Payroll Specialist Senior

Job Summary

As a Payroll Specialist Senior, you will ensure we pay our employees correctly, efficiently, and on time each pay period. You will help employees, managers, and timekeepers understand payroll processes and procedures to maintain consistency and clarity. You will participate in day-to-day operational payroll tasks and support longer term projects on process improvement.

Job Duties

• Support all aspects of payroll including gross to net calculations, deductions, garnishments, general ledger posting, levies, support orders, multi-state, and withholding taxes.
• Prepare, analyze, identify, and resolve payroll exceptions by conducting bi-weekly payroll audits to meet sensitive payroll deadlines.
• Load payroll batches into system, review and record payroll deductions, garnishments, review and approve direct deposits, cross team validation of data entry and meet all departmental critical deadlines.
• In addition, inputs and verifies automatic standard time records for severances, emergency payments and other manual input for processing on demand payments.
• Respond and prioritize various payroll inquiries with accuracy and a sense of urgency.
• Process payroll biweekly and monthly integrations, as well as preparation and sending payments to outside vendors.
• Uploads time records, deductions, and other files to the Human Resources and Payroll system using applicable software.
• Contribute to continuing improvements to payroll processes to increase efficiencies and enhancements to Workday payroll.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to address Workday system issues and upgrade, suggest enhancements to streamline the process minimizing manual effort.
• Research and find creative solutions to solve payroll issues in an increasingly more complex technical environment.
• Reviews and analyzes current payroll and payroll related benefits and tax procedures.
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements.
• Utilizes various websites to verify local tax to be withheld and update application systems as necessary; to assure compliance with Pennsylvania Act
• Participates in the definition of user system requirements and provides recommendations to management concerning the selection, development, and design and implementation of system features that will provide cost-effective strategies to meet department and organizational needs.
• Processes biweekly, monthly, and off cycle payroll cycles and all payroll related transactions for the organization.
• Review payroll inputs from various internal sources, to ensure accurate payroll processing for multiple payrolls.
• Reviews and recommends appropriation action on user requests for services, ranging from explanation of systems functionality and activities to the understanding and analysis of user needs, preparation of reports, or automation of processes.
• Updates Payroll policies and procedures and other system manuals including distributions lists, versions, and Payroll web page.
• Maintains communication with customer to update progress resolution and status and then verifies customer is satisfied with resolution.
• Completes all manual Payroll tasks as defined by the payroll department.
• Work is typically performed in an office environment.
• Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures.

The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

Position Details

• Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent (GED)- (Required), Associate's Degree- (Preferred)
• Experience: Minimum of 4 years-Finance (Required)
• Certification(s) and License(s):
• Skills: Communication, Computer Literacy, Teamwork

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES

Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities.

• KINDNESS: We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves.
• EXCELLENCE: We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence.
• LEARNING: We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow.
• INNOVATION: We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation.
• SAFETY: We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family.

We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients, members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds, and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

Location: Work from home (Pennsylvania)

Shift: Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Worker Type: Regular

Exemption Status: No