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3 results for Payroll Specialist in Loves Park, IL

Payroll Specialist

Saint Charles, IL
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Temporary to Hire
19.7885 - 22.913 USD / Hourly
We are looking for a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join a growing team in Illinois in a contract role with the potential to become permanent. This position supports a diverse client base by managing payroll operations, maintaining accurate financial records, and preparing reporting documents that help businesses stay compliant and organized. The ideal candidate brings hands-on payroll experience, strong accounting awareness, and confidence working with client information in a fast-paced environment. Responsibilities:• Manage recurring payroll cycles for multiple business clients, ensuring accurate and timely completion of weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly pay runs.• Collect and review payroll data from clients, verify pay details such as earnings, deductions, overtime, and bonuses, and enter information into the appropriate systems.• Respond to client questions related to payroll activity, pay records, tax items, and processing concerns with professionalism and accuracy.• Prepare payroll tax filings and related documentation for agencies, while supporting required monthly, quarterly, and year-end reporting deliverables.• Maintain and update employee compensation details, benefit deductions, wage rates, and onboarding records to support accurate payroll administration.• Perform bookkeeping activities for assigned clients, including recording bank and credit card transactions and generating financial statements for review.• Reconcile accounts to identify discrepancies, correct posting issues, and support accurate financial reporting.• Assist with after-the-fact payroll processing and contribute to additional compliance tasks such as sales tax reporting as training progresses.
2026-04-29T00:00:00Z

Coordinator of Payroll

Crystal Lake, IL
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Temporary / Contract
31.6635 - 36.663 USD / Hourly
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, retirement contributions, garnishments, deferred compensation, and union-related withholdings • Oversee payroll schedules, key processing dates, and submission deadlines to keep payroll operations running smoothly and on time • Prepare, reconcile, and submit required payroll tax filings, unemployment reports, workers’ compensation reporting, and year-end documents including W-2s • Monitor payroll practices for compliance with federal and state regulations, retirement plan rules, and other statutory requirements affecting employee pay • Administer wage garnishments and other required or voluntary deductions while confirming accurate calculation, withholding, and remittance • Maintain payroll-related tax and unemployment accounts for employees working in multiple states, including remote work jurisdictions where registration is required • Reconcile payroll-related general ledger accounts, support reporting activities, and uphold documentation retention standards in line with regulatory guidelines
2026-04-27T00:00:00Z

Accounting Specialist

Rockford, IL
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Temporary to Hire
24 - 28 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an Accounting Specialist to join our team in Rockford, Illinois in a contract-to-permanent capacity. This role supports core financial operations by maintaining accurate records, assisting with routine accounting activities, and helping ensure reporting is completed on time. The ideal candidate is comfortable working across payables, receivables, billing, and reconciliations while using established processes to investigate and correct variances. Responsibilities: • Manage day-to-day bookkeeping tasks that support recurring accounting activities across daily, monthly, and annual cycles. • Process invoices, payments, and customer transactions while helping maintain accurate accounts payable and accounts receivable records. • Prepare and update financial and operational reports by compiling accounting, statistical, production, or technical data as needed. • Review account activity, identify discrepancies, and research issues to support timely resolution and accurate recordkeeping. • Perform reconciliations for assigned accounts to confirm balances, transactions, and supporting documentation are complete and correct. • Support billing operations by entering, reviewing, and verifying transaction details in accordance with established procedures. • Use Microsoft Excel to organize financial information, track activity, and assist with routine analysis and reporting. • Assist with inventory-related record checks, including cycle count support and related accounting adjustments when required.
2026-04-29T00:00:00Z