Payroll Support Associate

About the opportunity

We are looking for a Payroll Support Associate to process multi-state payroll operations for Homeward. The ideal candidate for this position is experienced working with People Operations and Finance team members. Additionally, the ideal candidate will have strong quantitative, analysis, and time-management skills, and a proven ability to investigate variances, ideate solutions to problems, and find efficiencies in processes.

This position will report to our Payroll and Benefits manager, and work closely with the People Operations team as well as exposure to the Assistant Controller, and other accounting and leaders throughout the organization. This position will work most frequently within Excel/Google Sheets, Paylocity (payroll system), and within Gmail and Slack. High level of attention to detail and urgency is required.

In this role you will:

• Onboard new employees into payroll and benefits with all applicable new-hire data (this includes all I9 verification meetings).
• Run day-to-day payroll processes.
• Process and review national and international payroll for exempt and non exempt employees, ensuring the timely and accurate processing of payroll via data imports into our Payroll System, and manual entry if/when necessary.
• Perform Payroll reconciliations including but not limited to:
• • reconciling between payroll submissions to final payout data,
  • reconciling employee names, titles, departments, and supervisors between data submissions and the payroll system
• Proactively investigate and understand any variances or oddities in payroll data as identified.
• Proactively audit the HRIS (Paylocity) to ensure consistency and accuracy at all times.
• Timely communication with, primarily U.S. based, employees throughout the Company regarding any payroll questions or requests.

Process monthly/semi-monthly payroll for contractors, ensuring timely and accurate processingComplete State tax registrations and maintenance Respond to Unemployment claim requests

• Assist with ensuring compliance with ACA, HIPAA, FMLA, PDL, CFRA, ADA, ERISA, IRS, DOL, COBRA.
• Enhance this function of the business by maintaining strong internal controls.
• Assist with labor law compliance, employee payroll, time tracking and benefits education.

What you'll bring:

• 3-4 years of experience in the payroll space. Paylocity experience required.
• Intermediate or higher experience in excel or google sheets.
• Experience in fast-paced environments, startup experience is a plus!
• Federal and State tax laws knowledge.
• Knowledge of payroll processes: garnishments, benefit deductions, taxes, FMLA experience, Work Comp experience, LOA experience,
• Knowledge of multi-state payroll/benefits laws.
• Experience working with state agencies to troubleshoot tax registration issues
• Experience processing payroll and benefits for both exempt and non exempt employees.
• Experience assisting with labor law compliance is a plus.
• Proven ability to maintain confidentiality and security of sensitive information.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong ability in task-tracking and time-management.
• Desire to improve processes through ideation, automation, organization, etc.