Veterans Preferred - Specialist - Payroll

Company: Airgas
Location: Kennesaw
Posted on: April 1, 2025

Job Description:

Military Veterans are Encouraged to Apply. -R10062946 Specialist - Payroll (Open)

Location:
Kennesaw, GA (LLC Support) - Management

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW?

JOB SUMMARY: Payroll Specialist is responsible for performing daily payroll operations, including multistate payroll processing, for approximately 9,000+ employees across the South Division cluster. Position is high volume and requires keen organizational skills, strong attention to detail, accuracy, and excellent interpersonal communication skills.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to:

• Accurate and timely multistate payroll processing using Workday ensuring compliance with state, federal, and local requirements.
• Ensuring timely submission of wage attachments (child support orders, tax levies, garnishments, etc.)
• Process manual checks, special pays, gross-ups, and corrections/adjustments. Some manual calculations may be required.
• Maintain payroll records and filing administration according to internal department practices.
• Facilitate strong customer service relationships with both internal and external customers.
• Respond to service tickets and answer routine telephone inquiries concerning payroll issues in accordance with company policies and procedures.
• Assists accounting staff in research and resolution of payroll related transactions, including outstanding payroll checks.
• Provide support to peers/leadership as needed; timely feedback to manager, supervisor, and customers.
• Assist in process improvement projects and other initiatives as assigned by the Payroll Manager.
• Adhere to internal control processes when initiating, recording, summarizing and reporting payroll transactions.
• Actively participate in payroll year-end activities as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
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  KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
  
  
  • Thorough knowledge of office/clerical practices, procedures, and equipment.
  • Excellent organization, documentation and follow-up skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with associates.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, employees, and officials in other departments.
  • Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and to request clarification when needed.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects and work under deadlines.
  • Must have a strong attention to detail.
  • Utilize the utmost discretion in the handling of confidential information
    
    EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
    
    
    • H.S. diploma or equivalent
    • Minimum 3 years payroll experience preferably with Workday
    • Basic knowledge of accounting is a plus
    • FPC/CPP is a plus
    • Proficient in Microsoft Excel, with Vlookup knowledge
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      We care about and support our Airgas Families. This is evident not only through our competitive compensation but also through a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, and vision plans, vacation, sick time, floating holidays, and paid holidays for full-time employees.
      
      We provide a progressive parental leave package for our eligible Airgas parents, offering generous paid time off for the birth or placement of children, including 14 weeks of paid child birth benefit for birth mothers on leave, as well as paid parental leave benefits for other associates.
      
      Additionally, we offer our employees a 401k plan with company matching funds, tuition reimbursement, discounted college tuition for employees' dependents, and an Airgas Scholarship Program for dependent children.
      
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      Your differences enhance our performance
      
      At Airgas, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world.
      
      We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability or any other protected characteristic. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.
      
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      Equal Employment Opportunity Information
      
      We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.
      
      Please click here to view the EEO Know Your Rights poster and here to view the Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination poster. Airgas, an Air Liquide Company invites any applicant and/or employee to review the Company's written Affirmative Action Plan or Policy Statement. This plan or policy statement is available for inspection upon request.
      
      Airgas, an Air Liquide Company and its group of companies does not discriminate against qualified applicants with disabilities and is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to the known disabilities of such individuals so as to ensure equal access to benefits and privileges of employment. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact us by email at us-accommodationrequest@airgas.com .
      
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