Please note that this is a contract to hire opportunity! 

We are looking for a Payroll Specialist with experience in verifying timesheets, processing payroll, and managing direct deposits. In this role, you'll be responsible for checking bank transactions, resolving payroll issues, and processing bonuses. You will also generate and distribute reports, manage FMLA hours, handle reporting, and update profiles and policies in UKG Ready. If you're detail-oriented and passionate about ensuring smooth payroll operations, we'd love to hear from you!

Responsibilities:

Payroll

• Verify salaried employees' timesheets at the start of each week to ensure accurate hour reporting for designated team.
• Process biweekly payroll for specific salary groups biweekly.
• Upload direct deposit files to the bank during the corresponding payroll weeks.
• Handle requests and payments for wage garnishments.
• Process child support payments for both salary groups.
• Monitor the bank for returns and exceptions and initiate stop payments via the bank.
• Investigate lost or missing checks through bank inquiries.
• Administer year-end bonuses for both salary groups.
• Compile data from operations management and execute quarterly operational bonuses.
• Compile data from corporate and process quarterly sales bonuses.
• Enter salaried new hires for salaried pay group in UKG Pro.
• Generate reports from UKG Ready and Business Intelligence weekly
• After payroll processing, calculate FMLA hours and update the usage log.
• Manage multiple tasks in UKG Ready, such as adding managers and removing badge numbers of terminated employees from the employee roster.
• Conduct various profile, policy, and global setup edits in UKG Ready, including creating and modifying groups and updating manager/supervisor assignments.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience processing payroll
• Experience working in HRIS and Payroll systems
• UKG (Formerly Ultipro/Kronos) experience
• Intermediate level of Excel experience

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