Manage end-to-end payroll execution, including payroll processing, adjustments, tax compliance, and addressing employee queries, while ensuring accuracy under deadlines.
We are seeking a detail-driven Payroll Processor with 2–4 years of hands-on payroll processing experience to manage end-to-end payroll execution. This role is ideal for a payroll professional who has owned payroll cycles in ADP, Workday, or UKG and thrives in a deadline-driven environment. This position partners with HR, Finance, and operational leaders and contributes to strengthening payroll processes and controls.
We prefer a local candidate, or at least be within a few-hour driving distance to Des Moines, IA to be onsite if needed but this position can be mostly remote.
Hourly wage range: $26.44-30.77
Benefits
Our employees enjoy a generous package of benefits that we are thrilled to provide, and feel is part of what makes us different as an employer. We value our team members, and this is one way we can show it.
Benefits include:
-PTO, holiday pay and holiday of choice
-401(k) match
-Life insurance
-Short-term disability
-Health, dental and vision insurance
-Maternity/paternity leave
-Health savings account (HSA)
-Flex spending accounts (FSA) – health and dependent
Position Responsibilities may include, but not limited to
- Execute full-cycle payroll processing for hourly and salaried employees using UKG Pro
- Process payroll adjustments including retro pay, off-cycle runs, bonuses, and terminations
- Validate time and attendance data and resolve discrepancies prior to payroll close
- Administer payroll deductions, garnishments, and tax withholdings
- Configure, maintain, and audit multi-state payroll tax setups to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax regulations
- Set up and maintain state-specific tax codes, reciprocity rules, and local jurisdiction taxes within payroll systems
- Monitor employee work location changes and apply correct tax withholdings based on nexus, residency, and sourcing rules
- Audit payroll registers and reconcile payroll reports each cycle
- Partner with HR and Finance to ensure accurate employee data and timely payroll changes
- Respond to employee payroll questions with a focus on accuracy and service
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll workflows
- Support implementation of payroll timelines and controls
- Track payroll adjustments and trends
Required Skills and Experience
- 2–4 years of hands-on multi-state payroll processing experience
- Direct experience owning and running payroll in ADP, Workday, UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), or similar systems
- Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and other office applications
- Experience supporting regular payroll cycles (weekly, bi-weekly)
- Strong understanding of wage and hour rules and payroll compliance
- Strong understanding of federal, state, and local taxation
- Strong understanding of HR best practices
- High attention to detail and ability to meet strict payroll deadlines
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience with payroll and timekeeping systems; UKG Pro and Workforce Dimensions
- Experience with ticketing system software
- Proficiency with HRIS configurations relating to payroll
- Experience working in a remote environment
Physical Requirements
- Repetitive motions that include the wrists, hands and/or fingers
- Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods
- Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Top Skills
Adp
Excel
Ukg (Ultimate Kronos Group)
Workday
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