Payroll Specialist

Overview

This full-time Associate-level Payroll Specialist role focuses on hands-on payroll execution centered on financial record integrity and accurate, audit-ready reporting in support of market research and client decision support.

The role is 100% remote within the United States.

Responsibilities

• Review and support payroll execution workflows to help protect confidential account information.
• Maintain payroll execution workflows by reviewing financial inputs against supporting records.
• Track and reconcile discrepancies prior to reporting or processing.
• Monitor unresolved financial exceptions and coordinate timely escalation when needed.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation that supports payroll execution decisions and downstream processing.

Role Outcome

Ensure dependable financial record integrity through clean records, clear ownership, timely escalation, and fewer downstream fixes.

What You Bring

• Confidence using target market analysis and status reporting while performing payroll execution work.
• Ability to apply process compliance while keeping track of exceptions, owners, and deadlines.
• Clear documentation of payroll workflow decisions so another teammate can follow the reasoning.
• Sound judgment around reconciliation, including when escalation is required instead of assumption.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Payroll execution and exception resolution
• Financial controls and data quality
• Financial reporting and status reporting
• Reconciliation and record maintenance
• Deadline management and process compliance
• Cross-functional coordination and consulting project support
• Quality control and financial analysis

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $48,000–$68,000 per year.

Location

• 100% remote within the United States.