Payroll assistant

Hello Mazda of Valencia
Santa Clarita, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/5/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/6/2025

We have an immediate opening for a Payroll Timekeeping Assistant at our rapidly growing Hello Mazda store in Valencia, California!

We're looking for an individual who feels passionate about payroll and ensuring that employees exercise their rights to rest and meal periods per CA guidelines while aiding to limit liability on the organization by enforcing company policies pertaining to breaks, overtime and meal penalties.

We welcome applicants with prior automotive payroll experience, but we would also love to talk to you if you're currently involved in payroll, with an emphasis in CA payroll guidelines in other industries.

Say goodbye to your old job and say HELLO to joining a great team and building a career with us!

A little bit about us...

  • We are a locally owned and operated dealership group.
  • Our leadership style and communication are clear, transparent, and straightforward.
  • We acknowledge that our best asset is YOU. Our workforce is of the utmost importance to us.
  • We believe that you are only as good as we are, therefore, training is offered to all, on ALL levels.
  • We close Sundays for better work life balance for our team.
  • We donate $25 from each car sale and $1 for each car serviced and give it back to those in need in the local communities.

We also offer our staff two paid days off to volunteer for some of the great causes we support.

Compensation Elements

Guaranteed base hourly pay above industry standard.

This role pays a range of $22.00 - 25.00 per hour!

  • We pay 75% of employee only base medical coverage (value of over $3000 / year)
  • All the following, paid at your effective rate :
  • 2 weeks paid vacation (prorated the first year)
  • 8 paid holidays each year.
  • 6 paid sick days each year (more than the California required sick time!)
  • Paid Bereavement Leave
  • 2 paid volunteer days each year.
  • Free basic life insurance.
  • Ancillary benefits : Short Term Disability, Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
  • 401K retirement savings plan We contribute 50% up to the first 6% you contribute
  • Extremely competitive employee purchase program big savings on cars, parts and service.
  • We believe that happy employees make happy customers.

So, we provide great benefits, and foster a work-life balance by offering time off

What We're Looking For :

Reporting to the Payroll Manager, this individual will be accountable for monitoring and overseeing elements of the payroll and timekeeping process and policies.

This individual will partner with department managers, supervisors, and General Managers to ensure that employees are exercising their rights to rest and meal periods in accordance with CA statutory guidelines and are approved in time for payroll processing while enforcing company policies on overtime and meal penalties.

This individual is / has :

  • 3 years minimum payroll experience
  • Assertive - you will be holding managers and employees accountable for following policies and payroll timekeeping procedures
  • Knowledgeable of CA statutory rest and meal period guidelines
  • Tech and report savvy
  • Detail orientated
  • Experienced in ADP WFN payroll processing (preferred)

What you will be doing :

  • Daily oversight of time card entries, missed punches and corrections, ensuring time cards are accurate and maintained daily
  • Enforce policies regarding Overtime and Overtime approvals
  • Monitor Meal Penalty violations and gather meal penalty violation acknowledgments on a daily basis
  • Prepare write ups for frequent violations of OT and meal policies
  • Review and verification of ADP pay data (will not have edit access to ADP data)
  • Monitor and manage submission of all time cards for payroll processing
  • Month-end electronic filing of payroll back-up
  • Limited role and scope of duty for support of payroll processing
  • Maintain and generate all Meal Penalty and OT reports for the Payroll Department and executive team

Hello Auto Group in the News :

  • Click here to read about how we leverage the power of technology to elevate our showroom experience.
  • Hello Auto Group's unique business model was featured in this Signal article in 2020.
  • Our San Diego General Manager, Idaliz Maldonado, was interviewed by CBS News in 2022. She was also one of Automotive News "40 under 40"!

We are an equal opportunity employer and prohibit discrimination / harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Last updated : 2024-11-05

Salary : $3,000

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