Job Description

Job Title: Payroll Specialist
Duration: 4-month contract with the chance of extending or converting. 
Hours: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 4:30 PM
Location: Detroit, MI
Rate: 24-26/HR

Education requirements for role: 

• High School diploma or G.E.D. equivalent required.
• Payroll certification (FPC or CPP) preferred.

Requirements for role:  

• At least two (2) years of related payroll experience required. Previous hospital experience is highly desirable.
• Extensive knowledge of PeopleSoft and Kronos systems payroll and timekeeping.
• Excellent analytical skills and problem solving/judgment skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Tact and discretion required in regard to security of PeopleSoft and Kronos in addition to exposure to confidential and sensitive information.
• Excellent organizational skills required in order to maintain documents, records, logs, etc. and track in CRM system

Duties:

• Performs on-line edits and corrections to payroll system PeopleSoft.
• Calculates special check requests and audits requests by departments and HR.
• Processes internal adjustments for employees, when necessary, by analyzing past payroll information and calculating proper amount of adjustment.
• Performs difficult and detailed corrections of the exception time report edits by analyzing errors, performing advanced on-line corrections in the PeopleSoft system.
• Responsible for reviewing and validating Kronos schedules and timekeeping duties and following payroll guidelines, policies and procedures. Contact various department supervisors and management for timecard discrepancies.
• Answers complex questions via phone inquiries by employees, timekeepers, management personnel and Human Resources for union, nonunion, hourly and salary employees including executives and physicians.
• Communicates with employees and various levels of management regarding questions and concerns related to their paycheck and related calculations.
• Processes garnishment checks and mails check with legal statement of client’s financial responsibility regarding garnishment to requestor such as Friend-of-the Court, Attorneys, or IRS.
• Prepares stop payment and voided checks in a timely manner for reversal and reissue.
• Processes deductions from employee paychecks such as union dues, pharmacy, vendor sales, Gold Coast.
• Calculates incorrect payments and processes the necessary adjustments to recover overpayment amounts from employees' paychecks.
• Independently selects, interprets and applies proper codes, rules and regulations related to payroll transactions in PeopleSoft system.
• Works closely with Payroll Analyst and Accounting team to ensure proper allocations to general ledger.