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Payroll Specialist

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Job Description

What we offer you:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Approach all encounters with associates and guests in an attentive, friendly, courteous, and service-oriented manner
• Maintain regular attendance in compliance with standards, as required by scheduling which will vary according to the needs of the hotel
• Maintain a high standard of personal appearance and grooming, which includes wearing the proper uniform and name tag when working
• Comply at all times with standards and regulations to encourage safe and efficient hotel operations
• Maintain a warm and friendly demeanor at all times
• Ensure compliance with all policies and Code of Conduct as specified in the Employee Handbook
• Reviews/maintains daily payroll reports/records
• Maintains labor costs within established budgetary limits
• Ensure accurate and timely input of employee data and effective reporting
• Process 401k, garnishments, and other deductions bi-weekly
• Provide answers to general payroll questions and address issues that may arise in a timely manner
• Processes payroll in a timely and accurate manner and ensure compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws, as well as hotel policies
• Reconciles and audits all payrolls. Defines and takes corrective action as needed
• Processes and releases manual off-cycle disbursements
• Maintains all payroll records, including electronic and paper filing
• Maintains employee information confidential
• Develops and implements payroll training for employees and supervisors
• Acts as liaison between multiple departments
• Assists in the processing of bi-weekly/bi-monthly payroll as necessary.
• Prepares and calculates changes to prior payrolls
• Processes and audits Employee Change Notices
• Audits and extends payroll transmittal registers
• Performs data entry of employees’ payroll exceptions and corrections
• Open and verify cash drop envelopes from Outlets and the Front Desk
• Prepare and distribute the various reports to Outlet Managers, Front Desk, and Accounting
• Maintain house fund bank, Maintain individual bank contracts
• Reconcile and prepare daily cash deposits for the hotel including f&b outlets
• Conduct monthly audits for all house bank/funds
• Ensure compliance with established hotel policies for cash handling
• Assist in month-end closing
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices
• Attend meetings/training as required by management
• Perform other duties as requested by management

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be able to convey information and ideas clearly.
• Must be able to multi-task
• Must be effective in handling problems in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary
• Must have the ability to assimilate complex information, data, etc., from disparate sources and consider, adjust or modify to meet the constraints of the particular need
• Must be effective at listening to, understanding, and clarifying the concerns and issues raised by co-workers and guests
• Must be able to work with, understand and interpret financial information, hotel operations data, and basic arithmetic functions
• Must be able to prioritize regional, hotel, or departmental functions in order to meet all deadlines
• Long hours sometimes required
• Sedentary work – exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• High school diploma required, college courses in accounting preferred
• Minimum of 1+ years of Payroll and Cashier experience preferred
• Prior hospitality experience preferred

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