[Hiring] Payroll Specialist @Crawford & Company

Role Description

Perform a variety of support tasks associated with payroll operations:

• Process wage and salary payments
• Audit time entries
• Schedule garnishment payments
• Calculate and process special checks
• File unemployment forms
• Process new hire paperwork
• Create summary reports for management
• Utilize automated time and attendance software and programs in day-to-day operations
• Handle general inquiries regarding payroll, benefits, and time/attendance
• Offer suggestions, advice, and solutions regarding payroll processing procedures
• Entry-level support role, performing routine tasks as directed and under close supervision

Responsibilities:

• Collects, verifies, and stores organizational payroll data
• Inputs changes, which may include changes to employees or employee statuses, exemptions or withholdings, or bank information
• Reconciles payroll-related general ledger and prepares reports or statements summarizing payroll-related accounts
• May interface with third-party payroll vendors
• Ability to keep up with changes in the payrolls
• Prepares correspondence to taxing authorities for explanation and clarification
• Follows up with taxing authorities on letters received regarding late payments, penalties and interest charges, researching to avoid penalty payments
• Maintains all files pertaining to taxing and W-2 information

Qualifications

• High school diploma required
• A minimum of three years of payroll and/or accounting experience
• Excellent communication and organization skills
• Good writing skills
• Ability to update knowledge regarding various pay scales according to the position of the employee
• Ability to work with high precision and accuracy

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Bonus/Incentive Pay and other Performance-Based Rewards, if applicable
• Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Prescription Drugs
• HSA, HRA, and FSA Accounts
• Paid Holidays, Vacation and Sick Leave
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid Parental Leave
• Supplemental Health Benefits
• Enhanced Mental Health Support
• Virtual Physical Therapy
• Caregiving Services
• Life Assistance Program
• Training programs that promote continuous learning and career progression while enhancing job performance
• Sustainability programs that give back to the communities in which we live and work
• A culture of respect, collaboration, entrepreneurial spirit and inclusion