Payroll Clerk

What you’ll be doing

• Precision Data Management: Execute high-volume data entry for payroll processing, ensuring 100% accuracy in internal systems with strict adherence to court-ordered deadlines.
• Compliance Specialist: Independently process and monitor wage garnishment orders while navigating complex federal, state, and local regulations.
• Life Cycle Support: Manage the integrity of employee profiles, including tax withholding changes, deductions, and direct deposit setups.
• Correspondence & Inquiry Management: Act as the primary owner for all mail-related queries. This includes the timely and accurate completion of Employment Verifications, Social Security Administration (SSA/CSA) inquiries, and state agency requests.
• Process Optimization: Proactively identify gaps in current data entry or mail handling workflows; design and implement streamlined processes to improve efficiency and reduce errors. Analyze recurring issues in garnishment workflows and propose automated or standardized solutions to the Payroll Manager.
• Policy Support: Collaborate with the Payroll Manager to draft and update payroll-level policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) to ensure departmental alignment and compliance.
• Year-End Excellence: Provide critical support for year-end reconciliations and reporting to ensure a seamless close.
• Employee Advocacy: Serve as a professional first point of contact for payroll inquiries, delivering exceptional customer service.
• Confidentiality: Maintain the highest standards of discretion regarding sensitive employee personal and financial information.

• System Expertise: Experience with industry-standard payroll software such as ADP, Workday, or Worklio.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with garnishment processing or multi-state payroll environments.
• Industry Experience: Previous experience in a staffing agency or a fast-paced hourly workforce environment.

Hours are Monday - Friday, regular business hours. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to sit or stand at a desk indoors for most of the day; and is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

This position requires minimal travel, less than 25% of the time. Most travel is outside of the local area and will require overnight accommodations. 

All travel is subject to the Indeed Flex travel policy and will be recompensed per the policy. It is the responsibility of the employee to understand and abide by the Indeed Flex Travel Policy in order to receive appropriate expense reimbursements. 

Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.