Payroll Specialist

Overview

This role supports payroll and financial record workflows by combining financial reporting, accounts payable, and account review to keep records accurate, reconciled, and exception handling dependable. The focus is on maintaining owner visibility, strong handoff quality, and complete, audit-ready documentation.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile discrepancies before reporting or processing, ensuring confidentiality, accounts payable accuracy, and process compliance.
• Track unresolved financial exceptions and maintain clear status so work can be handed off with quality intact.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation, including approval tracking and exception resolution documentation.
• Protect confidential financial information while supporting deadline management, status tracking, and financial reporting.
• Review financial inputs against supporting records, using payment tracking, exception resolution, and quality control to ensure accuracy.

Success Standard

Strong performance means accurate financial records, reconciliation, and exception handling that remain trustworthy across financial reporting and operational workflows. Variance analysis, spreadsheet analysis, and status tracking should reinforce:

• Owner visibility
• Handoff quality
• Record completeness

Unresolved items must retain an owner, and another authorized teammate should be able to verify the work without reconstructing its history.

Requirements

• Experience using document review, invoice review, transaction review, and account review processes.
• Demonstrated ability to support payroll-related financial workflows, including accounts payable.
• Ability to apply process compliance, approval tracking, and exception resolution.
• Strong spreadsheet analysis and quality control practices.
• Experience with confidentiality, audit support, and supporting financial documentation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with financial reporting, financial documentation, and variance analysis.
• Experience with accounts receivable and deadline management.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $43,000–$69,000 per year

Location

• Full-time, Associate level
• 100% remote within the United States