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2 results for Payroll Specialist in Gladstone, MO
- Kansas City, MO
- onsite
- Permanent / Full Time
- 75000 - 85000 USD / Yearly
- We are looking for a Payroll Specialist to support accurate and timely payroll operations for a fast-paced, multi-entity environment in Kansas City, Missouri. This position plays an important role in ensuring employees are paid correctly each week while meeting certified payroll and prevailing wage obligations across active projects. The ideal candidate brings strong payroll processing experience, excellent attention to detail, and the ability to work closely with operations and project stakeholders to resolve issues efficiently.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage end-to-end weekly payroll processing for multiple business entities, ensuring each payroll cycle is completed accurately and on schedule.<br>• Review imported time records, investigate discrepancies, and confirm hours, job assignments, and cost coding align with supporting totals before payroll is finalized.<br>• Maintain payroll data such as earnings, deductions, benefit elections, garnishments, stipends, and pay differentials with a high level of precision.<br>• Process special payroll transactions, including manual payments, off-cycle runs, and adjustments needed to correct prior payroll issues.<br>• Prepare and submit certified payroll documentation, including WH-347 and related state forms, in accordance with Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage requirements.<br>• Verify proper wage rates, fringe allocations, and labor classifications based on project specifications and jurisdictional rules.<br>• Support labor compliance reporting through AASHTOWare and other required agency or contractor portals, and provide documentation during audits or inquiries.<br>• Perform regular payroll reconciliations to validate changes in pay rates, hours, deductions, taxes, and related liabilities against source records and control reports.<br>• Maintain accurate employee, project, rate, and deduction records across payroll and operational systems, while contributing to process documentation as additional entities are brought into shared service workflows.
- 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z
- Olathe, KS
- onsite
- Temporary to Hire
- 22.1635 - 25.663 USD / Hourly
- We are looking for an Accounting Specialist to join a fast-paced freight brokerage team. This contract opportunity with potential for a permanent role is ideal for someone who takes pride in accurate financial processing, organized recordkeeping, and resolving payment issues in a high-volume environment. In this role, you will support core accounting operations across receivables, payables, and reconciliations while partnering with finance and operations teams to keep transactions moving smoothly. The position offers the chance to build deeper knowledge of brokerage workflows, internal controls, and day-to-day financial operations as responsibilities grow over time.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Post incoming customer payments accurately and match them to the correct invoices and load activity, investigating remittance details when information is incomplete or unclear.<br>• Process carrier and vendor invoices through established payment channels, including QuickBooks Online and other approved platforms, while following internal approval procedures.<br>• Oversee shared finance inboxes and transaction queues, responding to routine questions, directing requests appropriately, and following through on open items promptly.<br>• Research and resolve billing and payment exceptions such as rate mismatches, duplicate entries, short pays, overpayments, missing documents, and incorrect routing.<br>• Maintain thorough notes, backup documentation, and status updates so transactions can be reviewed, continued, and audited efficiently.<br>• Partner with agents, customers, carriers, vendors, and internal team members to gather information needed to complete or correct financial records.<br>• Raise policy-related questions and higher-risk issues to finance leadership when exceptions require additional review or authorization.<br>• Support accounting workflow improvements by identifying recurring issues and helping strengthen process consistency in daily operations.
- 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z