Job Title: Payroll Specialist

Location: Washington, DC

Position Overview

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for end-to-end payroll processing, maintaining compliance with federal and multi-state regulations, and serving as the primary point of contact for payroll-related inquiries. This position will play a key role in maintaining payroll accuracy, improving processes, and partnering with HR and Finance to support a workforce of approximately 2,000 employees across multiple states.

This will be a temp to hire role with a pay rate ranging from $40-45 per hour, commensurate with experience.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage full-cycle payroll processing for salaried and hourly employees
• Oversee payroll through ADP Workforce Now, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
• Maintain employee payroll records, including new hires, terminations, and compensation changes
• Ensure proper calculation of wages, overtime, bonuses, and deduction
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations
• Maintain payroll tax filings, reporting, and year-end processes (W-2s, etc.)
• Support audits and ensure proper documentation and internal controls
• Manage and optimize payroll systems and workflows (ADP Workforce Now)
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of payroll processes
• Partner with HRIS and Finance teams on system integrations and updates
• Collaborate with HR on employee data, onboarding, and benefits deductions
• Partner with Accounting on payroll journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting
• Serve as the main point of contact for employee payroll questions and issue resolution
• Prepare payroll reports for leadership, including labor costs and trends
• Support financial reporting and budgeting processes with payroll data

Qualifications

• 5+ years of payroll experience, including high-volume, multi-state payroll
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now required
• Strong knowledge of payroll laws, tax regulations, and compliance requirements
• Experience processing payroll for both hourly and salaried employees
• Proficiency in Excel (lookups, pivots, etc.)
• High attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills
• Experience in hospitality or multi-unit environments is a plus (e.g., restaurant systems)
• Experience as a standalone or lead payroll professional
• Exposure to outsourced or semi-outsourced payroll environments
• Familiarity with high-growth or multi-location organizations

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Pay: $40.00 - $45.00 per hour

Work Location: In person