Senior Payroll Specialist

Are you ready to join a growing team?

CTG is seeking to fill a Senior Payroll Specialist opening for our client.

Location: Remote
Duration: 12 months

Primary Responsibilities:

• Process biweekly payroll accurately and timely, including employee pay, time, leave, and time-off transactions.

• Review and adjust terminated employees’ final pay, including accrued time off and severance.

• Independently resolve employee payroll cases in partnership with HR Service teams.

• Process off-cycle payments, retroactive pay, and legally compliant employee overpayment corrections.

• Verify leave-of-absence dates and related payroll transactions.

• Coordinate employee garnishments with third-party providers, including setup, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.

• Process ACH rejection refunds and help employees correct payment election details.

• Prepare and reconcile payroll upload files for one-time pay and benefit adjustments, ensuring required approvals and audit compliance.

• Process taxable stock transactions and adjust time-off accruals for changes in scheduled hours.

• Complete payroll administrative tasks, including sorting and distributing payroll mail.

• Maintain knowledge of payroll regulations, company policies, and procedures; recommend process improvements as needed.

• Support payroll projects and system testing, and train and mentor less experienced team members.

• Follow company risk management, regulatory, and internal control standards, escalating issues as appropriate.

• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Scope of Responsibilities:

Support biweekly payroll operations within the HR system, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance. Independently resolve complex and non-routine payroll issues using comprehensive knowledge of payroll processes, time and attendance practices, regulations, and company policies.

Supervisory/Managerial Responsibilities:

No supervisory responsibilities. Provides training and mentoring to less experienced payroll team members.

Education and Experience Required:

• Experience in payroll processing, including knowledge of payroll procedures, time and attendance practices, and applicable regulations.

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and multitasking skills, with the ability to independently resolve complex payroll issues accurately and meet deadlines.

• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to confidentiality, compliance, and internal controls.

• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Experience with Workday Payroll or familiarity with Workday HCM and time and attendance systems.

• Experience handling payroll adjustments, garnishments, overpayments, leave-related transactions, final pay, and payroll reconciliations.

• Familiarity with payroll audits, system testing, process improvement, and training team members.

Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.

CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.

To Apply:

To be considered, please apply directly to this requisition using the link provided. Kindly forward this to any other interested parties. Thank you!

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $22.61 - $37.67/hour. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, market factors, and where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. In addition to salary, a competitive benefit package is also offered.