Payroll Clerk (Temporary)

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Main Purpose

The Payroll Clerk - Data Entry supports the payroll team by entering and updating payroll-related data with accuracy and timeliness. This role is essential in maintaining up-to-date records for payroll processing, assisting with garnishments, and ensuring accurate year-end payroll activities. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and capable of handling confidential information with discretion.

This is a short-term position which will last a minimum of four weeks, with potential for extension. 

This position is onsite in Austin, TX (at The Domain), five days per week, with the option to work from home on Thursdays. 

Qualifications & Skills

• 1–2 years of payroll, data entry, or administrative experience
• Strong typing skills and computer literacy
• Strong customer service orientation
• Ability to prioritize tasks, manage time efficiently, and meet deadlines
• Experience working with payroll systems and Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information appropriately

Responsibilities & Duties

• Enter and update payroll data in internal systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness
• Process and monitor wage garnishment orders in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations
• Assist with maintaining payroll records, including changes to employee information, deductions, and direct deposit details
• Support year-end payroll processes with timely and accurate data entry
• Provide general administrative support to the payroll team as needed
• Respond to payroll-related inquiries with professionalism and a focus on customer service
• Reconcile data and assist in resolving discrepancies
• Maintain confidentiality of employee payroll and personal information

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with payroll software (e.g., ADP, Workday, Worklio)
• Familiarity with garnishment processing or multi-state payroll environments
• Experience in a staffing or hourly workforce environment

Benefits

• $22 to $25 hourly pay
• Employee Assistant Program 
• 25 days PTO (prorated) + Birthday Off
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Duvet days
• Volunteer days

Work Environment
This job operates in a hybrid remote / professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment to complete daily responsibilities and duties. If working in a remote office environment, a clean, designated workspace must be kept in a safe condition, free from hazards to both the employee and the equipment. Remote office positions also require reliable, high-speed internet.

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee is required to sit or stand at a desk indoors for most of the day; and is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.  The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work
Full-Time Position. Hours are Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand. 

Travel
None Required For This Position

Work Authorization / Security Clearance
None Required For This Position

AAP/EEO Statement
We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran, or disability status.

Other Duties
Please note, this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.