Job Details

Join our Operations team as a Payroll Specialist in Santa Ana, CA. We are seeking a detail-oriented professional with a background in automated payroll systems and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing the end-to-end payroll process, ensuring low error rates and accuracy checks.
• Mastering complex system setups (Time Off Accrual, Benefits, Time Clock troubleshooting).
• Proactively problem‑solving issues related to payroll and tax law.
• Partnering with clients on month‑end, quarter‑end, and year‑end activities.

This is a contract role with an opportunity of going temp to hire. You will be working M‑F 8am‑5pm with some potential OT. This role is 100% onsite in Santa Ana and is paying between $23‑$30/hr DOE.

If you have previous payroll processing experience and are looking to continue broadening your knowledge then apply today. If you have any questions email Jessica at ...@randstadusa.com.

salary: $23 - $30 per hour
shift: First
work hours: 8 AM - 5 PM
education: Associate

Responsibilities

• Accurately enter and maintain employee related information in the payroll system.
• Administer all payrolls within an assigned portfolio of customers, ensuring all customer payroll are processed in a timely and accurate manner, and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
• Produce preliminary payroll reports and compare them against time sheets and other payroll data, to confirm accuracy.
• Verify time and attendance records, wage computation, hours worked and pay adjustments, and post information into appropriate records.
• Develop and maintain positive relationships with each client, serving as a trusted, go‑to source for payroll processing support.
• Respond to customer telephone and/or email inquiries.
• Responsible for quality control and auditing to ensure accuracy and low error or defect percentage.
• Assist with month‑end, quarter‑end and year‑end processes including communicating with clients on ACA activities and W2 pay/deduction code mapping verifications.
• Assist and/or manage updates to customers leave (PTO) plans and ancillary products such as benefits and 401(k) plans.
• Pro‑actively problem‑solve issues relating to payroll and tax law inquiries when necessary.
• In depth understanding and setup of complex: Time Off Accrual (TOA), Benefit Table HR Package information setup, VMR troubleshooting, and Time Clock troubleshooting/adding employees.
• Set up and assist with changes of complex General Ledger for clients.

Skills

• Payroll Processing
• Payroll Reports
• Time and Attendance Records
• Data Entry
• Payroll Auditing

Qualifications

• Years of experience: 3 years
• Experience level: Experienced

Randstad is a world leader in matching great people with great companies. Our experienced agents will listen carefully to your employment needs and then work diligently to match your skills and qualifications to the right job and company. Whether you're looking for temporary, temporary‑to‑permanent or permanent opportunities, no one works harder for you than Randstad.

Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.

At Randstad, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact ...@randstadusa.com.

Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short‑term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

Experience

• Experienced
• 3 years

Education

Associates