Payroll Assistant

About us

Public sector agencies, utilities and large health systems license our asset management platform under multi-year contracts. On-call rotates weekly and pays a flat stipend whether or not the pager goes off.

About the role

Tillerhall is hiring a Payroll Assistant to work remotely from the US. We need someone who catches errors before checks go out, not after. Our headquarters is in Melbourne, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. We hire in the US through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours overlap with Sydney business hours until mid-afternoon.

Essential duties and responsibilities

• Administer wage garnishments, child support orders and tax levies
• Enter new hires, terminations, pay changes and deductions
• Run reports for 401(k) contributions, workers' compensation and census requests
• Maintain payroll records and documentation for audits
• Support quarterly tax filings and year-end W-2 processing
• Answer employee questions about paychecks, withholding and direct deposit

Required qualifications

• 1-2 years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state
• Working knowledge of FLSA, overtime rules and state wage laws
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred
• Accurate and deadline-driven. Payroll does not slip
• Strong Excel for reconciliations
• Clear communicator with employees who are upset about their check

What you get

• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner
• Company laptop
• 20 days paid time off
• Annual salary review
• Annual team retreat
• Wellness allowance
• Annual learning budget

Interview process: a phone call, a meeting with the hiring manager, and a final conversation with the team.

Start: Immediately.

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