35936 | Payroll Specialist

Brilliant Financial Staffing has been engaged in a search for a Payroll Specialist for our client located in Lisle, IL. Our client, a government/municipality organization, is currently looking for an experienced Payroll Specialist join their department on a contract basis. This individual would be responsible for performing full cycle payroll processing. This Payroll Specialist would be responsible for processing the payroll for approximately 200 employees, both union and non-union. The ideal Payroll Specialist would be able to interview and then start shortly after.


Responsibilities:

• Prepare documentation and information related to payroll garnishments to their Team Leads for up to 2500 employees bi-weekly 
• Research and resolve issues with ACH and direct deposit issues with checks
• Investigate employee pay issues
• Data entry of payroll data for up to 1000 employees per rep for testing purposes 
• Some cross-training for assisting processing of current payroll in SAP for up to 1000 employees bi-weekly
• Ad hoc reporting and projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience performing payroll processing
• Union payroll processing experience preferred
• Ability to maintain a strong attention to detail
• Proficient within Microsoft Excel