Payroll Specialist

Location: Durham, North Carolina, United States; onsite work may be required as needed, including for meetings, training, or night-shift events.

Company

hirify.global develops semiconductor technologies and promotes innovation, diversity, continuing education, and employee community involvement.

What you will do

• Support payroll processing, audits, calendars, compliance, and timely payroll delivery.
• Process and audit timecards, payroll reports, garnishments, terminations, leave payments, adjustments, manual payments, EIB uploads, and year-end activities.
• Investigate payroll inquiries, paycheck issues, wage verifications, and employee cases while meeting service-level commitments.
• Administer Kronos timekeeping, including configuration, access, troubleshooting, timeclocks, schedules, accruals, records, and compliance audits.
• Maintain Kronos and Workday integrations, resolve interface and transaction exceptions, and support organizational and employee data changes.
• Document processes, train managers and employees, and partner with HR, Finance, IT, and other stakeholders on payroll improvement initiatives.

Requirements

• Four-year degree in HR, Business, Finance, Psychology, Sociology, or a related field; a high school diploma or GED with applicable experience may also be considered.
• At least 1 year of experience in an HR role, such as HR Generalist, Payroll Specialist, or Solutions Specialist.
• Advanced MS Excel and data analysis skills.
• Exceptional people skills, including conflict resolution, coaching, negotiation, listening, and knowledge-building abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and customer service skills, with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
• Ability to occasionally adjust the work schedule and work onsite as needed for meetings, training, or other night-shift events.
• Additional duties or assignments may be designated by management.

Culture & Benefits

• Innovation-focused environment with an emphasis on removing roadblocks.
• Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and bringing an authentic self to work.
• Continuing education assistance is available for students.
• Employee Resource Groups and local community outreach opportunities.