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Payroll Specialist
1111 North Post Oak Road Houston, TX 77055 US
Job Description
Salary + Additional Benefits:
- $60,000-$70,000
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- 401K – company match
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Profit Sharing
- Vacation, Holidays, & PTO
Location: Houston, TX
Type of Position: Direct Hire
Responsibilities:
- Process paychecks, including manual checks, direct deposits (ACH), and void and distribute paychecks.
- Create and write reports using Cognos Business Intelligence for the Human Resources team and others, as requested.
- Handle Team Member timesheets.
- Help process year-end W-2’s.
- Run & distribute Payroll reports.
- Respond to Unemployment Claims.
- Archive payroll info (paper & electronic).
- Process, balance, and submit garnishments & child support payment.
- Process online direct deposits & address changes, PTO/VAC (Paid Time Off/Vacation) request and update Team Members’ 6-month vacation balances.
- Field PTO/VAC questions from Team Members and handle complicated payroll issues.
Requirements:
- Experience using UltiPro, Cognos, and JD Edwards is a plus
- Experience writing payroll reports in software such as Cognos
- Experience with payroll software required; able to learn new software quickly
- Highly proficient in Excel; proficient in all other MS Office software
- 4 or more years processing payroll; familiar with processing 941 and 940 forms, State Income Tax, and Unemployment Tax
- Must be extremely customer service focused with a “whatever it takes” attitude
- Must be extremely detail-oriented and highly organized
- Must be professional at all times and able to handle confidential information in a sensitive manner
- Committed to maintaining a positive attitude, accuracy, and deadlines in a fast-paced work environment
- Should exhibit strong initiative and be a self-starter, as well as being flexible and highly responsive to Team Members
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must have tact and diplomacy
- Must have flexibility to work over forty hours per week as needed
Due to the high volume of applications we typically receive, we regret that we are not able to personally respond to all applications. However, if you are invited to take the next step in the process, you will typically be contacted within one week of submitting your application.
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Tiffany Anderson
Senior Recruiter - Murray Professional
Specializing in matching talent with exciting opportunities in Human Resources, Accounting/Finance, Sales, Marketing, Administrative, and Customer Service.