Senior Payroll Specialist

Senior Payroll Specialist

Location: Goodyear, AZ

Schedule: Onsite, Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm, with possible flexibility based on business needs

Salary: $85k to $105k

We are seeking an experienced Senior Payroll Specialist with a strong background in multi state and union payroll. This role will be responsible for processing complex payrolls across multiple states and employee populations while ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely execution.

The ideal candidate is comfortable working with high volume payroll, union requirements, payroll taxes, reconciliations, and resolving more complex payroll discrepancies.

Key Responsibilities:

• Process and review multi state payroll for union and nonunion employees
• Manage payroll requirements related to union contracts, including applicable pay rates, deductions, benefits, and other payroll provisions
• Review employee pay, taxes, deductions, garnishments, adjustments, and other payroll activity for accuracy
• Perform payroll reconciliations and research and resolve discrepancies
• Support multi state payroll tax compliance, reporting, audits, and year end activities
• Research and resolve complex payroll issues while serving as a resource for payroll related questions
• Analyze payroll data and identify opportunities to strengthen processes, accuracy, and internal controls
• Partner closely with HR, Accounting, Benefits, and other internal teams

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive payroll experience preferred
• Hands on experience processing multi state payroll required
• Union payroll experience strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of payroll taxes, wage and hour requirements, deductions, and payroll compliance
• Strong reconciliation, analytical, and problem solving skills
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with payroll and HRIS systems
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and confidentiality
• Ability to work onsite Monday through Friday in Goodyear, AZ