Payroll Specialist

Job Description Job Description Payroll Specialist Certified Payroll experience required
Key Responsibilities

• Process end-to-end, in-house payroll for employees across multiple states(GA, FL, SC, NC, AL, and TX)
• Ensure accurate payroll calculations including earnings, deductions, garnishments, taxes, and adjustments
• Manage and reconcile payroll-related general ledger accounts
• Handle multi-state payroll tax compliance, filings, and payroll tax research
• Partner with HR and Accounting to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance
• Support month-end and year-end payroll processes including W-2 preparation and audits
• Maintain payroll records and ensure confidentiality of sensitive employee information
• Assist with process improvements and payroll best practices

Qualifications

• 3+ years of payroll processing and payroll accounting experience
• Strong multi-state payroll experience required
• CPP a plus
• ADP or Paylocity experience a plus
• Understanding of payroll reconciliations, journal entries, and payroll accounting processes

Company Description

Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We've been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the "Best Places to Work" multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.

Company Description Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We've been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the "Best Places to Work" multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.