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🥝 Payroll Specialist

Robert Half Accountemps | Menlo Park, United States | Posted May 02, 2026

Job Description

Description
What You’ll Do

Process Documentation & SOPs

+ Own the payroll documentation library (SOPs, desk procedures, playbooks, RACI, controls narratives, and process maps).

+ Create role‑based, step‑by‑step procedures for recurring cycles (regular, off‑cycle, retro, year‑end, bonuses, leaves, etc).

+ Document Workday flows, upstream/downstream dependencies, and integrations impacting payroll (KRONOS timekeeping, benefits, GL, cash).

+ Version, review, and publish documents, with clear naming conventions and change history.

Controls & Compliance

+ Define and maintain key controls (preventive and detective) for earnings, deductions, taxes, retirement plans (e.g., 403(b)), and audits.

+ Partner with Internal Audit/Accounting on control design, walkthroughs, and SOX‑aligned evidence.

+ Implement and refine checklists and validation steps for pre‑payroll processing, payroll run, reconciliation, and post...

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