Payroll Specialist / Accounts Payable Clerk
Payroll Specialist / Accounts Payable Clerk
Summary Payroll outsourcing company looking for experienced payroll and a/p person to process client payrolls. Payrolls vary in frequency and complexity and require the right skill balance to ensure a high-level of accuracy, meeting deadlines, and customer service. Duties and Responsibilities:
- Process payroll for around 40 client companies.
- Multi-frequency and multi-state processing
- Perform daily payroll department operations
- Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely
- Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports
- General understanding of Section 125 (pre-tax deductions)
- General understanding of taxation of employer paid benefits
- General understanding of 401(k)
- Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance
- Execute on-line payroll software with clients and employees
- Perform compliances for unclaimed property payroll checks (escheat)
- Process accurate and timely year-end reporting when necessary (W-2, W-2c, etc.)
- Ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed
- Process manual checks
- Update and reconcile monthly bank statements
Qualifications:
- Associate Degree in Accounting
- 5 or more years’ experience processing multi-state payroll.
- Working knowledge of payroll best practices.
- Strong PC skills including proficiency in Excel.
- Strong work ethic and team player.
- Flexibility in work schedule to coincide with heavy pay periods
- High degree of professionalism.
- Ability to deal sensitively with confidential material
- Strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills.
- Decision-making, problem-solving, and analytical skills.
- Organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
- Ability to work independently
- Employee Benefits include Paid Time Off, Health Insurance, Dental Insurance, company paid Life, Long Term Disability and Short Term Disability and excellent 401k plan.
