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Payroll Specialist (Temporary Position)
Company:	Knife River Corporation	Department:	Payroll
Location:	Bismarck, ND	Hiring Manager:	Jennifer L Decoteau
Closing Date:	12/11/2024 at 11:59pm CDT	Job Type:	Full-Time - Temporary

Job Summary:
Good Pay! Good Benefits! Good People! Knife River is a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and go home safely each day. Please consider joining our growing team today! At Knife River, we take care of our team because we know it’s our people who make us successful. We are one of the 10 largest construction materials producers/contractors in the Country, and we are a PEOPLE-first company. Our team members are the key to our success, and we are committed to giving them the tools, training, and time to do their jobs productively and safely each day. Our goal is to build strong teams that, in turn, build strong communities. We are also a publicly traded company on the NYSE with the ticker symbol KNF and part of the S&P MidCap 400 index. This role will process a high volume of transactions into an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application resulting in accurate financial reporting and sound internal controls ensuring data integrity. Interprets company policies and procedures pertaining to employee benefit laws and regulations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Requires working knowledge of office practices and procedures at a level normally acquired through the completion of a two-year degree in a business-related discipline and two years customer service, payroll, or office experience.
Key Skills & Competencies
• Proven ability to accurately review and process a high volume of transaction requests while meeting established deadlines and ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, or contracts. Proficient in data entry. • Demonstrated customer relation skills, excellent team interaction skills and willingness to be flexible to customer needs, including customers from all levels of the corporation. • Must possess excellent computer skills, including experience with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, and Outlook) and HRIS systems. • Ability to work with minimum supervision, recognize matters needing attention and initiative to act on that recognition. • Adhere to timelines by recognizing changing priorities and shift work focus appropriately. • Must have sufficient knowledge and understanding of policies, practices, and precedents to exercise sound discretionary judgment in handling or referring non-routine situations. • Must maintain confidentiality of sensitive corporate information including financial information, legally privileged information, and employee data. • Must be able to recognize changing priorities and shift work focus appropriately.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in Payroll • Experience in UKG • Proficient in Excel
Additional Requirements
• Must take all measures necessary to protect networks, devices, programs and data from cyber-attack, damage, or unauthorized access. • May be required to maintain a valid driver’s license.
Job Responsibilities:
1. Carry out routine duties independently, selecting procedure or format best suited for each transaction. 2. Manage workload so that priority is given each day to the most essential work. 3. Input data into the applicable system. Proof and verify input to ensure highest degree of accuracy. 4. Maintain knowledge of multiple HRIS/payroll processing systems and interpretation of differences in each system. 5. Maintain knowledge of multiple business units’ benefits, policies, and practices. Apply this knowledge to the day-to-day transactions. 6. Fold, stuff and seal checks, direct deposit advice and various yearend tax forms for mailing. 7. Develop and maintain manual and automated file/record system(s), adhering to developed retention times which serve the needs of the manager and department, as well as conform to legal requirements. 8. Required to perform basic research; investigate and answer questions related to specific transactions; inform employees/customers/vendors of policies and procedures for groups of transactions; and perform other clerical duties related to the function. 9. Ensure compliance of department SOX controls related to essential job functions. 10. Manage and continuously update position procedure manual. 11. Support shared services management strategy, leadership, initiatives, and culture. 12. Performs other tasks and special projects as assigned. File Maintenance: 1. Review and verify employee data such as personal information, job related records and appropriate deductions. Where Kronos, UKG, or other self-service technology is implemented, review of employee entries and uploading data is required. 2. Interpret various legal documents to ensure compliance (i.e. garnishments, levies, child support orders, etc.) 3. Review approved transaction requests to ensure accuracy and compliance with employee benefit laws and regulations. 4. Provide support to other areas of the payroll department including: -Prepare various tax forms using CheckPoint -Accurately input information into various documents to aid in multiple reconciliation processes. 5. Investigate various discrepancy reports from third party vendors and implement the necessary corrections.
How To Apply
Knife River is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status or any other protected category under applicable state/federal law. Subject to pre-employment drug testing and background checks. If unable to apply online, please mail completed application to: Knife River Corporation Box 5568 Bismarck, ND 58506

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Payroll Specialist (Temporary Position)