Payroll Specialist

Payroll Specialist

Bring your payroll expertise to a complex, multi-state environment where accuracy, compliance, and problem-solving make an impact.

ASSA ABLOY is seeking an experienced Payroll Specialist to join our Shared Services Payroll team in New Haven, CT. This full-time, onsite role is ideal for a payroll professional who thrives in large, multi-site organizations and understands the challenges of processing payroll across multiple states.

You’ll partner closely with HR and other teams to deliver accurate, timely payroll while strengthening processes, resolving complex issues, and supporting key payroll initiatives.

What you’ll do

• Ensure accurate and timely payroll processing while maintaining payroll records and SOX compliance.
• Navigate federal, state, and local payroll and wage requirements across a complex, multi-state environment.
• Analyze payroll issues, identify solutions, and help improve payroll processes and procedures.
• Partner with HR and serve as a trusted payroll resource for employees and managers.
• Support audits, payroll reporting, documentation, and 401(k) administration, including analysis and funding.
• Contribute to special projects, including payroll system implementations and process improvements.

What you’ll bring

• 5+ years of hands-on payroll experience, including multi-site and multi-state payroll processing.
• Strong knowledge of payroll and accounting principles, with the ability to manage deadlines and confidential information.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills; ADP EV5/EV6 and e-Time or Workforce Manager experience are preferred.
• A collaborative, organized approach and the ability to solve problems and adapt to change. A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is preferred, but not required.

Why ASSA ABLOY?

Build your career with a global organization that values professional development, internal growth, and mobility. The annualized salary range is $68,000–$82,000, with final pay based on experience, skills, and other role qualifications.

Benefits and additional compensation include paid sick and vacation time; 13 paid holidays; job-protected leave benefits in accordance with applicable law; medical, dental, vision, and life insurance; short and long-term disability benefits; supplemental critical illness, hospital, accident, and indemnity coverage available for purchase; health and flexible savings accounts subject to eligibility requirements; a 401(k) plan with employer contributions and matching subject to plan eligibility requirements; tuition reimbursement; and employee discounts. All benefits and additional compensation are governed by applicable Company policies and plans as they currently exist and may be amended in the future.

We review applications regularly, so don’t hesitate, apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

We are the ASSA ABLOY Group Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces – physical and virtual – safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results – not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions – supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.