Senior Payroll Administrator

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Spring HealthMental Health
RemoteContractSenior
Salary129,780 - 130,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
5+ years
Required Skills
Data AnalysisC++Microsoft Excel

Requirements

  • 5+ years of dedicated payroll administration experience handling multi-state tax compliance and regulatory requirements.
  • In-depth understanding of local, state, and federal wage-and-hour laws, payroll tax guidelines, and statutory regulations.
  • Direct experience managing payroll systems and navigating software infrastructure to support data updates.
  • Strong technical capability in data verification tools, standard formulas, and compiling accurate pivot tables.
  • Proven analytical capacity to audit complex datasets, diagnose payroll friction points, and isolate data errors.
  • Exceptional attention to detail and a history of maintaining strict confidentiality when dealing with sensitive compensation records.
  • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) designation (Preferred).
  • Prior experience managing specialized equity compensation payrolls or working alongside international employer-of-record models (Preferred).

Responsibilities

  • Manage and execute the end-to-end processing of multi-state semi-monthly and bi-weekly payroll runs to ensure total accuracy and regulatory compliance.
  • Audit and reconcile all payroll-related inputs, including wages, deductions, tax entries, contributions, and time and attendance data entries.
  • Partner cross-functionally with People Operations to coordinate employee lifecycle changes, leaves of absence data, and benefits deductions that impact payroll processing.
  • Handle the registration and tax compliance setup for multiple state and local tax jurisdictions to keep all employer accounts in good standing.
  • Review, analyze, and update internal payroll tax procedures to proactively mitigate operational risks and compliance exceptions.
  • Support year-end operations, payroll tax filing verifications, and the structured preparation of annual employer reporting statements.
  • Conduct routine audits of benefit plan payroll deductions and carrier invoices to maintain system data alignment.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for employee inquiries, providing clear, empathetic, and timely resolutions to payroll questions.
  • Collaborate on payroll system workflows, utilizing automation to reduce manual data tracking and enhance operational speed.
  • Compile and deliver detailed payroll reporting insights to support internal compliance documentation and financial reconciliation tracking.
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