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Certified Payroll Specialist at COMPLY – Washington, District of Columbia
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Washington, District of Columbia, 20001, United States
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About This Position
Certified Payroll Specialist
Who Are We:
Comply is the leading provider of compliance SaaS and consulting services for the global financial services sector. With more than 5,000 clients and hundreds of employees across the globe, Comply empowers Chief Compliance Officers and their teams to proactively manage regulatory obligations, mitigate risk, and scale with efficiency and confidence.
Comply serves thousands of global financial services clients including broker-dealers, insurers, investment banks, private funds, RIAs, and wealth managers who rely on Comply offerings to power their compliance programs.
To learn more about Comply, visit comply.com
The Role:
The Certified Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing accurate and timely payroll for internal employees. This role ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, including certified payroll reporting requirements, while maintaining payroll data integrity across multiple systems.
Responsibilities: - Process biweekly payroll for employees and consultants, including W-2 and 1099 workers.
- Review, validate, and audit weekly timesheets for accuracy, approvals, bill rates, pay rates, and contract compliance.
- Prepare and submit certified payroll reports for federal and government-funded contracts in accordance with Department of Labor (DOL) requirements.
- Ensure compliance with prevailing wage laws, Davis-Bacon Act requirements (as applicable), Service Contract Act (SCA), and other federal contract regulations.
- Maintain accurate payroll records and employee earnings history within Rippling and NetSuite.
- Reconcile payroll data between ATS, payroll system, and accounting software.
- Manage payroll adjustments including bonuses, reimbursements, garnishments, benefits deductions, and retroactive pay corrections.
- Coordinate with HR and recruiting teams to ensure proper onboarding documentation, tax forms (W-4, I-9), and pay setup.
- Respond to payroll-related inquiries from employees, consultants, and management in a timely and professional manner.
- Assist with audits, reporting, and year-end processes including W-2 and 1099 preparation.
- Maintain confidentiality of employee and contractor payroll information.
- 3+ years of payroll processing experience, preferably within a staffing firm or government contracting environment.
- Demonstrated experience processing certified payroll for federal contracts.
- Working knowledge of prevailing wage and federal labor compliance requirements.
- Experience with Rippling a plus.
- Strong understanding of payroll tax regulations and multi-state payroll processing.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to meet strict payroll deadlines.
- Proficiency in Excel and payroll reporting.
- Experience with Service Contract Act (SCA) and Davis-Bacon Act reporting is a plus.
- Ability to reconcile payroll to billing and general ledger.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
To learn more about our values, mission and the wide-range of perks offered to employees at Comply, visit https://www.comply.com/careers/.
Comply is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin. Nothing in this job posting should be construed as an offer or guarantee of employment.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
Comply is aware of scammers posing as Comply employees and extending job offers via direct messaging, texts and social media platforms. These are fraudulent and should be treated as such. To learn more about this, please review our Statement of Fraudulent Job Offers.
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Washington, District of Columbia, 20001, United States