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Payroll Administrator
Job Title | Payroll Administrator | Department | Human Resources |
Location | Nashville, TN | Work Arrangement | Onsite |
FLSA Status | Non-Exempt | Travel | Minimal travel |
Reports To | Chief Human Resources Officer | Schedule | Standard business hours with flexibility during payroll processing, quarter-end, and year-end cycles |
We are seeking a highly capable, detail-driven Payroll Administrator to support accurate, compliant, and efficient payroll administration across a multi-state workforce. This role is critical to ensuring employees are paid correctly and on time while helping the organization maintain strong payroll controls, tax compliance, and audit readiness. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on payroll experience, strong working knowledge of multi-state wage and tax requirements, and confidence navigating payroll issues with precision and professionalism. This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who understands that payroll is not just a process, but a core employee trust function.
What You Will DoThis role is ideal for a payroll professional who is strong in systems, disciplined in process, and comfortable owning the details that keep payroll accurate and compliant.
- Administer payroll activities for a multi-state employee population, helping ensure timely and accurate payroll processing each cycle.
- Audit payroll data, review payroll exception reports, and validate hours, earnings, deductions, taxes, and other inputs prior to finalization.
- Maintain payroll-related employee records, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, direct deposit updates, tax elections, and benefit deductions.
- Review and support timekeeping, attendance, absences, and leave-related pay impacts to ensure payroll accuracy.
- Support compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements, including tax setup, notices, agency correspondence, and corrections.
- Administer wage garnishments, child support orders, tax levies, and other required deductions in accordance with legal requirements and deadlines.
- Assist with quarter-end and year-end payroll activities, reconciliations, audits, and reporting.
- Partner with HR, Finance, managers, and employees to research and resolve payroll discrepancies, missing time, pay questions, and off-cycle matters.
- Maintain organized payroll records, documentation, and audit support files in accordance with company practices and legal requirements.
- Support payroll process improvement efforts, system updates, and ongoing administration within ADP Workforce Now.
- Prepare payroll reports, audits, and data requests as needed.
- Handle confidential employee and compensation information with a high level of discretion and professionalism.
We are looking for a payroll professional who combines technical expertise with sound judgment, strong follow-through, and a high standard of accuracy.
Required
- 5+ years of payroll administration experience.
- Direct experience supporting multi-state payroll, payroll tax compliance, garnishments, deductions, and wage-and-hour related payroll practices.
- Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now and strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel.
- Strong knowledge of payroll controls, payroll documentation, and audit support practices.
- Strong attention to detail, sound problem-solving skills, and the ability to manage deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise discretion with sensitive employee information.
Preferred
- Associate's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field.
- Experience in a multi-location, service-based, or distributed workforce environment, including quarter-end and year-end payroll support.
- Experience responding to payroll tax notices, agency inquiries, or payroll-related audits.
- Experience partnering cross-functionally with HR and Finance on payroll reporting and process improvements.
- Payroll is processed accurately and on time each cycle.
- Multi-state tax, garnishment, and payroll compliance requirements are handled correctly and timely.
- Payroll discrepancies and exceptions are identified and resolved quickly, and payroll records remain audit-ready.
- Primarily office-based work environment with frequent use of a computer and standard office equipment.
- Ability to sit or remain at a workstation for extended periods during payroll processing cycles and to handle detail-intensive work with a high degree of accuracy.
- Ability to manage deadlines that may require focused attention during payroll close, quarter-end, and year-end periods.
- BFC Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to any status protected by applicable law.
- Employment is at-will unless otherwise stated in a signed written agreement.
- Offers may be contingent on job-related background screening, drug screening, and/or motor vehicle record review, consistent with applicable law.
- This posting is intended to summarize the role and is not a contract of employment. Duties and requirements may change based on business needs.
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This job is located in the Nashville, Tennessee, 37228, United States region.