Payroll Specialist (Contract)

Location: Full-time onsite work five days per week in Victor, NY, United States. Not eligible for relocation assistance. Applicants must be permanently authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

Salary: $22.75–$30.25 per hour, with possible cost-of-living adjustments and other compensation and benefits.

Company

CooperVision, a CooperCompanies business unit, manufactures contact lenses and develops products addressing vision challenges including astigmatism, presbyopia, and childhood myopia.

What you will do

• Process employee payrolls for multiple FEINs, including time batches, special pay, direct deposits, tax withholdings, and Time & Labor Management updates.
• Run special payrolls and prepare off-cycle payments for terminations, commissions, bonuses, and job changes.
• Perform payroll audits, maintain processing checklists, monitor changes and approvals, and comply with Payroll-related SOX and PII controls.
• Complete post-payroll GL functions, reclassifications, monthly account reconciliations, and accrual updates for payroll, vacation, and bonuses.
• Process employment verifications and taxable fringe benefits.
• Provide customer service and troubleshoot timecard or paycheck issues for employees, managers, and HR Business Partners.

Requirements

• Minimum of two years of experience with payroll record-keeping systems, preferably ADP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to collaborate across all organizational levels and provide excellent customer service.
• Professional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate complex information into clear summaries.
• Strong organizational skills, critical thinking, accuracy, and attention to detail.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing responsibilities, work scheduled holidays when required, and work occasional overtime for timely payroll processing.
• Regular, timely attendance and compliance with company procedures for reporting absences or tardiness.

Nice to have

• Experience with ADP Celergo and UKG.
• Associate degree.
• Spanish fluency; Portuguese or French is also a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Values include dedication, innovation, friendliness, partnership, and doing the right thing.
• Normal office environment with sitting and finger/wrist dexterity required for more than 75% of the workday.
• No regular travel requirement; travel may be discussed if needed.
• Equal employment opportunity workplace.