Temporary Senior Payroll Specialist

The temporary Senior Payroll Specialist is responsible for all aspects of payroll administration & HRIS Administration. This is a 2-3 month assignment to assist the Payroll/Finance department at STR during the leave of absence of our current Senior Payroll Specialist. This position is benefit eligible.

Payroll:

• Reviews payroll data, calculations and new hire information including tax information uploaded or entered into the payroll system.
• Responsible for timely and efficient processing of on-cycle & off-cycle payroll.
• Ensures the accurate calculation of all payments processed through audit and review of pre-payroll audit reports.
• Ensures compliance and maintains current knowledge of applicable federal and state employment law regulations.
• Partner & liaise with HR: ensure all new hire paperwork is completed; employee changes are completed; coordinate spot bonus payments
• Respond to various employee inquiries regarding payroll, timesheets, updating direct deposits, W2’s, etc.
• Handles and produces the payroll data to general ledger process as well as the labor distribution process.
• Set up and maintaining garnishment payments in accordance with applicable laws and regulations; providing required information to collecting agencies.
• Liaise with HR Benefits to coordinate accurate pay for employees on leaves of absence including ensuring third-party payments are processed correctly, coordinating use of accrued PTO with employee.
• Conducts new hire orientation & training for employees & managers on completion of timecards, including developing user procedures, guidelines, and documentation.
• Creates all general financial, and workers’ comp audit reports.
• Create & update full cycle payroll checklist, training guide, and DTP’s
• Monitor & consolidate timesheet information; audit & compare timesheets to payroll data to ensure accuracy.
• Timesheets: prorate, post and re-cast (when OT on timesheets
• Assists Payroll Manager with development, implementation and maintenance of payroll procedures and processes.
• Assists Payroll manager to ensure consistent payroll and payroll tax system configuration for federal, state and local law and regulation compliance.
• Assist Payroll Manager in ensuring compliance with regulatory quarterly, annual reporting, and year-end tax filings including W2’s.

Special upcoming projects:

• Assist STR to submit FFCRA & FARPA payroll tax adjustments prior to year-end 2022.
• Assist Payroll Manager in reviewing/amending previous tax adjustments prior to year-end 2022.
• Assist with upcoming bi-weekly pay transition in Jan 2023.

HRIS Responsibilities:

• Oversees maintenance of Payroll and Human Resources systems data.
• Helps maintain data integrity in systems by running queries and analyzing data.
• Import new hires, employee changes including reorganization changes from ADP to Costpoint on a daily basis.
• Updates EE Vendor direct deposit changes in Costpoint.
• Audit & reconciles ADP and Costpoint data.
• Set up new hire profiles for timesheets & setup of backup managers to profiles.
• Ensures data integrity, and analysis and reporting of the data in the HRIS system.
• Maintain leave administration in Costpoint: various banks: including calculating, prorating, posting, and auditing.
• Unlock Costpoint users from service desk emails.

Other skills:

• Familiarity with general accounting principles
• Proficiency with ADP Workforce Now & Deltek Costpoint
• Expertise of Tax Amendments and Payroll adjustments
• Experience in data collection, entry and reporting with great attention to detail and confidentiality
• Solid knowledge of relevant legislation, policies and regulations
• Investigate and resolve any discrepancies in payroll

STR is a rapidly growing technology company with locations north of Boston, MA, Arlington, VA and near Dayton, OH. We specialize in advanced research and development for defense, intelligence, and national security, trying to understand how to protect our society: from stopping malicious botnet attacks, to understanding cyber vulnerabilities, providing next generation sensors, radar, sonar, communications, and electronic warfare to developing artificial intelligence algorithms and analytics to make sense of the complexity that is exploding around us.

STR is committed to creating a collaborative learning environment that supports deep technical understanding and recognizes the contributions and achievements of all team members. Our work is challenging, but you go home at night knowing that you pushed the forefront of technology and made the world a little safer. We recognize that the world is changing, that it is becoming more connected than ever before, making things change faster than before, and reshaping society in the process. We all want to understand this changing world and leave it better for our work.STR is not just any company. Our people, culture, and attitude along with their unique set of skills, experiences, and perspectives put us on a trajectory to change the world. We can't do it alone, though - we need fellow trailblazers. If you are one, join our team and help to keep our society safe! Visit us at www.str.us for more info.STR is an equal opportunity employer. We are fully dedicated to hiring the most qualified candidate regardless of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the employment process, email us at [email protected] and provide your contact info.Pursuant to applicable federal law and regulations, positions at STR require employees to obtain national security clearances and satisfy the requirements for compliance with export control and other applicable laws.