Highlights
This role is ideal for a payroll professional who enjoys working with data, ensuring payroll accuracy, analyzing payroll trends, and collaborating across HR, accounting, and operations. Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) is an employee-owned company through its ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), giving our team a unique investment in the success of our business and the professionals we serve.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Portland, OR |
| Industry | Financial Services |
| Salary | $58,000–$66,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1994 |
| Website | http://www.cfstaffing.com/ |
Description
Payroll Specialist
Location: Northeast Portland, OR (Hybrid)
Pay Range: $58,000 - $66,000 annually
About the Opportunity
CFS is partnering with a well-established and growing organization seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Analyst to join its accounting and finance team. This role is ideal for a payroll professional who enjoys working with data, ensuring payroll accuracy, analyzing payroll trends, and collaborating across HR, accounting, and operations. You'll play a key role in maintaining compliance, improving payroll processes, and supporting reporting initiatives.
Why Join / Company Highlights
- Work with a large, complex payroll environment supporting 2,700 employees.
- Opportunity to contribute to process improvements and systems optimization
- Partner closely with payroll leadership and production teams on payroll reviews and special projects.
Responsibilities
- Process weekly payroll for production staff and bi-weekly payroll for salaried, exempt, hourly, and commission employees
- Reconcile payroll accounts, investigate discrepancies, and support payroll-related general ledger accounting activities
- Prepare payroll reports, labor cost analyses, and workforce data for management review
- Assist with FSA and HSA reporting and related payroll administration activities.
- Review employee earnings, deductions, union, garnishments, benefits, and tax withholdings for accuracy
- Assist with special projects.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of payroll experience, including payroll analysis, payroll processing, and account reconciliations
- Strong proficiency in Excel and experience working within payroll, HRIS, or ERP systems
- Knowledge of payroll tax regulations, wage and hour compliance, and general accounting principles
- Excellent attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive data.
About CFS
Creative Financial Staffing (CFS) is an employee-owned company through its ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan), giving our team a unique investment in the success of our business and the professionals we serve. Founded by CPA firms, CFS maintains strong CPA Firm Foundations and a longstanding commitment to developing accounting and finance talent. We connect professionals with opportunities that align with their skills, goals, and career aspirations.
Call to Action
Ready to take the next step in your payroll career? Apply today to learn more about this Payroll Analyst opportunity and explore how CFS can help you achieve your professional goals.
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About Company
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.
