Payroll Consultant (Remote – United States)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Fully Remote
Compensation: $68,000–$80,000 annually + Bonus Potential
Experience Required: 3–5+ Years
Industry: Payroll Services / HR Technology
About the Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Payroll Consultant to join a growing consulting organization supporting businesses across multiple industries.
This is an excellent opportunity for a payroll professional who enjoys working with multiple clients, managing complex payroll operations, and providing reliable payroll solutions in a client-focused environment.
The successful candidate will oversee end-to-end payroll processing for multiple client accounts, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across different pay frequencies and U.S. states.
This role combines hands-on payroll processing, client relationship management, tax compliance, and payroll system expertise.
Key Responsibilities
Payroll Processing & Administration
- Manage end-to-end payroll processing for multiple client accounts.
- Process weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly payroll cycles.
- Review and validate employee earnings, deductions, tax withholdings, and payroll adjustments.
- Reconcile payroll data and ensure accurate processing before final approval and transmission.
- Handle off-cycle payrolls, bonuses, corrections, and adjustments.
Client Relationship Management
- Serve as the primary payroll contact for assigned client accounts.
- Communicate payroll schedules, requirements, and processing deadlines.
- Address client inquiries and resolve payroll-related issues.
- Provide guidance on payroll procedures, best practices, and compliance requirements.
- Maintain productive client relationships and deliver a high level of service.
Payroll Tax & Compliance
- Maintain compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations.
- Support payroll tax filings, amendments, and quarterly/year-end reporting.
- Assist with W-2s, Form 941, payroll audits, and year-end corrections.
- Monitor payroll regulatory changes and identify potential impacts on client operations.
Payroll Systems & Process Improvement
- Utilize payroll platforms such as UKG Pro, ADP, and Workday.
- Maintain payroll configurations, employee records, earnings, and deduction information.
- Investigate payroll discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll workflows and automate manual processes.
- Maintain standard operating procedures and payroll documentation.
Time Management & Accountability
- Track time accurately across assigned clients and projects.
- Manage multiple payroll deadlines and competing priorities.
- Work toward established billable utilization and service delivery targets.
Required Qualifications
- 3–5+ years of hands-on payroll processing experience.
- Experience managing payroll for multiple clients or business accounts.
- Strong knowledge of multi-state U.S. payroll processing and payroll tax regulations.
- Experience handling multiple payroll frequencies, including weekly, biweekly, semi-monthly, and monthly.
- Practical experience with payroll platforms such as UKG Pro, ADP, or Workday.
- Strong knowledge of payroll reconciliation, deductions, earnings, and adjustments.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines while maintaining accuracy.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and client relationship management skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- UKG Pro experience is strongly preferred.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification.
- Experience working in a payroll consulting, managed services, or outsourced payroll environment.
- Experience with year-end payroll processing, W-2s, 941s, audits, and corrections.
- Bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary of $68,000–$80,000, based on experience and qualifications.
- Bonus potential.
- Comprehensive benefits package.
- Paid time off and additional employee perks.
- Flexible, fully remote working environment.
What Success Looks Like
- Consistent and accurate payroll delivery across assigned client accounts.
- Strong client communication and satisfaction.
- Effective management of payroll deadlines and compliance requirements.
- Reduced payroll errors, discrepancies, and processing delays.
- Achievement of established billable utilization targets.
Interested in This Opportunity?
We welcome applications from experienced payroll professionals who are confident managing multi-client payroll operations and supporting complex, multi-state payroll requirements.
Apply today and submit your updated resume for consideration.
This is a remote position.
About Us
AHU Technologies INC. is an IT consulting and permanent staffing firm that meets and exceeds the evolving IT service needs of leading corporations within the United States. We have been providing IT solutions to customers from different industry sectors, helping them control costs and release internal resources to focus on strategic issues.
AHU Technologies INC. was co-founded by visionary young techno-commercial entrepreneurs who remain as our principal consultants. Maintaining working relationships with a cadre of other highly skilled independent consultants, we have a growing number of resources available for development projects. We are currently working on Various projects such as media entertainment, ERP Solutions, data warehousing, Web Applications, Telecommunications and medical to our clients all over the world.