Payroll Administrator

Summary:

Direct communication with all levels of management and personnel as well as various government agencies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of payroll processing for Pay groups assigned and reporting along with interaction with all departments for those Pay groups
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting of all wages, taxes and benefits to employees and agencies of all levels.
• Responds in a timely manner to IRS and state agency inquiries pertaining to payroll taxes and wages.
• Reconcile Quarters and W-2 for all companies.
• Accumulate all data and prepare worker’s comp audit report for all Pay groups.  
• Coordinate with H.R. Department for minimum wage increases for both hourly and salaried employees for the state of California.
• Audit the Temp Agency payroll to ensure they are complying with the California wage and hour laws. 
• Send monthly reminders to the team on California wage and hour laws. 
• Train all new and current managers in the Dayforce system and what is needed for Payroll to be processed accurately.
• Provide Safety team with employee count monthly.
• Assist HR with payroll related requests- mortgage verifications, time and attendance reports, etc.
• Handle all regulatory agency garnishments
• Verify new holiday pay schedule for coming year is correct in Dayforce based on schedule sent from HR team.
• Review entitlement balances at year end to ensure employees have corrected balance.
• Work with Dayforce support on system updates to any configurations changes for Pay groups assigned. Complete all testing in Dayforce for changes.
• Stay current with all state laws that involve payroll compliance
• All other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Four-year college degree in accounting or related experience with a high school diploma.
• A minimum of five (5) years related experience in a payroll environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of payroll procedures and payroll taxes relative to federal, state, and local government agencies.
• Excellent verbal, written and administrative skills.
• Bi-lingual a plus (Spanish)
• Thorough and ongoing knowledge of wage and hour developments and updating processes accordingly
• Ability to coach supervisors and above on time keeping procedures related to wage and hour rules
• Strong Excel skills.
• Ability to maintain highly confidential information.
• Ceridian Dayforce experience is REQUIRED.