Payroll Specialist

Range : $39-40/hour.
True hybrid role onsite in AZ Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.
Job Title: Payroll Clerk
Client: Financial
Location: Phoenix, AZ 85054
Duration: 06 Months (Possibility of extension or FTE)
Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced service-minded professional to join the Global Colleague Services Organization within Colleague Experience Group as a Payroll Specialist.
The Payroll Specialist role will play a critical factor in driving efficiencies, effectiveness and consistent delivery of high quality payroll initiatives.
Colleague will be part of a team that manages complex issues end to end, driving resolution by coordinating and collaborating with internal Business Partners and Third Party Vendor.
Responsibilities include (but not limited to) the following items:
• Support US Payroll in ensuring the integrity of the payroll transactions
• Ability to explain and communicate intricate payroll procedures in nonprofessional terms
• Established working knowledge of every area of payroll processing
• Lead, manage and support ad-hoc US Payroll projects
• Ensures all employee and payroll information is kept confidential and trusted with sensitive information
• Compile and perform data analysis and provide proactive solutions
• 3rd Party Vendor relationship
• Daily File Maintenance
• Payroll System misc. entries
• HR Import template maintenance
• System release testing and validation
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
• Payroll experience preferred
• Knowledge of MyInfo and Dayforce a plus.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll (FPC) certification a plus
• Understanding of payroll tax laws, processes and policies
• Knowledge and/or ability to quickly learn US Payroll Platforms
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple concurrent projects and effectively drive results
• Will require flexibility to work with global teams across various time-zones
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast moving and rapidly changing matrix environment
• Proficiency in MS Office including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Ability to lead and conduct presentations with internal and external business partners
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, work independently at times and handle stress effectively despite short time constrains while displaying a "can do" attitude
• Strong analytical thinking, problem solving and project management skills desired
• Excellent communications skills in order to effectively communicate project situations and to deal with and solve problems that affect project success
• Experience/knowledge of Cloud/API highly desired
• Data mining experience