Job Details
Our vision at Tandem HR is to be the preferred partner for HR solutions, with the mission to deliver HR solutions so that our clients can deliver business results.
Tandem HR values:
We commit to our clients.
We work together.
We understand.
We think critically.
Position Summary
The Specialist, Payroll Services operates independently with direction and guidance in ensuring the timely and accurate processing of client payroll invoice and work-site employee paychecks by working with the client and other internal team members to compile, organize, enter, review and process payroll related information in PrismHR.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Client Service focused and ability to assist clients with payroll process guidelines to provide efficient and accurate payroll
- Process payroll for clients consisting of 1,000 plus work-site employees per week across multiple client industries, and payroll frequencies
- Ensure the timely and accurate processing of their employees paychecks and the client s invoice for payroll-related expenses.
- Review work site employees time sheets, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
- Verify with client attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records in PrismHR.
- Process and issue work site employee s paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions (this includes weekly, bi-weekly, semi-monthly, monthly, and other pay).
- Compute wages and deductions and enter data into PrismHR.
- Manipulate and/or import into PrismHR time keeping data from 3rd party vendors such as Kronos Workforce Ready or the client s timekeeping system.
- Prepare miscellaneous reports in PrismHR upon request for internal and external clients' use.
- Issue and record adjustments to pay related to retroactive increases.
- Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports.
- Develop a baseline understanding of applicable tax and benefit concepts.
- Verify, review, and respond to garnishments to ensure compliance with agencies such as state and federal tax levies, child support orders as well as court orders.
- Address client issues in a timely manner with guidance and direction from others.
- Understand internal roles to help resolve client issues with general guidance.
- Identify and recommend internally new processes or policies related to payroll operations.
- Assist in special projects in the direction of the Payroll Manager.
- Meet monthly and quarterly KPI goals.
- All other duties as assigned.
Education, Skills, and Experience:
- College degree or equivalent Payroll experience to effectively accomplish the responsibilities of the position.
- Experience working with multiple clients in a customer focused environment.
- Experience processing multi-state payrolls and clients with multiple locations/FEINs required.
- 2-3 years of payroll or payroll tax experience in a PEO environment required.
- Experience with PrismHR highly preferred.
- Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) is preferred.
- Intermediate experience with Microsoft Office, specifically Excel and Outlook required.
- A desire to have FUN!
Work Environment
The work characteristics described here are representative of those a colleague encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- office setting or remote work (depending on location of colleague).
- noise level in the work environment is usually moderate when in office and can vary as colleagues service clients.
- working remotely/from home, colleagues must have an adequate, brand, and clean workspace to perform work productively and safely, and in a manner that best represents Tandem as an organization.
- HR offers a flexible work environment where hybrid work options are available.
Physical Abilities
The physical abilities described here are representative of those that must be met by a colleague to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- performing the duties of this job, the colleague is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, grasp, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls.
- coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
- colleague must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
- and predictable attendance is an essential job function.
- may be asked to work on site as required and as applicable at the discretion of their manager on an infrequent basis aligned with business needs and necessities.
This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by supervisors or managers to perform other instructions and duties. This job description may be revised from time to time and does not constitute a contract for employment.