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# Payroll Systems Specialist

- **Company:** PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT GROUP
- **Location:** Denver, CO, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $75,000.0 - $95,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Oracle (Applications), Oracle Fusion Middleware, System Testing, People Soft, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, Workday
- **Published:** August 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=27e1adc4de1ab3d8

## About the Role

* 2+ years of multi-state U.S. payroll experience.
 * Experience with an enterprise payroll system such as Oracle Cloud, PeopleSoft, JDE, or Workday.
 * Working knowledge of payroll taxes, payroll accounting, and wage/hour requirements.
 * Strong problem-solving and communication skills with an interest in learning the technical side of payroll systems.

Pluses

 * Oracle Cloud Payroll / Oracle Fusion and/or Oracle Time and Labor experience.
 * Canadian payroll experience.
 * Payroll system testing and troubleshooting experience, including UAT, issue replication, and working with system/vendor support.

## Description

Day to Day
This person will support the client's day-to-day payroll systems operations while developing deeper functional and technical expertise within the environment. Key responsibilities include:

 * Manage and troubleshoot payroll and time/labor support tickets, working with employees and internal teams to resolve issues.
 * Test payroll system updates, configuration changes, and fixes by replicating issues, documenting results, and validating solutions.
 * Work with Oracle Support on more complex system issues, including opening tickets, providing logs/documentation, and testing proposed solutions.
 * Partner closely with the manager on technical troubleshooting and configuration, becoming increasingly independent as they learn the client's environment.
 * Support upcoming payroll initiatives, including the transition of Canadian payroll into Oracle.
 * Balance day-to-day support with ongoing system testing and project work in a fast-moving, growing payroll environment.

The ideal candidate will be proactive, comfortable troubleshooting problems, and excited to grow from a strong functional payroll foundation into the more technical side of payroll systems.


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