Payroll Specialist (remote/hybrid opportunity)

Summary: This position is responsible for, under general supervision, performing all tasks required to successfully run and process payroll. Respond to associate inquiries.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Import timesheets into a payroll system in order to calculate and process a bi-weekly payroll.
• Input and review data for the recording of new hires (and other status changes), pay rates and changes affecting net wages such as exemptions, insurance coverage, direct deposits, etc.
• Maintain the time management system. Open and re-open timesheets, review, audit and approve timesheets for managers who are out of the office, research discrepancies in PTO balances, add holidays to the system for new calendar year and post holidays for new year and recent new hires.
• Under general supervision, complete the maintenance of earnings and deductions codes and record other payroll related functions within the company's HRIS system. Ensure that all taxes, Social Security contributions, contributions to associate benefit programs, and other deductions are withheld from individual paychecks. Assist in the preparation and filing of all required reports and/or payments to government agencies, insurance carriers, other organizations and individual associates.
• Communicate with associates (individually and/or via mass announcements) to explain payroll related items/issues.
• Identify and help resolve payroll related problems within the company, payroll vendor, and banks.
• Prepare and create standard and ad hoc reports and reconcile all payroll related general ledger accounts.

What You'll Bring To The Company:

High school graduate or equivalent education and experience required; Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) preferred. Three to six years of payroll experience is strongly preferred. Experience with Ultimate Kronos Group system is strongly desired. Must be well organized, detail oriented and have confidence to work independently but also be a strong team player. Must possess strong math skills and the ability to analyze information and make appropriate conclusions and recommendations. Must have strong oral and written communication skills. Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, and Outlook) is preferred.

About Us:

Grange Insurance Company, with $3.1 billion in assets and more than $1 billion in annual revenue, is an insurance provider founded in 1935 and based in Columbus, Ohio. Through its network of independent agents, Grange offers auto, home and business insurance protection. Grange Insurance Company and its affiliates serve policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin- the 13-state Grange Enterprise holds an A.M. Best rating of "A" (Excellent).

Who We Are:

We are committed to an inclusive work environment where we welcome and value diversity and inclusion. We hire great talent from a wide variety of backgrounds, and our associates are our biggest strength. The diversity of our associates, their backgrounds, experiences, and individual differences are the foundation for our success. Our inclusive culture empowers all of us to "Be One Team", "Deliver Excellence", "Communicate Openly", "Do the Right Thing", and "Solve Creatively for Tomorrow". We have active Associate Resource Groups and a Diversity and Inclusion Team, that focuses on professional development, networking, business value and community outreach; all which encourage and facilitate an environment that fosters learning, innovation, and growth. Together we use our individual experiences to learn from one another and grow as professionals and as humans.

We welcome the unique contributions that you bring from education, opinions, culture, beliefs, race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, handicap, disability, sexual orientation, gender stereotyping, gender identity or expression, genetic information, ancestry, pregnancy, veteran status, and citizenship.

Grange Enterprise is proud to be part of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion™, a national initiative of more than 1400 CEOs working for the advancement of diversity and inclusion within the workplace.