Modern payroll practices can be tedious, especially when it comes to changing tax codes and varying employment laws. It’s a vital step in business to get right. However, when a company’s finances are handled incorrectly, it can lead to greeted and financial risk as well as a damaged brand reputation.
One way that businesses have chosen to deal with the challenges of HR and payroll is to outsource payroll operations.
Outsourcing payroll operations offers startup businesses a valuable alternative to managing payroll internally. Outsourcing a payroll officer to Augmented Staffing alleviates the time employees spend calculating payroll, determining tax obligations, preparing checks, and providing management reports.
How Augmented Staffing can help you
At Augmented Staffing, we have a pool of highly skilled payroll officers who are experts in handling all aspects of the payroll function. They have experience in managing multiple tasks throughout their day while maintaining a high level of accuracy in their work and production.
Our payroll officers are also experts in estimating modifications to pay rates based on overtime, time off, etc. They are also dedicated to offering support to the payroll manager to guarantee the accuracy of the data entry. Moreover, outsourcing your payroll functions frees up a lot of your HR time and helps to keep your business risk reduced through better compliance.
Payroll officer duties and responsibilities
Payroll officers have many responsibilities, several of which are dependent on their experience level and status in their careers. Payroll functions at a company may include:
- Collect information on the working hours of each employee
- Determine the right payroll amount by calculating overtime, bonuses, etc.
- Prepare payroll payments and ensure payroll funding is in place
- Ask for confirmation of suggested payments from senior management
- Handle and process and execute payments and paychecks
- Prepare and process statements of payment
- Prepare and execute taxes and payment of employee benefits
- Answer employees’ questions about payroll
- Compile key operational payroll metrics & dashboards
- Prepare periodic payroll reconciliation and submit reports to the payroll manager for review
Why hire our payroll officers
At Augmented Staffing, our payroll officers are equipped with the following knowledge and skills:
- Proven experience as a payroll specialist or payroll manager
- Solid understanding of accounting fundamentals and payroll best practices
- Very good knowledge of legislation and regulations in the field
- Proficient in MS Office and good knowledge of relevant software and databases
- Trustworthy with attention to confidentiality
- Outstanding organisational ability with great attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills
- Computation skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Organisational skills
- Time-management expertise
Frequently asked questions
A payroll officer works closely with organisation employees to collect relevant documents and paperwork that guarantees paychecks are issued promptly. They report to the payroll manager to ensure all laws and payroll tax obligations are met.
Augmented Staffing offers the flexibility of hiring a payroll officer for a minimum of 4 hours per day to 8 hours and more based on your requirements. Depending on your project, you can hire our payroll officer for a few weeks or months.
As soon as you sign up on our website, we will schedule you for a free consultation with an account manager, who will collect all the necessary details required to match you with the best-suited payroll officer. Augmented Staffing will then connect you and your payroll officer via email or any communication channel suitable for you within hours.
Augmented Staffing like to work systematically, keeping brand guidelines and deadlines in mind. Our payroll officers are experts in handling your operations strategically while ensuring that all of your organisational resources are fully utilised and cost-effectively.
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Are you ready to outsource your tasks and grow your business? If so, kindly fill out the form below. Our team will get back to you as soon as possible to respond to your questions and concerns.
- Competitive pricing for all outsourcing solutions
- Quality results based on your business needs
- A dedicated team of experts for each project
- Hassle-free client onboarding
- Quick response time
To see if we are fit for your business goals, you can schedule a call with one of our trusted professionals.