Payroll Specialist
Coghlin Companies • Westborough, Massachusetts • Full Time • $65,000–$80,000 / year
Posted on Thu, Sep 3, 2026
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Profit sharing
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
Description
Responsibilities:
- Perform daily payroll operations and related administrative functions
- Manage bi-weekly payroll workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and on schedule.
- Reconcile bi-weekly payroll data prior to transmission and validate payroll reports for accuracy.
- Create and post payroll-related general ledger entries and reconcile payroll transactions with cash accounts.
- Manage the 401k submission funding to ensure IRS compliance
- Process payroll adjustments, manual checks, and related payroll entries
- Process all benefit enrollments and related payroll deductions.
- Calculate and administer wage garnishments in compliance with applicable federal and state regulations.
- Generate standard payroll reports and distribute them to staffing vendors and internal stakeholders weekly and as needed
- Complete employment and income verification requests in a timely manner.
- Support and guide supervisors and managers in the proper use of ADP Time & Attendance systems.
- Review non-exempt employee time records to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies and payroll requirements
- Review monthly benefit invoices for accuracy and coordinate payment processing through Accounts Payable.
- Enter new hire and temporary employee information into the UKG HRIS system and ADP payroll database.
- Maintain employee records by processing salary changes, benefit enrollments, employment status updates, and other personnel actions.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of payroll processing experience preferred.
- Proven experience processing payroll accurately and efficiently using ADP payroll systems.
- Working knowledge of payroll administration principles, practices, and best practices.
- Strong understanding of federal and state payroll tax regulations, wage and hour laws, and garnishment requirements.
- Experience with ADP payroll systems required.
- Experience with UKG HRIS or comparable Human Resource Information Systems preferred.
Columbia Tech is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Columbia Tech does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. Compensation: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
We Design and Build Life-Changing Technology . . . and so could YOU.
At Coghlin Companies, we’re a family-owned, Time to Market Services™ organization helping innovative customers bring breakthrough products to life. Our subsidiaries, Columbia Tech and Cogmedix, deliver the expertise and speed that bring ideas to life.
Columbia Tech provides product development, manufacturing, global fulfillment, and aftermarket services, all with a Time to Market at WARP SPEED™ mindset - ensuring speed, quality, and flawless execution.
Cogmedix is an FDA-registered, ISO 13485–certified partner for medical device innovators, specializing in complex electromechanical, laser, and electro-optical systems. Our Medical Technology Brought to Life™ mission turns cutting-edge ideas into life-changing reality.
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