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Patriot Bank, N.A.Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in full-cycle payroll processing, including multi-state payroll, payroll taxation, and compliance with HRIS and benefits administration. Proficient in managing payroll discrepancies, maintaining confidentiality, and producing accurate payroll reports while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Full-Cycle Payroll ProcessingPaylocity ExperiencePayroll TaxationHRIS AdministrationAdvanced Excel Skills
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Process and validate accurate, timely full-cycle multi-state payroll, including regular and off-cycle payrolls, employee changes, earnings and deductions, garnishments, taxes, final pay, retroactive adjustments, timecard review, audits, reconciliations, funding files, reports, and employee inquiries
- Research routine payroll discrepancies and escalate complex matters as appropriate
- Serve as a Paylocity payroll resource across HRIS, Benefits, Time & Labor, Reporting, Workflows, Onboarding, Employee Self-Service, document management, and related modules
- Maintain and audit employee, position, compensation, department, manager, work location, employment status, benefit, and other HRIS data
- Support testing and maintenance of Paylocity workflows, approval chains, custom fields, templates, reports, and process documentation
- Support HRIS enhancements, releases, integrations, vendor tickets, and process improvements with HR, Paylocity, IT, Finance, Compliance, and other stakeholders
- Partner with Finance on payroll registers, tax liabilities, benefit deductions, payroll funding, general ledger mapping, cost centers, journal entries, and variances
- Support quarter-end and year-end payroll activities, including tax reconciliation, W-2 review, corrections, and coordination with vendors and agencies
- Support employee benefits administration, including enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, COBRA coordination, carrier updates, open enrollment, deductions, invoices, notices, compliance reporting, and inquiries
- Support Paylocity Time & Labor and other timekeeping platforms; audit timecards, punches, exceptions, approvals, overtime, PTO, leave coding, and accruals
- Support recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding activities
- Prepare and validate HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, turnover, headcount, compensation, timekeeping, and workforce reports and analyses
- Maintain confidentiality, segregation of duties, audit-ready records, and compliance with Bank policies, controls, recordkeeping requirements, and applicable laws
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
What you’ll need- Demonstrated proficiency in full-cycle payroll processing, payroll controls, reconciliations, payroll taxation, wage-and-hour requirements, and resolving or appropriately escalating payroll discrepancies
- Ability to explain payroll calculations and controls, analyze payroll registers, identify errors, and document corrective actions
- Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, analytical ability, troubleshooting skills, and sound judgment
- Ability to manage confidential information with discretion and provide responsive service to employees and managers
- Ability to manage payroll calendars, vendor timelines, multiple deadlines, and competing priorities
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred; equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and payroll or HRIS experience may be considered
- Minimum of three years of progressive HR operations experience, including at least three years of direct, hands-on full-cycle payroll processing
- Experience with multi-state payroll, HRIS administration, benefits administration, timekeeping, reconciliations, and employee lifecycle processes
- Two to three years of recent hands-on Paylocity experience preferred; comparable experience with another major payroll or HRIS platform may be considered
- Experience administering employee benefits, reconciling invoices and deductions, maintaining eligibility and election data, and supporting compliance and audit documentation
- Advanced Excel and Microsoft 365 skills
- Working knowledge of HR and payroll data governance, confidential records handling, system controls, audit support, and compliance expectations in a regulated environment
- CPP or FPC preferred
- SHRM-CP or PHR preferred; advanced HR certifications are a plus but are not required
- Paylocity product training or certification, or equivalent demonstrated system proficiency, is a plus
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Hard Skills
Payroll ControlsReconciliationsWage-And-Hour RequirementsPayroll Discrepancy ResolutionTimekeepingEmployee Lifecycle ProcessesAudit SupportCompliance ReportingData GovernancePayroll Reporting
Soft Skills
Attention To DetailAnalytical AbilityTroubleshooting SkillsWritten CommunicationVerbal Communication
Tools & Technologies
PaylocityHRISMicrosoft 365Timekeeping PlatformsDocument Management Systems
Certifications & Qualifications
CPPFPCSHRM-CPPHR
Industry Keywords
Multi-State PayrollEmployee Benefits AdministrationCompliance ExpectationsAudit DocumentationPayroll Funding