FIN - Payroll Coordinator in New York, New York at Rising Ground, Inc.

About the Role:

The Payroll Coordinator assists the Payroll Manager in preparing and processing Rising Ground’s regular and special payrolls, and in maintaining related records. The Payroll Coordinator also acts as a backup to the Payroll Manager.

What You’ll Do:

• Prepare and process payroll and time and attendance data in Rising Ground’s ADP Workforce Now application for more than 1,800 employees.
• Partner with the Human Resources team which establishes new employees with salary rates, deductions and coding to contracts.
• Ensure employee payroll taxes and other deductions are up to date.
• Troubleshoot and resolve timekeeping, wage, deduction and other payroll issues.
• Respond to inquiries from staff regarding their pay and deductions.
• Run reports from the ADP application
• Recommend process improvements where applicable.
• Provide materials for the agency audit and other payroll-related audits
• Monitor garnishment, Health Savings account (HSA) and other benefit deductions to confirm accuracy.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Knowledge of W2s and required year-end payroll procedures.
• Reconcile ADP Bank credit and debit notices
• Reconcile ADP Cost Centers
• Reconcile 401K payments before submission
• Calculate Retroactive payments

Your Qualifications:

• Advanced knowledge of ADP Payroll System and reporting including 3 - 5 years of payroll experience.
• Experience in producing a payroll.
• Experience running Custom reports in ADP Work Force Now
• Knowledge year-end payroll procedures and reporting including producing W-2s.
• Knowledge of benefit programs such as FSA, HSA, 401K, union dues, etc.
• Ability to communicate effectively with payroll and HR team members and with agency staff over the phone and by email.
• Strong attention to detail with exceptional organizational skills, ability to multi-task and set priorities.
• Advanced Excel skills including VLOOKUP Pivot tables
• Bachelor's degree

Supervisory Responsibility No

Work Environment: Corporate Office, two remote days per week.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in our Headquarters at 1333 Broadway office in Midtown Manhattan. Work hours are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.