Payroll Associate II - 7928

Position: Payroll Associate IIPosition Type: W2 Contract - No BenefitsPosition Location:  Lake Charles, LA The LCR Human Resources Department is looking for an experienced Payroll Assistant to ensure accurate and timely payroll for their employees, who will provide payroll assistance and support WorkForce Software (WFS) payroll enhancements focused on automation of complex pay and balance calculations.Job Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with supervisors to locate, review, and correct timecards/timesheets for Lake Charles hourly employees, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing.
• Perform accurate and timely data entry and ongoing maintenance of employee time and leave information in WorkForce Software (WFS), including necessary manual adjustments, daily audits of time against schedules, pay‑period verification of hours, premiums, and differentials, and tracking/managing vacation, sick, and other leave balances—monitoring sick occurrences per the hourly attendance policy and accurately rolling over eligible balances each year in line with company policy.
• Partner with Maintenance Clerks to ensure WFS labor allocations and charge numbers for craft workers’ time are accurate, and add or maintain default labor allocations when operators are assigned or reassigned to units.
• Maintain and update operations pay sheets and payroll/timekeeping records (including absentee cards) in accordance with record retention requirements, ensuring information is organized, complete, and auditable.
• Submit and track Rate Change requests, run and distribute WFS time, labor, and exception reports, and respond to employee and supervisor questions regarding timekeeping, pay, balances, schedules, and WFS functionality.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• 3+ years of clerical/administrative or accounting-related experience.
• Proficiency with payroll/timekeeping software and Microsoft Office.
• Strong accounting/math skills with a solid understanding of company pay policies, union contract provisions (including 8- and 12-hour shifts), and procurement/internal control standards; exceptional attention to detail and accuracy; and strong organizational, time‑management, communication, interpersonal, and teamwork skills with a customer‑focused approach and the ability to maintain confidentiality and meet deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Willing and able to obtain a Transportation Worker Identification Card (TWIC).

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