09th September, 2025
Our client in Buffalo, NY, is seeking a highly skilled Payroll Specialist to join their team!
This is a hybrid/ full-time/direct-hire position
Salary based on experience: $65k-$75k
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: - Implements, monitors, and carries out all payroll processes, policies, regulatory updates, and standard operating procedures for the payroll function
- Serves as the primary resource for payroll matters, including payroll issues, requests for payroll information, systems, applicable policies, and federal and state payroll tax and compensation laws.
- Partners with Human Resources and leadership to interpret and build new pay rules resulting from federal and state regulations or policy updates
- Supports application upgrades and expansions of functionality to meet changing user and organizational needs, including but not limited to testing and implementing functional changes for transactional efficiencies
- Process company payroll timely and accurately, including new hires, promotions, salary changes, and termination processing
- Maintain payroll-related information in HRIS, including salaries, bonuses, direct deposits, taxes, garnishments, and other deductions
- Audit employee timecards for timely and accurate processing of payroll and assist with Paid Time Off (PTO) tracking and reconciliation
- Support timecard maintenance and data entry, ensuring complete and accurate timecards
- Process monthly and quarterly wage and hour reports when requested by state and federal government agencies
- Maintain employer state tax accounts and manage issues with tax filings or deposits
- Review and process year-end payroll items, including W-2s and 1095-Cs
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices
- Supports all internal and external audits related to payroll and HRIS, including providing documentation and records to auditors
- Build, maintain, and analyze payroll and compensation-related metrics
- Performs other duties as assigned
REQUIRED SKILLS/ABILITIES & EXPERIENCE: - 3+ years of human resources or relevant work experience in an office setting
- Excellent knowledge of applicable current Federal and multi-state wage and hour laws and regulatory requirements
- Proficiency in relevant payroll and accounting software: preferably ADP
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office
- Ability to identify and maintain confidential information
- Excellent analytical, interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
- Regularly required to clearly communicate and exchange information in English
- Strong organization and time management skills
- Regularly required to observe and assess data and documents, in printed form and on computer screens
- May be requested to work beyond normal work hours and weekends for special projects
- Works well in a team environment
- Ability to work independently within general guidelines and minimal supervision
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We are an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or employment against any individual on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, or any other factor protected by anti-discrimination laws.
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