Payroll Specialist
Willory ‚Ä¢ Cleveland, Ohio ‚Ä¢ Full Time ‚Ä¢ $22–$30 / hour
Posted on Thu, Jul 23, 2026
About Our Client
Our client is a manufacturer of protective and safety products, supporting a growing, multi-entity organization with operations across multiple states.
Compensation: $22 - $30 / hr
Payroll Specialist
This role ensures our client's payroll is processed accurately and on time across a growing group of multi-state companies. Working closely with the HR team, the Payroll Specialist keeps employee payroll data complete and accurate, maintains compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, and delivers ongoing analysis of payroll metrics to support the business.
As a Payroll Specialist, you will:
- Process payroll accurately and on time across multiple companies, including multi-state payrolls, with the portfolio expected to grow throughout the year
- Manage time and attendance processing, partnering with the HR team to ensure employee hours are approved and interfaced with payroll on schedule
- Balance payroll each cycle, ensuring tax withholdings and deductions are deposited to the appropriate third parties, resolving exceptions, and maintaining supporting documentation
- Partner with HR to ensure the accuracy and completeness of employment and personal data, tax and benefits elections, and mandated child support, garnishments, and other withholdings
- Maintain company tax profiles in partnership with the HRIS platform provider, ensuring all federal, state, and local tax accounts are set up and current
- Coordinate year-end reporting, including accurate and timely W-2 processing
- Prepare documentation to support workers' compensation and other audits as assigned
- Apply working knowledge of payroll law and compliance, including benefits and 401(k) requirements
- Prepare payroll journal entries for Finance review and reconcile payroll reporting to the general ledger
- Analyze payroll metrics and deliver reporting on payroll-related data as requested
- Support month-end and year-end close, completing assigned tasks within the broader finance calendar
As a Payroll Specialist, you have:
- Payroll experience: 3-5 years processing payroll for a multi-site, multi-state organization
- Systems experience: Familiarity with automated time and attendance systems, third-party HRIS platforms, and ERP systems
- Payroll accounting knowledge: Solid grasp of payroll accounting, processes, procedures, and regulatory compliance
- Technical proficiency: Comfortable working in Microsoft Word and Excel
- Education: GED or high school diploma required
Preferred:
- Associate degree
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation
Work Location Details: On-site; Office Location Industrial Parkway, Cleveland
Placement Type: 3 - 6 Month Temporary assignment
Estimated Schedule: 25 hours/ week (Part-time)
Employment Requirements
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship
- Successful completion of background checks, assessments, or screenings as required by our client
About Willory
Willory is the only staffing and consulting firm solely focused on HR and payroll. We connect exceptional talent with forward-thinking organizations, building relationships that advance careers and strengthen teams. Our purpose is to empower people — including the professionals who join our own team. If you are ready to grow in a role where your expertise in talent acquisition directly fuels the success of HR and payroll professionals across the country, we would love to hear from you.
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