Payroll Administrator

Major wholesale distributor seeks Payroll Administrator to be responsible to provide accurate and timely payroll processing and reporting. The role ensures compliance with payroll laws and regulations, prepares and processes payroll related information and calculates earnings, adjustments, retroactive payments, etc. and establishes and manages all payroll related work procedures. Duties and Responsibilities : -Perform daily payroll department operations.-Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.-Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports.-Understand proper taxation of employer-paid benefits.-Understand garnishment calculations and compliance.-Execute Kronos time and attendance processing and interface with payroll.-Perform compliances for unclaimed property payroll checks.-Process manual checks-Load import files received from Payroll Divisional teams and reconcile in payroll run.-Research and email appropriate audience of file issues-Prepare required divisional payroll reports on a weekly basis to ensure balancing of gross to net.-Research and resolve payroll issues relating to their assigned division(s)-Perform other job-related duties as assigned-Minimum Qualifications : -Degree and / or three years of experience or equivalent education and related experience-Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite-Preferred Qualifications : -Strong knowledge of federal and state regulations.-Knowledge working with SAP software and other payroll-related Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS) such as Kronos-Knowledge in processing in multi-company payroll environments-Strong communication skills written and verbal-Excellent interpersonal, customer service, analytical / problem solving.