Payroll Off-Cycle Specialist (Hiring Immediately)

Off-Cycle Payroll Specialist

The Off-Cycle Payroll Specialist will manage all non-regular payroll runs, including bonus payments, terminations, retroactive adjustments, tax corrections, and special project payrolls. The contractor will ensure timely, accurate processing while maintaining compliance with federal, state, and local regulations and internal policies. This contractor will lead a series of short-term, project-oriented initiatives aimed at streamlining and automating off-cycle payroll operations. The focus is on evaluating, piloting, and deploying emerging technologies (RPA, workflow orchestration platforms, AI-assisted data validation) to reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and shorten cycle times while maintaining full regulatory compliance.

Assess current off-cycle workflow - map end-to-end steps, data hand-offs, approvals and control points; produce a detailed as-is process map.

Identify automation opportunities - measure and report effici...