Senior Payroll Specialist

Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Extraordinary Care. Extraordinary Careers.

With one of the nation’s largest, most innovative long-term care pharmacy services providers, there is no limit to the growth of your career.

Our unique business model combines the personal touch of locally operated pharmacies with the robust support of our Atlanta-based corporate team, ensuring best-in-class pharmacy care for our customers.

Why Guardian Pharmacy? We’re reimagining medication management and transforming care.

Who We Are and What We’re About:

Our core focus is delivering customized medication management solutions to support healthcare organizations serving seniors and individuals with complex care needs. With our comprehensive suite of tech-enabled pharmacy services and a dedicated team of professionals committed to enriching the lives of those we serve, we are redefining how pharmacy care is delivered.

We offer an opportunity to learn and grow your career in a fast-paced, diverse, and inclusive environment. If you are looking for a challenging, team-oriented environment in which you can put your expertise to work, then this is the place for you.

Bring Accuracy, Impact, and Innovation to a Growing People-First Organization

Are you a payroll expert who loves getting the details right while also improving the bigger picture? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment where your work directly supports employees across the country? If so, Guardian Pharmacy Services is looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to join our Payroll Operations team.

Under the direction of the Payroll Operations Manager, you will play a key role in delivering accurate, timely, and compliant payroll for a multi-state workforce. This role partners closely with HR, Benefits, Accounting, and our external vendors (including OSV) to ensure every paycheck is right — every time. You’ll also support audits, reporting, process enhancements, system updates, and high-touch employee service.

If you're a problem-solver who loves payroll, thrives on precision, and enjoys collaborating across teams, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.

What You’ll Do

Payroll Operations & Compliance

• Own end-to-end biweekly payroll processing with accuracy and timeliness.
• Validate, reconcile, and audit payroll data (earnings, deductions, adjustments, accruals, costing).
• Ensure compliance with multi-state regulations, FLSA, and internal controls.
• Process Workday payroll inbox requests ahead of deadlines.
• Manage benefit-related deductions including 401(k), HSA, and wellness incentives.
• Partner with OSV on payroll funding, fulfillment, and technical troubleshooting.

Garnishments & Deductions

• Administer wage garnishments, levies, child support orders, and documentation.
• Process voluntary and involuntary deductions, repayments, and adjustments.

Leave & Time Management

• Lead payroll components for PTO, STD, and leave-related pay.
• Maintain accurate time-off balances and accrual structures in Workday.
• Troubleshoot timekeeping issues with OSV/ZK Tech.

Reporting & Auditing

• Generate payroll and labor reports through Workday/OSV.
• Conduct daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly payroll audits.
• Complete required state and DOL reporting.
• Support internal partners and external auditors with payroll documentation.

Systems & Process Support

• Maintain and validate payroll configurations (pay codes, accruals, cost centers, integrations).
• Assist with system updates, testing, enhancements, and data integrity.

Employee Support

• Provide timely, professional support to employees regarding pay, deductions, and direct deposit.
• Partner with HR on new hires, terminations, job changes, and other pay-impacting events.

Continuous Improvement

• Participate in process optimization and workflow improvement initiatives.
• Stay current with payroll laws and regulatory updates.
• Help maintain payroll policies, procedures, and year-end activities.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of payroll administration experience, preferably multi-state.
• Strong knowledge of payroll law, wage and hour regulations, and payroll compliance.
• Workday and OSV experience strongly preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and a love for accurate, clean data.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to spot inaccuracies quickly.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to juggle multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• High professionalism, discretion, and integrity in handling confidential information.
• Quality-minded with a continuous improvement mindset.

Education & Certifications

• High school diploma or GED required, bachelor’s degree preferred.
• CPP certification or active pursuit strongly preferred.

If you're ready to join a collaborative team that values accuracy, service, and continuous improvement — we’d love to meet you.

What We Offer:

Guardian provides employees with a comprehensive Total Rewards package, supporting our core value of, “Treat others as you would like to be treated.”

Compensation & Financial

• Competitive pay
• 401(k) with company match

Family, Health & Insurance Benefits (Full-Time employees working 30+ hours/week only)

• Medical, Dental and Vision
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Company-paid Basic Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Company-paid Long-Term Disability and optional Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Employee and Dependent Life, Accident and Critical Illness
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

Wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Guardian Angels (Employee assistance fund)

Time Off

• Paid holidays and sick days
• Generous vacation benefits based on years of service

The Guardian Difference

Our clients require pharmacy services that aren’t “cookie cutter.” That’s why every Guardian pharmacy is locally operated and empowered with the autonomy to tailor their business to meet their clients’ needs.

Our corporate support offices, based in Atlanta, Ga., provide services such as human resources, business intelligence, legal, and marketing to promote the success of each Guardian location.

Regardless of your role at Guardian, your voice and talents matter. Because healthcare is an ever-changing industry, we encourage innovative thinking, intellectual curiosity, and diverse viewpoints to ensure we stay competitive in today’s dynamic business environment.

At Guardian, we are dedicated to fostering and advancing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Join us to discover what your best work truly looks like.