Payroll Technician - Phoenix, United States - TriWest Healthcare Alliance

TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Verified Company

Phoenix, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Profile:

This is a hybrid position. Our corporate hub is located in North Phoenix.

Job Summary

Performs payroll and accounting functions, including processing bi-weekly payrolls for multiple states, key-entering payroll data into payroll system, and verifying accuracy of figures, computations, and balances.

Prepares Excel reports of various payroll data for use by TriWest management. Helps disburse confirmed payroll.

Education & Experience

Required:

3 years of payroll or related experience
Proficient with Microsoft Excel for spreadsheet analysis

Preferred:

PeopleSoft Payroll processing and PeopleSoft Time and Labor experience
Multistate payroll experience

Key Responsibilities

Functions as a member of the Payroll Team assisting in the processing of TriWest payroll on PeopleSoft Human Capital Management System (HCM) on a biweekly basis for multiple states. Keyenters payroll data into payroll system, verifies accuracy of figures, computations, and balances. Disburses computed wages, overtime, deductions, taxes, and other withholdings.
Primary Payroll contact and handler of temporary agency worker time reporting.
Reviews PeopleSoft setup for new hires and employee transfers.
Checks employee time reporting to ensure accuracy on the reported number of hours, type of hours, and correct codes. Ensures compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
Sets up state tax withholdings for new hires and employee transfers.
Assists in the performance of payroll processing in compliance with federal and state payroll regulations, including Internal Revenue Service, Social Security Administration, Department of Labor, and state and local agencies for multiple states.
Verifies and balances PeopleSoft output information for payroll transactions.
Communicates effectively with TriWest management team and employees on payroll matters, responding to questions and clarifying proper procedures.
Provides input and maintains desk procedures and documentation that supports departmental payroll policies and procedures.
Maintains statistical payroll information for use in TriWest decisionmaking and expense control.
Runs PeopleSoft queries to compile Excel files to report on trends, variances, and other evaluative statistics for use by internal accounting and TriWest management.
Maintains confidential employee payroll records for TriWest.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Regular and reliable attendance is required.

Competencies

Commitment to Task:
Ability to conform to established policies and procedures; exhibit high motivation.

Communication / People Skills:
Ability to influence or persuade others under positive or negative circumstances; adapt to different styles; listen critically; collaborate.

Coping / Flexibility:

Resiliency in adapting to a variety of situations and individuals while maintaining a sense of purpose and mature problem-solving approach.

Independent Thinking / Self-Initiative:

Critical thinkers with ability to focus on things which matter most to achieving outcomes; commitment to task to produce outcomes without direction and to find necessary resources.

Multi-Tasking / Time Management:
Prioritize and manage actions to meet changing deadlines and requirements within a high volume, high stress environment.

Organizational Skills:

Ability to organize people or tasks, adjust to priorities, and learn systems within time constraints and with available resources; detail-oriented.

Problem Solving / Analysis:
Ability to solve problems through systematic analysis of processes with sound judgment; has a realistic understanding of relevant issues.

Team-Building / Team Player:
Influence the actions and opinions of others in a positive direction and build group commitment.

Technical Skills:

PeopleSoft payroll processing; proficient with Excel; knowledge of federal and state payroll regulations, accounting reconciliation, and report development techniques; 10-key expertise; ability to maintain the confidentiality of pay information effectively.

Working Conditions

Working Conditions:

Availability to cover any work shift
Works within a standard office environment, with mínimal travel

Company Overview:

Taking Care of Our Nation's Heroes.

It's Who We Are. It's What We Do.
Do you have a passion for serving those who served?

Join the TriWest Healthcare Alliance Team We're On a Mission to Serve
Our job is to make sure that America's heroes get connected to health care in the community.

At TriWest Healthcare Alliance, we've proudly been on that important mission since 1996.

Benefits:

We're more than just a health care company.

We're passionate about serving others We believe in rewarding loyal, hard-working people who are willing to learn as they grow.

TriWest Healthcare Alliance values teamwork. Join our team, fulfill your responsibilities, and you may also be c