Assistant Accountant - Payroll en Turner Construction

Reports to: Accounting Manager - Payroll

Position Description: 

This position supports accurate and timelypayroll processing. This role involves validating payroll data, assisting withaudits, maintaining employee records, and ensuring compliance with internalprocedures and union agreements. The position requires strong attention todetail, time management, and the ability to work both independently andcollaboratively.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Document and review current payroll processes and procedures.
• Review and validate payroll data for accuracy as needed.
• Run payroll audits and suggest process improvements.
• Post payroll transactions.
• Respond promptly to employee and business unit payroll inquiries, ensuring timely resolutions.
• Process trade payroll checks, coordinate check printing and distribution with business units.
• Review and validate data entry by payroll clerk. 
• Ensure compliance with union Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) requirements for payment and reporting of various union benefits.
• Communicate effectively with employees andbusiness units ensuring clarity, professionalism, and timely resolution ofissues.
• Oversee timely processing of payroll cycles for assigned payroll areas.
• Conduct payroll audits and recommend process improvements to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Coordinate stop payment requests and ensure proper documentation.
• Maintain position master data for weekly employees to support accurate payrollprocessing.
• Assist with union payroll audits and ensure compliance with CBAs.
• Create standard changes for annual updates and newpay rates.
• Assist with clearing escheatment exceptions.
• Research bank reconciliation exceptions.
• Maintain employee payroll master data.
• Assist with income verification.
• Produce payroll reports as required.
• Support process improvement initiatives within the payroll function.
• Assist with payroll mailings to business units.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Associate’s Degree or Bachelor’s Degree, from accredited degree program and
• Minimum of 2 years of recent payroll experience, and multi-state payroll, bank reconciliations, escheatment, and garnishments.
• General knowledge basic accounting principles
• Strong problem-solving skills with accountability to research issues, resolve them to completion, escalate when necessary, and meet deadlines. 
• Excellent data entry skills, to include 10 key pad proficiency with limited input errors, previous experience with gross to net payroll processing skills
• Must be highly organized, detail oriented, maintain accuracy, and self-check work
• Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively, manage multiple deadlines, and maintain accuracy in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
• Must follow established procedures and execute directions to completion without need of follow up by management.
• Must demonstrate a strong work ethic and integrity; be dependable, adaptable, cooperative, and motivated to take on new responsibilities 
• Professional written and verbal communication skills, and general office skills
• Proficiency with databases and computer applications, including Microsoft Office suite of applications including MS Access

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job in an office setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.