Payroll Specialist
The Role
Reporting to our Director, Payroll & Total Rewards, this role has a strong payroll and operations background and interest in working in an emerging, high-growth, public company. Our company has a great and diverse team of employees across our manufacturing, retail, and corporate groups who have joined us through organic growth and acquisition. This role will join our payroll team responsible for our 2000+ and growing workforce. We are seeking a subject matter expert in payroll and related compliance, systems, and integrations with a skill for improving processes while executing with accuracy. If you welcome solving problems, have strong business judgment and relationship skills, and are hands-on and helpful, we look forward to talking with you about our opportunity to join our team. This position is based at the Green Thumb headquarters in Chicago.
Responsibilities
- Partner with team members to process payroll accurately and in compliance of all current regulatory requirements
- Process employee changes for compensation changes/adjustments, employment status, deductions
- Setup state and local taxing authorities, respond to tax notices
- Process audits (e.g., 401(k), workers comp, SOX)
- Process garnishments, child support orders, quarterly tax verifications, worker compensation reports, employment verifications, and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics requests
- Perform year-end responsibilities as it relates to W-2 verification
- Resolve all payroll discrepancies, process adjustments, manual checks and answer employee and management inquiries, as needed
- Support the accounting team with reconciliations (e.g., bonuses, benefits, cost allocation, reporting)
- Communicates well within the People team and other functions to ensure accurate communication and data flow
- Make recommendations to improve processes and systems. Coordinates and leads efforts for a variety of HR projects as requested
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree
- Minimum 4+ years of payroll experience in salaried and nonexempt populations
- Deep and current understanding of state wage and labor laws and compliance requirements
- Record of progression and performance over time in an organization with high standards for performance
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to extract data, prepare reports and communicate insights and results in a clear and simple way
- High initiative, with a client-service and practical approach
- Personal commitment to the highest standards of work product and integrity
- Strong communication, analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential and sensitive information in an appropriate manner
- High degree of accuracy and attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to handle confidential material with discretion
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office suite of products - intermediate/advanced excel
- Broader technology and data reporting experience a plus
- Highly proficient in HRIS systems with an ability to learn new online platforms quickly
Additional Requirements
- Must pass any and all required background checks
- Must be and remain compliant with all legal or company regulations for working in the industry