Job Description
Description
Job Summary
The Payroll Practitioner is responsible for processing payroll bi-weekly, including data entry, uploading time records, updating HRIS records concerning new hires, salary and tax information, time off, and terminations.
Essential Functions
Ensure compliance with State and Federal regulations, Northwest policies, and procedures, and with third party vendors and agencies
Identify and resolve compliance related issues, and employee payroll, tax, and related issues, and tax entity issues
Keep abreast of local, state, and federal regulations / amendments
Implement system changes to reflect government garnishments
Perform data entry
Process new hires and terminations, and terminated employees
Produce specific reports as requested, and year end documents including W-2s
Manage personal workload / workflow
Complete salary verification for employees
Create job codes, process changes, additions, and benefits including AD life, travel, and vacation
Assist new team members in attaining knowledge of function
Complete payment and filing of Federal/State/Local taxes bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly
Process timecard information into HRIS system, and payroll (regular and supplemental)
Monitor documentation for various leaves of absence
Print, utilize machine to seal, and distribute pay stubs
Coordinate and input salary adjustments, merit increases, retroactive pay, etc.
Complete new employee details and setting up files, and salary adjustment notifications
Input and monitor employee garnishments
Process vendor checks, distributions, and deposits
Reconcile payroll accounts
Generate reports/reconciliation for tax payment
Communicate with employees pertaining to their pay detail
Compile and distribute performance reviews
Monitor appraisal records and documentation
Provide quarterly reporting on past due reviews
Minimize departmental non payroll costs
Maximize technology tools available
Recommend improvements to procedures, and service and delivery enhancements
Ensure total document/data integrity
Education + Experience preferred
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
5-6 years of payroll processing experience
3-5 years of customer service experience
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The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
