Specialist - Payroll

Airgas - Kennesaw, GA

Full-time

Kennesaw, GA

10,001+ employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for performing daily payroll operations, including multistate payroll processing, for approximately 5,000+ employees within the South Division cluster. This position is high volume and requires keen organizational skills, strong attention to detail, accuracy, and excellent interpersonal communication skills. A solid understanding of local taxes for various states, including Ohio and Pennsylvania, is essential for this role. The Payroll Specialist will ensure accurate and timely multistate payroll processing using Workday, ensuring compliance with state, federal, and local requirements. This includes the timely submission of wage attachments such as child support orders, tax levies, and garnishments. The specialist will also ensure that local taxes are set up and applied correctly for new hires and transfers, process manual checks, special pays, gross-ups, and corrections/adjustments, and may require some manual calculations. In addition to payroll processing, the Payroll Specialist will maintain payroll records and filing administration according to internal department practices. They will facilitate strong customer service relationships with both internal and external customers, respond to service tickets, and answer routine telephone inquiries concerning payroll issues in accordance with company policies and procedures. The role also involves assisting accounting staff in the research and resolution of payroll-related transactions, including outstanding payroll checks. The Payroll Specialist will provide support to peers and leadership as needed, ensuring timely feedback to the manager, supervisor, and customers. They will also assist in process improvement projects and other initiatives as assigned by the Payroll Manager, adhere to internal control processes when initiating, recording, summarizing, and reporting payroll transactions, and actively participate in payroll year-end activities as assigned. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Accurate and timely multistate payroll processing using Workday ensuring compliance with state, federal, and local requirements.
• Ensuring timely submission of wage attachments (child support orders, tax levies, garnishments, etc.).
• Ensure local taxes are setup and applied correctly for new hires and transfers.
• Process manual checks, special pays, gross-ups, and corrections/adjustments.
• Maintain payroll records and filing administration according to internal department practices.
• Facilitate strong customer service relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Respond to service tickets and answer routine telephone inquiries concerning payroll issues in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Assist accounting staff in research and resolution of payroll related transactions, including outstanding payroll checks.
• Provide support to peers/leadership as needed; timely feedback to manager, supervisor, and customers.
• Assist in process improvement projects and other initiatives as assigned by the Payroll Manager.
• Adhere to internal control processes when initiating, recording, summarizing and reporting payroll transactions.
• Actively participate in payroll year-end activities as assigned.

Requirements

• H.S. diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 3 years payroll experience preferably with Workday
• Basic knowledge of accounting is a plus
• FPC/CPP is a plus
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with Vlookup knowledge