Senior Payroll Specialist

Our Client, a Waste Disposal company, is looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist for their Houston, TX / Hybrid location.Responsibilities:

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and all other duties assigned.
• Understand and execute full On Cycle (end to end) weekly and biweekly payroll processing for approximately 60,000 U.S. multi state salaried and hourly employees, ensuring accurate validation, reconciliation, HSDL loads, special transactions and payments, and third party files and funding.
• Process Regular and Mass Off Cycle payrolls, ensuring pays are entered and calculated accurately, properly approved, and processed in accordance with established payroll policies and schedule.
• Process payroll banking transactions, including stop payments, direct deposit rejects, and reversals, ensuring timely payment and/or resolution.
• Run, prepare, and format reports to evaluate and analyze data accuracy, identify discrepancies, and support payroll reconciliation and audits.
• Research and resolve general inquiries in a timely, accurate, and professional manner, ensuring issues are addressed in accordance with payroll policies and service expectations.
• Work collaboratively with payroll team members and cross functional partners to ensure service commitments are met, issues are resolved in a timely manner, and payroll operations are effectively supported.
• Work with applicable suppliers and vendors as required to address issues, coordinate resolutions, and ensure timely and accurate completion of payroll related activities.
• Identifies opportunities for process improvement related to reconciliation, controls, efficiency, and accuracy that align with departmental and organizational goals.
• Position follows prescribed rules and procedures to ensure security of information when handling/dealing with various Payroll functions and must use discretion to determine what components may be disclosed and to whom within established policy or procedures.
• The position is solely responsible for the employees’ payroll.
• As such, significant care must be taken relative to confidential information, such as court orders or other payments/withholdings.

• Education and Experience Required:
• Education: Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree (accredited) in Accounting, Human Resources or similar area of study, or in lieu of degree, High School Diploma or GED (accredited and 4 years of relevant work experience).
• Experience: 5+ years’ multi-state payroll experience, and 3 years of Oracle HCM Cloud experience.
• Certificate, Licenses, Registrations or Other Requirements:
• Preferred: Payroll Compliance Practitioner (PCP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
• Other Knowledge, Skills or Abilities Required:
• Maintain consistent attendance and punctuality
• Self starter and team player; able to work both collaboratively and independently with minimal supervision
• Effective interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal) with a consistently positive attitude
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy, combined with analytical, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Effectively prioritized workload and tasks to meet daily payroll deadlines
• Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
• Provide excellent customer service to employees and stakeholders
• Excel Skills including vlookup, pivot tables, data manipulation and analysis
• Knowledge of Oracle HCM Cloud, Service Now and UKG Timekeeper
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite: Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities