Coordinator of Payroll

Description We are looking for a detail-oriented Coordinator of Payroll to support accurate and compliant payroll operations for a college environment in Crystal Lake, Illinois. This is a Contract position responsible for managing bi-weekly payroll activities, maintaining strong financial controls, and ensuring adherence to applicable tax and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience with full-cycle payroll, multi-state payroll administration, and payroll systems such as ADP Workforce Now.

Responsibilities:
• Manage end-to-end bi-weekly payroll processing for employees, ensuring earnings, deductions, taxes, and direct deposit transactions are completed correctly and on schedule
• Review and complete payroll corrections such as retroactive payments, manual checks, voided payments, reissued checks, gross-up calculations, and deposit reversals as needed
• Set up and maintain payroll earning and deduction codes for items including benefits, r...