About the Role

We are seeking a Payroll Coordinator to ensure that employees are paid accurately and timely, while maintaining compliance with current payroll policies. As an essential part of the payroll team, this role will serve as liaison for payroll-related inquiries, ensuring efficient communication with Ariat’s retail stores and distribution centers. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills, and the ability to navigate payroll systems, including ADP Workforce Now and Essential Time. The Payroll Coordinator will support business goals through payroll management, strengthening employee morale and the company’s overall efficiency.

You’ll Make a Difference By

• Processing payroll on a bi-weekly and weekly basis
• Entering data accurately and efficiently
• Managing timecards to ensure compliance and accuracy
• Communicating with retail stores and distribution centers regarding payroll-related matters
• Other duties as assigned

About You

• 1 to 2 years of payroll processing experience using ADP Workforce Now
• Experience processing weekly payroll in a retail environment
• Working knowledge of ADP’s Essential Time, including its time and attendance platform
• Basic Excel skills, such as data entry, formatting, and creating simple formulas
• Strong communication skills and can effectively interact with employees regarding payroll inquiries and issues
• Ability to read, write, and speak English proficiently, ensuring clear and professional communication
• A keen attention to detail to ensure payroll accuracy and compliance
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships with employees is nice to have
• Approaches challenges with a can-do attitude and a willingness to learn
• Fluent in Spanish and can communicate with employees regarding payroll inquiries and concerns is preferred
• Experience using Daily Pay for payroll processing is preferred

About Ariat

Ariat is an innovative, global outdoor brand with roots in equestrian performance. We develop high-quality footwear and apparel for people who ride, work, and play outdoors and care about performance, quality, comfort, and style.

The salary range for this position is $30.00 - $35.00 per hour.

The salary is determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data for geographic locations. Ariat in good faith believes that this posted compensation range is accurate for this role at this location at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future.

Ariat’s holistic benefits package for full-time team members includes (but is not limited to):

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options
• Expanded wellness and mental health benefits
• Paid time off (PTO), paid holidays, and paid volunteer days
• 401(k) with company match
• Bonus incentive plans
• Team member discount on Ariat merchandise

Note: Availability of benefits may be subject to location & employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Ariat reserves the right to alter these benefits in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Ariat will consider qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws. Ariat is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis protected under federal, state, or local law. Ariat is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to candidates with disabilities. If you need an accommodation during the application process, email

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Please note that Ariat does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agreement, Ariat will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter/agency placement fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed Agreement, Ariat explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted directly to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Ariat.