Payroll Specialist - Atlanta, United States - Perfect Search

Description

As a Payroll Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accurate and timely processing of payroll for our dedicated employees.

The ideal candidate will possess a strong attention to detail, excellent organizational skills, and a comprehensive understanding of payroll processes and regulations.

• Implement, maintain, and review payroll processing system to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Oversee updates of employee information to payroll system to ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll information.
• Oversee and maintain union wage rates, classifications, fringe benefit, and deductions in payroll system to ensure accurate payroll and job costing information.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and reporting and remittance requirements.
• Oversee union reporting process to ensure timely reporting and remittance of all funds due.
• Facilitate audit process by assisting with any documentation or support requests.
• Work with management to resolve any disputes or discrepancies in earnings, benefits, or deductions.
• Create weekly and monthly reports for management use in monitoring the Company's payroll.
• Assist with the preparation of appropriate accountability measures to ensure that the payroll process is operating effectively.
• Work with operations, human resources, accounting, and the CFO to continuously improve our processes and provide accurately and timely information to our operations team.

• High level of integrity and dependability with a strong sense of urgency and results orientation.
• Ability to handle confidential matters in a discreet and professional manner.
• Demonstrable leadership skills particularly in a team-oriented environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate and manage well at all levels of the organization and with staff at remote locations is essential.
• Strong problem solving and creative skills and the ability to exercise sound judgment and make decisions based on accurate and timely analyses.
• Self-starting, hardworking team player.

• Preferable experience in Viewpoint Vista Construction Software
• Knowledge of Construction or union preferred
• The position will be in office five days a week
• AT least 5 years payroll experience in processing (not time entry)
• Equivalent work experience demonstrating related field (i.e. accounting) preferred
• Equivalent work experience demonstrating payroll knowledge level required
• Ability to communicate effectively to all employees regarding payroll issues resolution
• Ability to organize information to avoid missing details
• Ability to work in a high volume area
• Ability to communicate payroll procedures to Branch contacts
• Microsoft Office Software including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint and Smartsheet
• Knowledge of payroll, employment and income tax laws, regulations and operating guidelines
• Knowledge of pre-tax and post-tax payroll deductions