Who We Are
Justworks Labs is focused on exploring new products that complement the Justworks PEO and expand our ability to help all small businesses grow and thrive. We operate in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. We build and adjust direction quickly, all while maintaining the high standards of excellence Justworks customers have come to expect. We work in a collaborative, hybrid office doing 3 in-office days a week.
Who You Are
You’re detail-oriented, with a keen eye for data and identifying discrepancies. You prioritize accuracy and are eager to troubleshoot complications as needed. You’re a critical thinker, with a demonstrated ability to work alongside others.
As a Payroll Operations Specialist, you will work across the organization to research and resolve a variety of payroll inquiries. You will be responsible for providing subject matter expertise on best practices as a specialist in Justworks Labs systems. You believe in the value of in-person collaboration, and look forward to spending time with your coworkers.
What You Will Work On:
- Work independently to execute day-to-day operations for Justworks Labs payroll system
- Ensure all customer payrolls and taxes are paid on time and accurately, including adjustments,
- Comfortable working to resolve client requests via tickets, email and/or phone
- Field and manage income withholding orders/garnishments, and verifying other relevant customer payroll data
- Proactively identify and resolve payroll discrepancies in Justworks Labs system
- Field payroll, tax, and compliance questions/concerns from various teams, escalating to additional ops team members as indicated
- Assist with developing workflows and processing changes
- Assist with communications designed for both customer and internal purposes as it relates to filing, payroll, penalty, payment, and other related topics.
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- 2-3 years of hands on payroll processing experience
- Previous experience as a payroll specialist working for a payroll provider
- Familiarity with basic business process management activities (process mapping, improvement, implementation, etc.)
- Aptitude for quickly learning new products and subject matter
- Meticulous and detail-oriented, pride yourself in finding mistakes or errors
- Flexible and calm under pressure with an ability to thrive in a changing and complex environment
- Work effectively within a team, yet have the ability to take initiative and work effectively on your own
- WIlling to work longer days/weeks during busy seasons, and until the team scales, act as on-call support in partnership with your manager.
- Mastery of Excel a plus
- Prior experience with Atlassian Software (Jira and Confluence) a plus
As a Payroll Operations Specialist, how results are achieved is paramount for your success and ultimately result in our success as an organization. In this role, your foundational knowledge, skills, abilities and personal attributes are anchored in the following competencies:
Detail-oriented - exercises extreme attention to detail; is thorough, accurate, organized, and productive and seeks to understand both the cause and effect of a situation.
Adaptability - the ability to adjust your approach or actions in response to changes in your external environment.
Good judgment - the exercise of critical thinking, analyzing and assessing problems and implications, identifying patterns, making connections of underlying issues, understanding risks and developing mitigation strategies, and taking ownership of the outcome.
Clear communication - the ability to articulate thoughts and express ideas effectively using oral, written, visual and non-verbal communication skills, as well as listening skills to gain understanding.
Systems thinking - the ability to look at overall systems holistically and understand how things work within the system through the exploration of interdependencies and inter-relationships (context and connections).
All Justworkers focus on aligning their behaviors to our core values known as COGIS. It stands for:
Camaraderie - Day to day you can be seen working together toward a higher purpose. You like to have fun. You’re an active listener, treat people respectfully, and have a strong desire to know and help others.
Openness - Your default is to be open. You’re willing to share information, understand other perspectives, and consider new possibilities. You’re curious, ask open questions, and are receptive to thoughts and feedback from others.
Grit - You demonstrate grit by having the courage to commit and persevere. You’re committed, earnest, and dive in to get the job done well with a positive attitude.
Integrity - Simply put, do what you say and say what you’ll do. You’re honest and forthright, have a strong moral compass, and strive to match your words with your actions while leading by example.
Simplicity - Be like Einstein: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.”
