Description
The ideal candidate will have a strong background in payroll processing, tax regulations, and accounting principles. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the financial success of the company by ensuring accurate and timely payroll processing.
Job Summary:
The Payroll Accountant is responsible for the management and coordination of a timely and accurate payroll process. This position prepares, runs, and analyzes payroll reports, payroll schedules, and payroll related journal entries using established policies, procedures, and guidelines. Additionally, the Payroll Accountant will complete other payroll and general accounting duties as assigned.
Essential Job Duties:
- Bi-weekly payroll processing to include follow-up on timecard omissions and issues, review of pre and post payroll reports, transmission of payroll, check printing, etc.
- Analyzing payroll reports for appropriate job codes, cost centers, and allocations.
- Processing of adjustments and additional payments.
- Ensuring completion and accuracy of quarter and year end processing.
- Communicating with employees to resolve issues and provide information and training.
- Collaborating with Human Resources to ensure consistency of processes and promote teamwork.
- Recommending payroll policies, procedures, and system enhancements to improve payroll process and increase efficiency.
- Working with payroll software provider to address concerns.
- General accounting duties, which may include journal entries, bank reconciliations, and deposits.
- All other duties as assigned.
Skills:
- Payroll processing experience using established software products.
- Familiarity with local, state, and federal labor standards.
- Strong computer skills.
- Strong detail orientation, time management, communication, and organizational skills.
- Knowledge and application of general accounting concepts.
Competencies:
- Attention to Detail: Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Analytical Thinking: The ability to tackle a problem by using a logical, systematic, sequential approach.
- Problem Solving: Takes a systematic approach to solving problems rather than reacting to symptoms.
- Teamwork Ability: Job requires working with others at times.
- Time Management: Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that assignments are completed timely.
- Dependability: Job requires being reliable and responsible; fulfilling obligations.
- Accuracy: Consistently deliver work of a high standard of quality, precision and according to standards, procedures, rules, regulations, and expectations.
- Communication: Oral and written
- Integrity, Respect, Confidentiality: Instills mutual trust and confidence, creates a culture that fosters high standards of ethics, behaves in a fair and ethical manner toward others.
- Customer Service Orientation
Minimum Education/Experience Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance related field OR
- Associate’s degree in finance related field, plus minimum 6+ years’ experience in payroll position OR
- High School Diploma, plus minimum 6+ years’ experience in payroll position
- Candidate must also possess experience working with a commercially recognized payroll/HR system.
Direct hire, Salary up to $55k, onsite