Payroll specialist

ACTEL
Illinois

This is a remote position.

Overview:

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for processing weekly timesheets for multi-state payroll, researching and resolving payroll issues and questions.

Responsibilities:

  • Timely and accurately compile, record, and process manual and electronic timesheets along with facility timekeeping reports weekly. Review hours and pay data and detect and reconcile payroll timesheet discrepancies.
  • Consistently meet daily and weekly deadlines.
  • Correspond via text, email, and telephone with clinicians regarding payroll issues.
  • Research payroll questions/issues while seeking to understand the root causes and communicating recommendations for process improvement.
  • Follow policies and procedures to maintain payroll compliance laws.
  • Maintain clinician confidence and protect payroll data by keeping information confidential.
  • Act as a resource or subject matter expert for our internal collaborators, including mentoring our new Payroll Specialists.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Proficient in Smartsheet and Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
  • Ability to effectively communicate information to clinicians and management.
  • Good problem-solving and analytical skills, along with effective listening skills.
  • Provide excellent customer service to both internal and external customers, ensuring that issues are resolved promptly and professionally.
  • Ability to work overtime when needed.
  • Previous payroll experience preferred
  • Ability and desire to work on a team with the common goal to pay our clinicians accurately and on time
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks/assignments with consistency while meeting deadlines and being detail-oriented.
  • Ability to make independent decisions using exceptional judgement.

Benefits

  • Disability insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Work from home
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement plan


Posted 2026-02-21

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