Payroll Coordinator

Job Description

Payroll Coordinator | CFS

The Tone:
This is an onsite/1 day remote Payroll Coordinator role located in Holland, Michigan. Our client is a fast-growing manufacturing company focused on delivering high-quality products and driving innovation. This position plays a critical role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of weekly payroll for a large employee population. The Payroll Coordinator serves as a trusted resource for payroll compliance, reporting, and employee support, working closely with various internal teams and third-party vendors.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – Holland, MI
• Pay: $55000–$65000 yearly
• Mission: Ensuring the accurate and timely processing of weekly payroll for a large employee population.
• Tech Stack: Paycor, Microsoft Excel, HRIS, workforce management systems

What You’ll Actually Do
• Payroll Administration: Process weekly payroll for approximately 900 hourly employees, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established deadlines.
• Financial Reconciliation: Prepare payroll-related journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting documentation, assisting with month-end close activities.
• Retirement Plan Management: Prepare and submit weekly 401(k) contribution files accurately, reconciling deferrals and contributions, and resolving discrepancies.
• Compliance & Reporting: Assist with year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing, and process/report unclaimed payroll checks in accordance with requirements.
• Employee Support: Respond to employee and leadership payroll inquiries in a timely, professional, and confidential manner.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, or a related field preferred, or equivalent payroll experience, with a strong understanding of payroll practices, taxation, deductions, garnishments, reconciliations, and timekeeping systems.
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of payroll processing experience in a high-volume environment.
• Skills: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, lookups, filters, reconciliations, and pivot tables; exceptional attention to detail with strong analytical and problem-solving abilities; strong communication and customer service skills; proven ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Bonus: Experience with Paycor.