Payroll Administrator

About the company:

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Fenmore Technologies employs 2,000 people across engineering hubs in Auckland and three other locations, building ERP software for mid-market manufacturers.

This is a new role. The team has doubled in size over the past year. The Payroll Administrator runs biweekly payroll for about 900 employees in 12 states, hourly and salaried. Remote position. Most of the team is in Auckland, but nobody is required to come in. Standard office hours, Monday to Friday, with flexibility around them. We send you a laptop and the accessories you need on day one.

Day to day:

• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open.
• Enter new hires, terminations, pay changes and deductions.
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices.
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger each period.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting.
• Administer wage garnishments, child support orders and tax levies.
• Review timecards for missing punches, overtime and PTO before each run.

Skills and experience:

• 2-4 years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state.
• Accurate and deadline-driven. Payroll does not slip.
• Comfortable with garnishments and tax withholding setup.
• Strong Excel for reconciliations.
• Discreet with confidential pay and personal data.

Benefits:

Compensation: $61,000-$80,000 per annum

• Health insurance.
• KiwiSaver contributions.
• Five weeks annual leave after the first year.
• Life insurance.
• Annual bonus.

Applications close when we find the right person.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Fenmore Technologies Limited.