Job Title: Payroll Clerk I

Duration: 6 months

Location: Phoenix, AZ 85054 (True hybrid role onsite in AZ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday)

PR: $38.66/hr

Job Description:

• Seeking candidate with 5-10 years experience.
• Seeking an experienced service-minded professional to join the Global Colleague Services Organization within Colleague Experience Group as a Payroll Specialist.
• The Payroll Specialist role will play a critical factor in driving efficiencies, effectiveness and consistent delivery of high quality payroll initiatives. Colleague will be part of a team that manages complex issues end to end, driving resolution by coordinating and collaborating with internal Business Partners and Third Party Vendor.

Responsibilities include (but not limited to) the following items

• Support US Payroll in ensuring the integrity of the payroll transactions.
• Ability to explain and communicate intricate payroll procedures in nonprofessional terms.
• Established working knowledge of every area of payroll processing.
• Lead, manage and support ad-hoc US Payroll projects
• Ensures all employee and payroll information is kept confidential and trusted with sensitive information
• Compile and perform data analysis and provide proactive solutions
• 3rd Party Vendor relationship
• Daily File Maintenance
• Payroll System misc. entries
• HR Import template maintenance
• System release testing and validation

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Payroll experience preferred
• Knowledge of MyInfo and Dayforce a plus
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll (FPC) certification a plus
• Understanding of payroll tax laws, processes and policies
• Knowledge and/or ability to quickly learn US Payroll Platforms
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects and effectively drive results
• Will require flexibility to work with global teams across various time-zones
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast moving and rapidly changing matrix environment
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to lead and conduct presentations with internal and external business partners
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, work independently at times and handle stress effectively despite short time constrains while displaying a “can do” attitude
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving and project management skills desired
• Excellent communications skills in order to effectively communicate project situations and to deal with and solve problems that affect project success
• Experience/knowledge of Cloud/API highly desired
• Data mining experience

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com

Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.

At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $23.32/hr.