws, and maintaining employee records. The role is primarily onsite in Tampa, with potential for hybrid work based on performance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for payroll of employees for pay period (biweekly)
• Enter new hires, employee changes, and voluntary deductions in the payroll system
• Process manual checks such as terminations and discrepancies
• Prepare and process hourly and salaried bi-weekly payrolls
• Review computed wages and correct errors to ensure the accuracy of earnings
• Ensure that all changes to payroll are processed correctly
• Prepare and process exempt personnel time sheets utilizing an electronic time and attendance software product for compliance with policy, state, and regulatory requirements
• Calculate new hire pay, termination pay, and any required adjustment to normal pay
• Maintain accurate payroll records and employee files, including manual check log and reconciliation of payroll account
• Process stop payments or adjustments of payroll
• Handle all garnishments, deductions, and vacation/sick accruals
• Ensure that computing, withholding, and deductions are done correctly
• Prepare various payroll and management reports, journal entries, workers compensation, and reconcile quarterly payroll taxes

Requirements

• Experience with doing payroll for 1000+ people
• 2+ years experience doing payroll strongly preferred
• Large ERP systems preferred
• Familiar use of Workday and ADP

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to work closely with a team

Benefits

• Contract-to-Hire position with a duration of 6 months