Payroll Administrator
Trinidad Benham • Greenwood Village, Colorado • Full Time
Posted on Tue, Sep 15, 2026
The role focuses on payroll execution, data accuracy, compliance, customer service, and continuous process improvement while supporting payroll-related initiatives and HRIS projects.
Key Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.
Payroll Administration & Processing
- Process weekly and semi-monthly payrolls accurately, timely, confidentially, and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements for a multi-state workforce.
- Enter, validate, and maintain payroll data, including pay rates, earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, benefit elections, direct deposits, employee status changes, and payroll adjustments.
- Review payroll registers, exception reports, audit reports, time records, and supporting documentation to identify and resolve discrepancies before processing.
- Process manual checks and off-cycle payrolls as required and maintain complete payroll records and supporting documentation.
- Research, resolve, and document payroll issues and inquiries, providing timely guidance and professional support to employee-owners, managers, Human Resources, and Finance.
- Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end payroll reconciliations, reporting, audits, and processing activities.
- Administer payroll tax reporting, filings, reconciliations, notices, and year-end activities, including W-2 processing, to ensure timely and accurate compliance.
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, tax, wage and hour, garnishment, levy, and required deduction regulations.
- Monitor regulatory changes and payroll notices, research requirements, and coordinate resolution with payroll vendors and government agencies as needed.
- Prepare and maintain payroll compliance documentation for internal and external audits.
- Maintain payroll and timekeeping system data, audit employee time records, and partner with field Human Resources and supervisors to resolve exceptions and protect data integrity.
- Support payroll and HRIS configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting, testing, upgrades, implementations, integrations, and data validation.
- Prepare recurring and ad hoc payroll reports and reconciliations for Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, and management.
- Document payroll procedures and support communications, education, and training related to payroll and timekeeping processes.
- Serve as the Company’s payroll subject matter expert, providing guidance on payroll practices, system functionality, tax requirements, and compliance matters.
- Partner with Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Information Technology, and payroll vendors on process improvements, modernization initiatives, annual activities, and other assigned projects.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
Required education and experience
- 4+ years of multi-state payroll administration experience.
- Associate degree in Accounting, Business, Human Resources, or a related field required; Bachelor's degree preferred, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and progressively responsible payroll experience.
- Demonstrated experience processing high-volume payrolls.
- Experience with HRIS and payroll systems such as Dayforce, Paylocity, UKG, Workday, or similar platforms.
- Strong knowledge of payroll tax reporting and wage and hour compliance.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and auditing skills.
- Experience reconciling payroll-related financial data.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
- Demonstrates behaviors consistent with The Trinidad Benham Way: Work Together, Show You Care, Take Initiative, and Find a Way.
- Resourceful and curious with a strong desire to learn, solve problems, and continuously improve processes.
- Team-oriented professional who partners effectively with employees, managers, and colleagues to achieve shared goals.
- Proactively seeks solutions, takes ownership of assigned responsibilities, and follows through on commitments.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation.
- Experience supporting HRIS implementations.
- Experience with manufacturing, food production, or multi-location environments.
- Dayforce implementation or administration experience.
Benefits
- Employee-owned
- Insurance coverage that includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance and flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid holidays and competitive vacation/sick pay plans
- Tuition assistance program
- Employee stock ownership program (ESOP)
AuditFriendly salary estimate
The employer did not post a salary for this role. Based on AuditFriendly's salary intelligence model (comparable live postings, role, seniority, and location), we estimate base pay of $80,000–$87,000 per year (median ~$81,000). This is an AuditFriendly estimate, not an employer-provided figure.
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