Payroll Compliance Specialist
Skills
ADP PayrollAction PlanningAnalytical SkillsAudit ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationsPAGAPrevention
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources Business Administration Accounting Finance or related field preferred
- 5+ years of payroll compliance wage-hour compliance payroll operations or related experience
- Strong knowledge of California wage and hour laws and payroll compliance requirements
- Experience supporting large hourly non-exempt employee populations
- Experience with payroll systems such as ADP Lyric ADP Workforce Now or similar HCM payroll platforms preferred
- Strong analytical auditing and problem-solving skills
- Ability to manage sensitive matters with discretion and professionalism
- Excellent communication organizational and cross-functional collaboration skills
- Experience supporting retail field distributed or mobile workforces preferred
- Knowledge of PAGA wage-hour litigation risk and payroll audit practices preferred
Nice to have
- Analytical
- Detail-oriented
- Discreet
- Collaborative
- Process improvement-minded
Day to day
- Oversee payroll compliance and wage-hour governance with a strong focus on California labor law requirements
- Monitor audits and exception reporting to identify payroll discrepancies, missed breaks, late meal periods, and other risk areas
- Partner closely with Payroll HR HRIS Legal Operations and IT to strengthen controls improve accuracy and support remediation efforts