Payroll Specialist

Company: Diversified Restaurant Group
Location: Las Vegas
Posted on: November 21, 2020

Job Description:

Payroll Specialist Job Description

JOB TITLE: Payroll Specialist

SUPERVISOR: Payroll and Benefits Lead

STATUS: Non-Exempt

BASIC PURPOSE:

DRG is seeking a highly motivated, detail-oriented, analytical, and customer-focused individual to join our dynamic growing team. Under the direct supervision of the Payroll and Benefits Lead, the Payroll Specialist will assist in the accurate and timely processing of payroll. The Payroll Specialist will ensure pay data integrity, perform administrative tasks, and provide end-to-end solutions for payroll related questions. This role plays a great effort in ensuring our greatest asset, employees, are satisfied.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Collaboratively, accurately, and timely processes payroll for 6,000 + employees across the various markets.

· Ensures personnel and timekeeping databases are accurate regarding salaries, ACH information, and payroll deductions (taxes, garnishments, benefits, etc.).

· Works directly with field operators (restaurant and above restaurant employees) to troubleshoot payroll discrepancies and prepares adjustment forms and/or on-demand checks as needed.

· Collates paper paychecks and mails out to appropriate restaurants in time for the pay date.

· Addresses and resolves internal and external inquiries relating to payroll, employment verifications, employee queries, data reporting agencies, etc.

· Assists in performing payroll audits, reports, investigations, and administrative tasks.

· Assists in planning for upcoming salary changes, minimum wage changes, and acquisitions.

· May assist in benefit audits, benefit reconciliations, compensation surveys, and/or compliance reporting.

· Performs other duties as assigned.

LEADERSHIP BEHAVIORS:

Customer Focus - Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of his/her customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.

Functional/Technical Skills - Has the functional and technical knowledge and skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment.

Learns on the Fly - Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

Perseverance - Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.

Priority Setting - Spends his/her time and the time of others on what's important; quickly zeros in on the critical few and puts the trivial many aside; can quickly sense what will help or hinder accomplishing a goal; eliminates roadblocks; creates focus.

Problem Solving - Uses rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; probes all fruitful sources for answers; can see hidden problems; is excellent at honest analysis; looks beyond the obvious and doesn't stop at the first answers.

ESSENTIAL SKILL SET:

· Proficient knowledge of electronic payroll processes and applicable laws.

· Proven ability to communicate effectively to internal and external stakeholders, both verbally and in writing.

· Excellent attention to detail, organizational, and time management skills.

· Excellent customer satisfaction and soft skills.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

· Associate degree in business, accounting, human resources, or related field preferred, experience and/or training/certification may be substituted for education.

· One to two years’ experience processing payroll and working with cloud-based payroll software.

· Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, specifically Excel and Word.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

· Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

· Must be able to lift 15 pounds at a time.

ABOUT US:

Diversified Restaurant Group, LLC (DRG) is a restaurant business working to innovate and grow with quick service and fast casual brands across the country. What started as a 30-unit Taco Bell business in 2012 has since grown into a 230+ unit, multi-brand operation. DRG currently operates Taco Bell and Arby’s restaurants across Alaska, Kansas, Nevada, Northern California and has more than 6,000 team members and continues to grow every day!

DISCLAIMER:

You are applying to Diversified Restaurant Group, a franchisee of Taco Bell and Arby’s Corp. If hired, the franchisee will be your only employer. Franchisees are independent business owners who set their own wage and benefit programs that can vary among franchisees.

Benefits List

· Comprehensive Benefits package including Medical, Dental and Vision

· Short Term Disability for AM and above matches yearly salary

· AD&D life Insurance for AM and above matches yearly salary

· Tuition Reimbursement Program

· Company Scholarship Program

·Employee Relief Fund – company sponsored

· Vacation PTO plan all levels

· Free Meals

· 401K

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