Payroll Technician 1 (Temporary)

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Are you a payroll expert looking for a short-term, impactful role? We are seeking a Payroll Technician for a 6-month temporary assignment to join our inclusive and dynamic team. You will manage payroll processing for over 7,000 employees across multi-state, union and non-union, domestic and international environments with multiple pay frequencies.

With minimal supervision, you will handle all aspects of payroll preparation, entry, and processing. This includes auditing and reconciling payroll for a base of 1,000+ employees. Your responsibilities will encompass managing payroll changes such as voluntary deductions, 401k loans, tax withholdings, and garnishments. Additionally, you will research and resolve out-of-balance conditions, respond to payroll-related inquiries, and generate manual or off-cycle checks as needed.

You will ensure accuracy by balancing and reconciling payroll registers with funding invoices, journal entries, and GL accounts. Compliance with union contracts, company policies, and relevant laws is essential, as is your role in balancing and validating payroll information for quarter-end and year-end filings. You will also prepare monthly payroll accruals and handle complex pay types, including bonuses and taxable fringe benefits. Efficiently generating periodic reports and maintaining control documents are key to ensuring accurate payroll processing.

Are you prepared to leverage your payroll expertise in a fast-paced and diverse environment? If you excel in meticulous work and are eager to make a meaningful contribution, we want to hear from you. Join our team where your skills and dedication will be highly valued, and help us achieve excellence together.

What You Will Need:

• Bachelor's Degree; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 4 years of experience working with computerized payroll systems to include 1 year of payroll processing in a multi-state environment reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Associate's degree plus 2 years of experience working with computerized payroll systems to include payroll processing in a multi-state environment reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR Associate's degree plus 1 year of Gallo timekeeping experience; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 3 years of Gallo experience to include timekeeping experience reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.

• Candidates are required to complete a credit check for this position; the results do not automatically disqualify a candidate from employment but will be individually evaluated to determine if the results disqualify the candidate for employment in such position.

• Experience using discretion when dealing with confidential information.

• Intermediate proficiency with MS Word and MS Excel, including basic Pivot Tables and vLookup function.

• Required to work overtime when necessary.

• Skilled in reading, comprehending, interpreting and executing simple instructions, short correspondence and memos

• Skilled in writing simple correspondence.

• Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.

• Skilled in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing using hours and minutes (hh:mm).

• Required to travel to company offices, sites, and/or meeting locations for onboarding, training, meetings, and events for development, department needs, and business delivery up to 5% of the time, with or without reasonable accommodation. This may be in addition to travel requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

• Required to be 18 years or older. This may be in addition to other age requirements, if applicable, as listed in this job description.

What You Will Set You Apart:

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 years of experience working with computerized payroll systems in a multi-state environment reflecting increasing levels of responsibility; OR High school diploma or State-issued equivalency certificate plus 6 years of experience working with computerized payroll systems in a multi-state environment reflecting increasing levels of responsibility.

• Experience with processing payroll in a union environment.

• CPP/FPC preferred.

• Skilled in the use of a 10-key by touch.

• Advanced Excel, ADP Vantage Payroll and Kronos timekeeping experience.

Compensation:

• Hiring Salary Range Posted: $27.16 - $36.68 / hour

• Actual compensation paid within the range will be determined by factors such as the education, experience, knowledge, skills and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data

Gallo does not sponsor for employment based visas for this position now or in the future.

This position will be based in the location(s) specified in the job posting and requires working on-site with no telecommuting option. You will be expected to live within a commutable distance.

To view a full job description, please clickhere.

Requisition ID: 106065

Expected to close on: 06/05/25

Recruiter - Ryan Gonchar

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