Payroll Specialist

Kavaliro is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support a client in Georgia. The role involves implementing, maintaining, and reviewing payroll processing systems to ensure accurate and timely transactions, including salaries, benefits, garnishments, and taxes. Responsibilities also include managing union wage rates, preparing reports, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws, and facilitating audits. The specialist will work with management to resolve disputes and continuously improve processes. This on-site position requires at least 5 years of payroll processing experience and strong organizational and communication skills.

Must Have

• Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing systems.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll transactions.
• Manage union wage rates, benefits, and deductions.
• Prepare and maintain accurate payroll records and reports.
• Ensure compliance with all payroll laws and reporting requirements.
• Process monthly union reporting and remittances.
• Assist with audit documentation and support requests.
• Resolve payroll disputes and discrepancies.
• Create weekly and monthly payroll reports for management.
• Possess at least 5 years of payroll processing experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) and Smartsheet.
• Strong knowledge of payroll, employment, and income tax laws.
• Understanding of pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions.
• Ability to communicate effectively and organize information.
• Work on-site five days a week in Atlanta, GA.

Good to Have

• Experience in Viewpoint Vista Construction Software.
• Knowledge of Construction or Union payroll.
• Equivalent work experience demonstrating related field (e.g., accounting).

Payroll Specialist

Kavaliro is seeking a Payroll Specialist to support a client in Georgia.

Responsibilities:

• Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing system to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Updates employee information to payroll system to ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll information.
• Maintain and oversee union wage rates, classifications, fringe benefit, and deductions in payroll system to ensure accurate payroll and job costing information.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and reporting and remittance requirements.
• Process and oversee monthly union reporting to ensure timely reporting and remittance of all funds due.
• Facilitate audit process by assisting with any documentation or support requests.
• Work with management to resolve any disputes or discrepancies in earnings, benefits, or deductions.
• Create weekly and monthly reports for management use in monitoring the Company’s payroll.
• Assist with the preparation of appropriate accountability measures to ensure that the payroll process is operating effectively.
• Work with operations, human resources, accounting, and the CFO to continuously improve our processes and provide accurate and timely information to our operations team.

Personal Attributes/Skills:

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.
• Ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and professional manner.
• Demonstrable leadership skills particularly in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations is essential.
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• Self-starting, hardworking team player.

Requirements:

• Preferable experience in Viewpoint Vista Construction Software
• Knowledge of Construction or Union (preferred)
• The position will be in office five days a week
• At least 5+ years payroll experience in processing (not time entry)
• Equivalent work experience demonstrating related field (i.e. accounting) preferred
• Equivalent work experience demonstrating payroll knowledge level required
• Ability to communicate effectively to all employees regarding payroll issues resolution promptly
• Ability to organize information to avoid missing details
• Ability to work in a high-volume area
• Ability to communicate payroll procedures to Branch contacts
• Microsoft Office Software including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Smartsheet
• Knowledge of payroll, employment and income tax laws, regulations and operating guidelines
• Knowledge of pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions
• Other tasks requested by management

Kavaliro provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Kavaliro is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. In keeping with our commitment, Kavaliro will take the steps to assure that people with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. Accordingly, if reasonable accommodation is required to fully participate in the job application or interview process, to perform the essential functions of the position, and/or to receive all other benefits and privileges of employment, please respond to this posting to connect with a company representative.