Payroll Jobs 2026 (Now Hiring) – Smart Auto Apply

Our Client, a Financial company, is looking for a Payroll Analyst 1 for their Remote location.Responsibilities:

• Ability to perform all duties of a Payroll Specialist I, II or III as business needs and workload dictates and supervises all activities necessary to process 1 or more payrolls by performing or ensuring: maintaining related records, filing tax reports and voluntary deduction reports, processing involuntary deductions such as levies and garnishments, preparing accounting transactions and documents, and preparing special reports for senior management.
• Maintains payroll-related accounts and is responsible for the reconciliation and accuracy of one or more accounts within a complex accounting system.
• Administers 401(k) plan contributions and disbursements.
• Prepares various accounting papers, schedules, exhibits, and summaries including reconciliation of payroll’s general ledger accounts to payroll control documents. Determines the need for new accounts and revisions in the account structure.
• Ensures accuracy and manages executive compensation transactions in partnership with the compensation team.
• Researches and advises payroll staff concerning the accounting treatment of complex transactions.
• Provides policy information and employee specific data to employees in a customer service capacity.
• May perform periodic internal audits of various payroll areas and prepare materials for external or internal auditors.
• Conducts payroll staff, employee and manager training and education in formal and casual settings. Interacts with internal department representatives to resolve issues and ensure processes and data exchanges are clear.
• Contributes toward setting performance Client, financial controls and processes for the group.
• Recommends process improvements to support efficiencies and/or customer experience.
• Monitors industry trends, products and information and recommends improvements and/or enhancements to the department.
• Provides input, evaluation and assessment of performance of other payroll staff.
• Administer the company’s payroll system and associated interfaces/data feeds/connections to other systems critical to the accurate processing of payroll and reporting.
• Job complexity:
• Works on problems of diverse and complex scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrates good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.
• Interacts with senior internal and external personnel.
• Supervision:
• Receives little instruction on day-to-day work, general instructions on new assignments.
• (List essential functions of the job and approx. percentage of time spent on each activity; describe what must be accomplished, not how it must be done)
• Same knowledge and experience as a Payroll Specialist I, II and III and:

• Uses skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices and company policies and procedures; resolves a wide range of issues in imaginative as well as practical ways.
• This job is the fully qualified, career-oriented, journey-level position.
• Requires 0-2 years of payroll experience, preferably within a company or corporation of 1000+ employees with multiple entities and multiple states.
• Education: Associates degree and FPC or CPP designation preferred.

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