Payroll Specialist II

Payroll Specialist II
Location: Detroit, MI 48202
Duration: 14 weeks
Shift: Monday - Friday 8am - 430pm (willing to be flexible)
Pay rate: $20-$24/hr. on w2 with benefits
Weekly expected hours:40

**14-week contract** Looking for Candidate that has experience as an analyst. Candidate with must have experience with timecards, Kronos, ADP, PeopleSoft Experience with union contracts, garnishment experience, HR background. Candidate must know how to complete comparison analyst and troubleshoot. Know how to make decisions on what needs to be priority. Candidate must answer pre-screening questions before passing to manager! **This position is On-site**

Duties:

1. Performs on-line edits and corrections to payroll system PeopleSoft.
2. Communicates with programmers and is involved in testing of pay issues.
3. Calculates special check requests and audits requests by departments and HR.
4. Processes internal adjustments for employees when necessary by analyzing past payroll information and calculating proper amount of adjustment.
5. Performs difficult and detailed corrections of the exception time report edits by analyzing errors, performing advanced on-line corrections in the PeopleSoft system.
6. Responsible for reviewing and validating Kronos schedules and timekeeping duties and following payroll guidelines, policies and procedures. Contact various department supervisors and management for timecard discrepancies.
7. Answers complex questions via phone inquiries by employees, timekeepers, management personnel and Human Resources for union, nonunion, hourly and salary employees including executives and physicians.
8. Communicates with employees and various levels of management regarding questions and concerns related to their paycheck and related calculations.
9. Processes garnishment checks and mails check with legal statement of financial responsibility regarding garnishment to requestor such as Friend-of-the Court, Attorneys, or IRS.
10. Prepares stop payment and voided checks in a timely manner for reversal and reissue.
11. Processes deductions from employee paychecks such as union dues, pharmacy, vendor sales, Gold Coast.
12. Calculates incorrect payments and processes the necessary adjustments to recover overpayment amounts from employees' paychecks.
13. Independently selects, interprets and applies proper codes, rules and regulations related to payroll transactions in PeopleSoft system.
14. Works closely with Payroll Analyst and Accounting team to ensure proper allocations to general ledger.
15. Ensures confidential information is handled securely and maintained according to company guidelines in a confidential manner and with discretion.
16. Corrects 'no-time' edit for employees listed as active on the master file but show no time recorded.
17. Able to meet deadlines, work under pressure and available for overtime as needed.
18. Perform other special projects as assigned.

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Payroll Specialist: 1 year (Required)
• timecards, Kronos, ADP, PeopleSoft: 1 year (Required)
• union contracts, garnishment , HR background.: 1 year (Required)
• complete comparison analyst and troubleshoot: 1 year (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Detroit, MI (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $20 - $24