Payroll Specialist

Overview

This 100% remote, full-time Payroll Specialist role is open to candidates in the United States. The position focuses on maintaining accurate payroll and related financial records, reviewing transactions and documentation for completeness, preparing reconciliations and reports, and coordinating routine follow-ups while ensuring confidentiality and adherence to documented procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate financial, billing, account, claims, payroll, or control records relevant to the Payroll Specialist role.
• Review transactions, documents, requests, or account information for completeness and follow documented procedures to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare reconciliations, reports, status updates, and supporting schedules to make financial activity clear and traceable.
• Handle sensitive financial or personal information with appropriate confidentiality and limit access to approved business purposes.
• Coordinate routine follow-up with customers, vendors, employees, or internal teams and escalate exceptions requiring additional review.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to perform Payroll Specialist work, or closely related training/experience, with reliable accuracy and follow-through.
• Comfort using common remote-work tools, web-based systems, spreadsheets, email, shared documents, and role-appropriate business software.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to document questions, decisions, status, and exceptions.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage deadlines, repetitive tasks, or multiple priorities without losing record quality.
• Authorization to work in the United States and the ability to maintain a reliable internet connection and a suitable private workspace for this remote role.

Preferred / Role-Specific Skills

Relevant skills may include:

• Record Management
• Account Review
• Accounts Receivable
• Documentation
• Microsoft Excel
• Reconciliation
• Process Documentation
• Invoice Processing

Compensation & Benefits

• Base compensation: $43,000–$56,000 per year, depending on experience and demonstrated role alignment.

Employment Details

• Employment type: Full Time
• Experience level: Associate

Location

• United States — 100% Remote