Payroll Specialist
Atlantic Health System • Morristown, NJ • Full Time
Posted on Sat, May 30, 2026
- Responsible for day-to-day payroll system support, including troubleshooting interface issues from external vendor.
- Analyze data files for completeness and reasonableness before processing. Audit information against payroll register, collaborate with HR & IT resources to resolve system rejections for missing/incomplete data.
- Respond timely to employee inquires received into Oracle ticket system.
- Ensure accurate calculation of wages, tax withholding and company deductions.
- Ensure payroll is produced in accordance with statutory reporting and filing requirements.
- Analyze various payment files, calculate, review, verify and post a variety of complex payroll data fields such as gross pay, retirement, repayments, retroactive payments, hours, and tax information.
- Collaborate with new hires on self-service portal issues.
- Establish and maintain garnishment and court ordered wage cases.
- Provide training to new hires and new timekeepers on using API (time system).
- Troubleshoot timecard issues and assist with responding to employee and timekeeper inquiries regarding time system.
- Respond timely with PTO / hours entered into API time system.
- Maintain knowledge of Company PTO policy.
- Collaborate with HR on PTO balance inquiries
- Perform and support all internal and external audits related to payroll.
- Investigate and resolve issues relating to payroll production.
- Maintain all documents & tax records involved in the processing of a given pay period in a secure and confidential manner.
- Ensure all payroll information and records are maintained in accordance with statutory requirements and interpret new legislation impacting payroll.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or commensurate experience preferred
- 3+ years Payroll experience
- Member of American Payroll Association with CPP or FPC preferred
- Excellent organization and time management skills
- Experience using API time system
- Oracle experience a plus
- Attention to detail and accuracy are top priority
- Strong written and verbal skills
- Ability to work under pressure and high stress situations
- Ability to multi-task & be flexible to changing priorities
- Must have high level of interpersonal skills to handle sensitive and confidential matters
- Work requires continual attention to detail in composing, typing, and proofing materials, establishing priorities and meeting deadlines
- Knowledge of applicable local, state, and federal rules and laws