Payroll Specialist

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🌲 North Carolina – Remote

🌲 North Carolina – Remote

💵 $50k - $60k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🧾 Payroll

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Legacy Healthcare Services

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1999

🏥 Healthcare

🤝 B2B

Healthcare • B2B

Legacy Healthcare Services is a national rehabilitation and wellness provider that delivers evidence-based clinical care to senior living communities. Legacy places world-class physical, occupational, and speech therapists on-site within each partner community and offers clinical programs, home care, Medicare guidance, and staff training to help seniors live safely and with purpose. The company partners with senior living operators to integrate therapy services and improve residents' health and quality of life. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

📋 Description

• Process and review biweekly payroll for a large employee population across multiple states • Review payroll data for hourly, salaried, and pay-per-unit employees • Validate unit-based compensation for clinical employees, including multiple unit rates and other compensation within the same pay period • Reconcile payroll information between HR/payroll, electronic medical record/timekeeping systems, and other payroll source data • Identify and resolve missing hours, units, incorrect rates, duplicate payments, and other discrepancies • Review timecards, PTO, holiday pay, bonuses, differentials, reimbursements, and payroll adjustments • Process and validate new hires, terminations, status changes, compensation changes, transfers, and other payroll-impacting changes • Review payroll implications of transitions between full-time, part-time, and PRN status • Calculate and validate overtime and regular rates for employees receiving multiple rates or compensation forms • Process retroactive pay, payroll corrections, off-cycle payments, and other adjustments • Review benefit deductions, garnishments, taxes, direct deposits, and other deductions • Research and resolve employee payroll questions and discrepancies • Partner with Human Resources, Operations, Finance, and field leadership • Monitor deadlines and follow up on outstanding timecards, corrections, approvals, and required information • Assist with multi-state payroll compliance • Complete payroll audits and reconciliations before and after processing • Assist with quarter-end and year-end activities, including W-2 preparation and reconciliation • Maintain accurate payroll documentation and confidential employee records • Identify recurring issues and recommend process improvements • Assist with payroll system testing, implementation, upgrades, and process changes • Perform additional payroll and HR-related responsibilities as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• At least 1–2 years of hands-on payroll processing experience • Multi-state payroll experience required • Experience processing pay-per-unit, piece-rate, productivity-based, or similar variable compensation required • Experience processing payroll involving multiple rates of pay within the same pay period • Working knowledge of federal and state wage and hour requirements • Understanding of regular-rate and overtime calculations involving variable compensation • Experience researching and correcting payroll discrepancies • Strong Excel skills and ability to work with large amounts of payroll data • Experience working with payroll/HRIS and electronic timekeeping systems • Strong mathematical and analytical skills • Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to payroll accuracy • Ability to prioritize competing responsibilities and meet strict payroll deadlines • Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive employee information • Strong written and verbal communication skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Desirable Monday–Friday schedule with no weekend or holiday requirements • 401(k) • Medical/dental/vision/prescription/pet insurance • Paid time off (PTO) with rollover and buyout options at year’s end • Company-paid group life • Flex spending account • Voluntary life, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance • Career advancement opportunities