The role of a payroll specialist includes the work of managing all the records related to the company’s payroll. They have to collect the employee’s data, amount of wages and accurate calculation of their salary then complete the payment process.

Payroll Specialist Job Description

The payroll specialist does the most important work of the company which is to make an accurate payment to the employees according to their work and job profile. Their work also includes hiring and attracting the best employees for the company’s job at the less possible price.

Roles and responsibilities

• The responsibility of a payroll specialist is to collect the working information of each employee according to hours.
• Accuracy in calculating the right amount of payment including bonus, overtime, leave pays and leave without pay.
• Keep the record of the amount paid to all the employees which can be daily or monthly.
• Inform the seniors about the payment done to the employees and answer them if any query is found in the payment process.
• Keep the payroll database updated in the software programs so that it will become easy for the other payroll personnel and seniors staff to get the knowledge.
• Payroll special works also include the preparation and distribution of the income statement.
• Candidate should also be active to provide all the payroll financial reports to the accounting and auditing department.
• Take permission from the senior management if any payment is to be done urgently.
• Inform the superior management of the company if any employee is having queries related to the salary and payouts.
• Candidate should be cooperative in working with other company staff. Loyalty and trust are other main expected things from the payroll specialist.

 Payroll Specialist key skills required

• Good communication skills are required to interact with employees and clients.
• In-depth knowledge if accounts and payroll fundamentals.
• Good knowledge of legal rules and regulation of the government-related with the payroll.
• Candidate should be comfortable in working on database software like Kronos, Payforce, etc.

Education, training, and Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, business or any relevant field from the recognized university.
• Experience of work as a payroll employee.
• Certified computer course in MS Office and other accounting and database software.