Payroll Specialist

American Greetings Corporation
United States, Ohio, Westlake
Jan 10, 2026
As this is a hybrid role, working out of our Creative Studios in Westlake, Ohio, we will focus on candidates who currently reside in Northeast Ohio. American Greetings is looking for a Payroll Specialist to perform all phases of the payroll cycle for multi-state and union payroll processing. Duties include time and attendance and transaction balancing, tax set up analysis on an employee level, research and problem solving of payroll issues, transaction processing and required governmental reporting in an accurate and timely manner: Oversees the ADP Total Outsource Garnishment process. ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: * Duties include time and attendance and transaction balancing, transaction processing and required governmental reporting in an accurate and timely manner with the Payroll Specialist II and Time Systems Analyst using ADP eTime and ADP Enterprise * Works directly with the Time Systems Analyst on escalations, errors and issues. * Oversees the garnishment process for all American Greeting Associates. Troubleshoot issues and main contact with vendor and government agencies. * Create manual checks and understand gross-ups. * Tracks and maintains Pay Cards * Assists with previous period adjustments as needed * Researches issues/discrepancies, and processes necessary corrections. * Complies with the regulatory standards, policies and procedures of American Greetings. * Responsible for ensuring all Sox controls are enforced and functioning as expected. * Ensures proper tax set up on an employee level for correct year end W-2 processing. * Responsible for assisting with quarter and year end balancing and reconciliations * Looks for continuous process improvement and works with the Lead Payroll Specialist Payroll Analyst to present findings and suggested changes to Payroll Management * Works with the Lead Payroll Specialist and Payroll Analyst documenting all processes and updates to processes * Will support other transaction processing related functions and the SAP updates/changes as required. * Responsible for all facets of processing payroll for the 1500+ Out of Town - Manufacturing - Union payrolls including pre and post processing audits * Back up to the Payroll Specialist II with the assistance of the Lead Payroll Specialist Payroll Analyst * Performs other duties as assigned or required