POSITION OVERVIEW – Payroll Specialist
Lifeworks is seeking a Payroll Specialist to process payroll for a group of approximately 1000 employees. The Payroll Specialist will work in Richfield/Hybrid Schedule with 20% being in person.
Position Title: Payroll Specialist
Department: Finance-Payroll
Hours: Full-Time; 40 hours/week, Monday – Friday Non-Exempt
Location: Lifeworks Services – Hybrid Richfield MN/ 20% in-person
Compensation: $21-$23/hr
What we offer employees:
Lifeworks offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes:
- 18 days of PTO accrued in the first year of employment
- 11 paid holidays (New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and a Personal Holiday)
- 16 hours of Volunteer Leave
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Up to $3,000 annually in tuition reimbursement
- 403(b) retirement plan with company match
- Career progression plan
Why work at Lifeworks:
As an industry leader, Lifeworks continues our commitment to self-determined support, careers with competitive wages, and developing innovative opportunities that enhance everyday lives. Through services that provide choice and build community – as well as through partnerships with over 500 businesses – Lifeworks serves more than 3,000 Minnesotans with disabilities and their families each year.
Lifeworks is proud to be recognized as a 2022 Top Workplace by the Star Tribune, ranking #28 among mid-size companies.
Learn More About This Role
You’ll succeed in this role if you:
- Can Provide an accurate assessment of own performance against role requirements / performance objectives. Does not shy away from personal failures; Identifies opportunities for development beyond current role; Take full responsibility for setting demanding career goals.
- Can make decisions faced with complex situations and always adheres to the LW VBDM tool. Demonstrate balanced thinking between long and short-term outcomes.
- Can consistently demonstrate proper grammar and effectively utilizes a wide vocabulary to convey thoughts, ideas, and actions.
- Excel in the ability to structure complex ideas and situations to quickly and effectively convey messages to all audience types.
- Consistently demonstrate active listening skills and probes to understand deeper meanings and ideas. Effectively and accurately summarize complex ideas and situations.
- Develop and maintains strong, genuine, mutually beneficial relationships with people of varying styles; Take positive steps to extend network, maintain links, and capitalize on common interests and goals
- Are able to perform to a very high standard in changing circumstances, and is an advocate for change
How you’ll be spending your time:
- Process payroll for all employee pay groups
- Calculate withholding taxes.
- Reconcile payroll transaction for all payroll groups.
- Set up and maintain employee payroll profile information, including deductions.
- Work across departments as a team member to achieve consistency, reliability, and best business practices for a variety of issues.
- Assist with benefit deductions and enrollment.
- Respond to requests for verification of employment.
- Provide top level customer service for all payroll related inquiries.
- Continue education regarding payroll laws to ensure agency compliance
- Define great performance for self and seeks to continually develop skills to improve performances Follow safety procedures and assist in identifying safety needs for self and others. Contribute to the organization’s mission by complying with policies and procedures, using resources wisely and performing other duties as assigned as necessary.
Qualifications:
- Two-year degree in finance or related field; plus, a minimum 3 years of in-house payroll and payroll taxes experience or a combination of education and relevant work experience equal to 5 years.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong mathematical and analytical aptitude
- Excellent organizational skills including the ability to manage multiple job tasks, prioritize projects and meet deadlines
- Strong attention to detail
- Proficient in MS Excel and Word, proficient 10-key ability and understand financial databases. Knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics SL preferred.
- Must pass a background study with the State of Minnesota and pass a pre-employment drug test
- Have a valid driver’s license, clean driving record and reliable transportation to use for work driving purposes.
Preferred:
- FPC/CPP Certification
To apply:
Complete our application form here or click the button below. Please include the job type you are applying for as well as your resume.
Equity Statement:
Lifeworks strives to be radically accessible, diverse, equitable, and inclusive. We appreciate the vibrancy of differences, center the voices of silenced and marginalized people, and champion universal rights.
Lifeworks Services is committed to hiring people from a variety of diverse cultures with diverse life experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, familial status; genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Lifeworks Services is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage members of diverse groups to apply.