Payroll Specialist
Triplenet Technologies • Seattle, WA • Full Time
Posted on Fri, Jul 17, 2026
- Process payroll accurately, on time and within all applicable policies, regulations, union contracts, and wage and hour laws.
- Collaborate with human resource and labor relations professionals to stay informed of payroll policies, union contracts, procedures and guidelines.
- Monitor employee time sheets for accuracy.
- Communicate with supervisors and managers to ensure time entry is accurate and timely.
- Assist with processing reimbursement of accidental over payments.
- Initiate or assist with employee payroll communications.
- Review, research, and resolve payroll issues.
- Communicate effectively with employees and Central Payroll staff to identify and correct errors and problems that affect payroll processing, including client payroll system issues.
- Interpret established payroll policies, procedures and other relevant sources to internal and external customers as needed.
- Handle sensitive, confidential information and manage potentially volatile situations.
- Research and summarize specialized or technical information from varied sources, which requires selecting the most appropriate material and the use of spreadsheets and/or customized database applications.
- Organize, oversee, track, and maintain payroll files with a high degree of accuracy.
- Assist in creating desk procedures.
- Assist in training employees and supervisors on the use of the payroll system, including the application of relevant policies, procedures, regulations, union contracts, and wage and hour laws.
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Other special projects and duties as assigned.
EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS: - A minimum of three years of experience in payroll processing including processing payroll for a group of at least 250 employees.
- Demonstrated experience providing excellent customer service, including analyzing, researching and solving customer issues while maintaining positive customer relationships.
- Demonstrated knowledge of payroll rules, regulations, guidelines, as well as State and Federal wage and hour laws.
- Ability to effectively manage and complete multiple tasks that may have competing priorities.
- Experience and demonstrated ability to perform payroll related training.
- Demonstrated ability to work with a diverse workforce.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive matters.
- Ability to work in stressful situations.
- Ability to use tact, diplomacy and persuasion while dealing with internal and external customers.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team.
- Effective time management skills.
- Skill in researching and analyzing data, identifying problems and proposing solutions.
- Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.
- Interpersonal and human relations skills.
- Organizational and problem solving skills.
- Skilled in using Microsoft Word and Excel for Word processing and creating spreadsheets
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Skill in numerical analysis.
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Seattle
Rate: $23.49