Payroll Administrator

Payroll Administrator

We are seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Coordinator for a full-time, onsite contract role located in Milwaukee, WI. In this role, you'll ensure accurate and timely payroll processing for a range of employee groupsincluding union and non-union staff, administrative personnel, and board memberswithin a dynamic business environment.

Position Summary

The position involves processing weekly and bi-weekly payroll cycles for multiple employee classifications, retrieving, validating, and importing employee work hours for payroll, verifying payroll corrections, status changes, special rates, and insurance premiums, managing vacation, sick leave, floating holidays, and vacation pay, guaranteeing timely salary input and payroll transmissions, entering payroll records in accounting systems and maintaining employment records, answering employment insurance questions and supporting payroll-related audits and SOX compliance, responding to payroll matter inquiries and resolving issues for employees, supporting year-end payroll and compliance processes (T4, R1, CSST / WSIB), preparing month-end reports and handling requisite documents, including pensions and union dues, accurately processing complex pay scenarios including garnishments, tax levies, and deductions, maintaining confidentiality and integrity of employee and payroll data, and cross-training and providing coverage for other payroll staff as needed.

Qualifications

Payroll processing experience with various employee groups, ideally including unionized staff, strong understanding of payroll, HR, data entry, payroll tax, and general ledger dependencies, knowledge of federal and state payroll compliance and SOX controls, proficient with payroll and HRIS systems, and Microsoft Office Suite, strong attention to detail, organizational, and communication skills, experience with audits and working in confidential settings preferred.

Compensation & Schedule

Pay : Up to $40.00 / hr. Hours : MondayFriday, 8 hours / day (full-time, 5 days a week).

Additional Details

Contract Only : This is a temporary, contract role (no temp-to-hire or direct hire conversion).