Airgas - Long Beach, CA
posted 4 months ago
The Payroll Specialist at Airgas plays a crucial role in ensuring payroll accuracy and compliance across the organization. This position involves daily collaboration with Airgas Managers and associates to manage payroll operations effectively. The Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing multistate payroll for both weekly and biweekly staff, ensuring that all payroll activities are conducted accurately and in a timely manner. This high-volume role demands exceptional organizational skills, a strong attention to detail, and excellent interpersonal communication abilities. Key responsibilities include the accurate processing of weekly and biweekly multistate payroll using Workday, while ensuring compliance with all relevant state, federal, and local regulations. The Payroll Specialist must possess a solid understanding of tax regulations and legal requirements to maintain compliance with established guidelines and local payroll rules. Additionally, the role requires the timely submission of wage attachments, such as child support orders, tax levies, and garnishments, as well as processing manual checks, special pays, gross-ups, and necessary corrections or adjustments. Some manual calculations may also be required. Maintaining payroll records and filing administration according to internal department practices is essential, as is facilitating strong customer service relationships with both internal and external customers. The Payroll Specialist will respond to service tickets and address routine inquiries regarding payroll issues in accordance with company policies and procedures. Collaboration with accounting staff to research and resolve payroll-related transactions, including outstanding payroll checks, is also a key aspect of the role. The Payroll Specialist will provide support to peers and leadership as needed, ensuring timely feedback to managers, supervisors, and customers. Participation in process improvement projects and other initiatives assigned by the Payroll Manager is expected, along with adherence to internal control processes when initiating, recording, summarizing, and reporting payroll transactions. The Payroll Specialist will also actively participate in payroll year-end activities as assigned, along with other duties as required.