Senior Payroll Specialist

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❄️ Minnesota – Remote

❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $32 - $38 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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Aston Carter

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1997

🎯 Recruiter

💼 Consulting

🤝 B2B

Recruitment • Consulting • B2B

Aston Carter is a global staffing and recruitment firm that provides contract and permanent talent solutions and consulting services to businesses. The company (an Allegis Group company) focuses on areas including accounting & finance, office & clerical, business transformation, sales & marketing, risk and KYC programs, and interim HR/staffing solutions. Aston Carter emphasizes candidate and client satisfaction, operates across four continents with more than 130 offices, and delivers staffing, contract staffing and specialised consulting services to enterprise clients.

📋 Description

• Process complex multi-state U.S. and Canadian payrolls while ensuring regulatory compliance • Review payroll transactions, including wage calculations, deductions, withholdings, taxes, fringe benefits, and employee changes • Resolve payroll discrepancies promptly • Reconcile payroll, tax, and bank accounts monthly, quarterly, and annually • Maintain compliance with wage and hour regulations, union agreements, payroll laws, and reporting requirements • Coordinate payroll-related initiatives, track action items, follow up with stakeholders, and drive projects to completion • Lead daily prioritization and stakeholder communications regarding payroll issues, tax matters, and system enhancements • Partner with internal teams, vendors, and outsourced payroll providers on process improvements and system enhancements • Generate, analyze, and distribute payroll reports, including year-end data, union fringe reporting, general ledger activity, and audit or management requests • Monitor union and regulatory changes and recommend payroll system adjustments • Maintain accurate payroll records and confidential documentation • Support internal and external audits by preparing documentation, answering inquiries, and recommending process and control improvements • Provide leadership and project management support during payroll system implementations, stabilizations, and post-go-live activities in Workday • Contribute to payroll system clean-up, high-level technical processing, and continuous improvement initiatives

🎯 Requirements

• At least 3 years of multi-state payroll processing experience • At least 3 years of union payroll processing and reporting experience • At least 3 years of prevailing wage payroll experience • At least 3 years of advanced technical payroll work experience • Intermediate to expert Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUPs, and macros • Ability to quickly learn new systems • At least 1 year of certified payroll reporting experience • At least 1 year of hands-on Workday payroll experience • Strong knowledge of payroll tax, wage and hour regulations, union rules, and fringe benefits • Proficiency in payroll, tax, and bank account reconciliation • Ability to perform job costing and related payroll allocations • Experience with union payroll requirements and reporting • Analytical skills for generating and interpreting payroll and general ledger reports • Strong organizational and time management skills • Clear, professional communication skills • High accuracy, attention to detail, and commitment to confidentiality • Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation is preferred • CMiC or similar construction/project-based systems experience is beneficial • Experience in mechanical contracting, construction, or engineering is advantageous • Experience supporting large-scale payroll system implementations and post-go-live stabilization is a plus • Demonstrated ability to implement payroll process improvements and internal control enhancements • Comfort working in a high-growth, fast-paced organization with evolving systems and processes • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with a remote team

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)