Payroll Specialist

Advisors, operations, compliance and technology teams total roughly 560 people. Regulatory oversight is constant, and the compliance department is one of the largest in the company.

About the role

Charlotte Planning Group has an opening for a Payroll Specialist. We need someone who catches errors before checks go out, not after. Fully remote. You can work from anywhere in the US. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. Strong written English is important, since much of our work is async.

What you'll do

• Prepare payroll journal entries and accruals for accounting
• Maintain payroll records and documentation for audits
• Process biweekly and weekly payroll in ADP Workforce Now
• Audit benefit deductions against carrier invoices
• Calculate final pay in line with state timing rules
• Reconcile payroll registers to the general ledger each period
• Set up state and local tax accounts when employees move or new locations open

What you need

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll processing, ideally multi-state
• Experience with ADP, Paylocity, Paycom, UKG or Workday
• High school diploma required; associate or bachelor's degree preferred
• Strong Excel for reconciliations

Compensation: $69,000 - $88,000/year DOE.

What you get

• Health, dental and vision coverage starting on day one
• 401(k) with company match
• 11 paid holidays
• Life insurance
• Referral program

Start dates are flexible, usually within a few weeks of an offer.

Start: Within 30 days.

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