Payroll Specialist

We are looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join a team in California. This role is responsible for delivering accurate, timely payroll processing for a large employee population while supporting compliance with tax rules, labor requirements, and union-related obligations. The ideal candidate brings strong payroll systems experience, sound judgment when resolving discrepancies, and the ability to work closely with HR and finance partners.Responsibilities:• Manage full-cycle payroll processing for weekly, biweekly, and monthly pay periods across multi-state operations and union environments.• Review and calculate regular pay, overtime, incentive earnings, commissions, bonuses, and employee deductions with a high degree of accuracy.• Maintain payroll information in designated payroll platforms and ensure employee records, earnings, and withholdings remain current and correct.• Administer union-related payroll items such as dues, benefit contributions, and contract-based pay rules or schedules.• Coordinate the delivery of employee payments through direct deposit or check processing and support access to pay statements.• Reconcile payroll registers and investigate variances by partnering with internal teams to correct issues promptly.• Prepare and submit payroll tax filings to applicable federal, state, and local agencies within required deadlines.• Process garnishments, levies, and other court-ordered deductions in accordance with legal and regulatory requirements.• Preserve organized payroll documentation to support audits, compliance reviews, and employee questions.• Work cross-functionally to align payroll activity with timekeeping, benefits administration, and related business systems.