Payroll Specialist

Great Hill Solutions, LLC is part of the Seneca Nation Group (SNG) portfolio of companies. SNG is Seneca Holdings' federal government contracting business that meets mission-critical needs of federal civilian, defense, and intelligence community customers. Our portfolio comprises multiple subsidiaries that participate in the Small Business Administration 8(a) program. To learn more about SNG, visit the website and follow us on LinkedIn.

Our team of talented individuals is what makes us successful. To support our team, we provide a balanced mix of benefits and programs. Your total rewards package includes competitive pay, benefits, and perks, flexible work-life balance, professional development opportunities, and performance and recognition programs. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, life, and disability, voluntary benefit programs (critical illness, hospital, and accident), health savings and flexible spending accounts, and retirement 401K plan. One of our fundamental principles is to offer competitive health and welfare benefits to our team members, providing coverage and care for you and your family. Full-time employees working at least 30 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefits and paid leave programs. We pride ourselves on our collaborative work environment and culture, which embraces our mission of providing financial and non-financial benefits back to the members of the Seneca Nation.

Great Hill is seeking a Payroll Specialist in Washington, D.C, USAID. The objective of this work is to provide support for Finance/Payroll in administering payroll for employees under various hiring mechanisms. The payroll workstream involves using automated payroll and personnel systems to manage functions such as time and attendance, leave, retirement, allotments, pay differentials, and payroll reporting. The specialist is responsible for providing technical guidance to employees on these processes.

Roles and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Perform payroll operations, including time and attendance, leave audits, retirement, allotments, pay differentials, lump-sum payments, and state tax resolution.
• Carry out a variety of clerical and technical tasks related to payroll personnel issues, including researching and resolving discrepancies, processing manual salary payments, reconciling adjustment reports, correcting suspense items, and resolving agency inquiries for both manual and automated system transactions.
• Respond to inquiries and deliver high-quality customer service through the agency’s payroll ServiceNow ticketing system.
• Research and resolve payroll-related questions involving tax withholding, direct deposit, bills of collection, benefit premium contributions, and paid leave accruals.
• Process retirement actions, including DS-765, DS-2896, DS-3100, military deposit buybacks, and prior service costing.
• Support additional payroll tasks as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• Education: Undergraduate degree preferred; however, applicants may substitute specialized payroll experience for education.   

• Experience:     

  • Thorough understanding of USAID payroll policies and procedures, including NFC management directives, OMB guidance, the Code of Federal Regulations, the CFO Act, and the Debt Collection Improvement Act.
  • Knowledge of federal payroll systems, including NFC and GovTA, and related regulations.

Desired Skills:

• High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency in USAID and NFC systems (e.g., PowerTerm, SPPS, EPIC) and Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to work independently and meet strict deadlines, while maintaining employee confidentiality.