Payroll Specialist

Overview

This Payroll Specialist role supports payroll-focused financial operations within business consulting, including reconciliation, exception handling, and audit-ready documentation. Work is expected to be traceable—showing the source used, what changed, what remains open, and who owns the next action.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile payroll-related discrepancies before reporting or processing, ensuring traceability of all sources, changes, open items, and ownership within ongoing business consulting operations.
• Track unresolved financial exceptions and maintain clear records of exception status and ownership.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation for payroll-focused workflows, including document review and approval tracking.
• Protect confidential account information while supporting payroll, financial record maintenance, and reporting.
• Review financial inputs against supporting records to confirm accuracy and resolve variances.

Success Standard

Success means accurate financial records, reconciliation, and exception handling remain usable under day-to-day operating demands. Repeated errors should become visible, exceptions should have clear owners, and another authorized teammate should be able to verify work status without reconstructing the full history.

Requirements

• Experience with payroll-focused financial records, reconciliation, and data accuracy.
• Ability to review invoices and payments, perform payment tracking, and analyze variances.
• Strong record maintenance skills, including maintaining evidence, owners, and deadlines.
• Ability to handle exception resolution appropriately, escalating when needed.
• Ability to work with audit support and document review while maintaining confidentiality.

Preferred Qualifications

• Spreadsheet analysis experience.
• Account review experience.
• Familiarity with approval tracking and financial reporting.
• Background in record maintenance and audit-ready documentation.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $43,000-$68,000 per year.

Location

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