Payroll Specialist - Chattanooga, TN

Walden Security

🌍 100% Remote Full-time

Job Description

SUMMARY

Responsible for payroll functions; applies principles of accounting to analyze financial information and prepare financial reports by performing the following duties.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

+ Monitors compliance with generally accepted accounting principles and company procedures;
+ Reviews, investigates, and corrects errors and inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports;
+ Compiles payroll data such as garnishments, vacation time, 401 (k) deductions, hours worked, sales or piecework, taxes, insurance, and employee identification number, from time sheets and other records;
+ Prepares computer input forms, enters data into computer files, or computes wages and deductions and posts to payroll records;
+ Responds to employee/client questions regarding pay;
+ Reviews wages computed and corrects errors to ensure accuracy of payroll;
+ Records changes affecting net wages such as exemptions, insurance covera...