Senior Office Accountant - Payroll presso Turner Construction

Position Description:  Provide support forpayroll-related projects and initiatives to facilitate accuracy, efficiency,and compliance of payroll systems and processes.

Reports to: Senior AccountingManager, Payroll Projects & Systems

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Provide support for payroll-related data requests for internal and external audits and reporting.
• Develop, document, and maintain procedures for payroll processes and systems, including year-end payroll processes.
• Provide first-level response for payroll service desk tickets and assist with escalated issues requiring advanced reviews.
• Collaborate with others to develop business requirements and documentation for payroll system changes, enhancements and related initiatives.
• Conduct testing for payroll system updates and other payroll-related projects. 
• Prepare monthly cost reports and generate General Ledger (GL) entries.
• Provide support for new HRIS system implementation, monitor data replication between systems to ensure transfer data accuracy. 
• Perform regular payroll audits to validate data accuracy and integrity.
• Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and system errors through to completion or escalate for additional support.
• Design and generate new payroll reports as directed.
• Manage and execute year-end payroll tasks, including annual income reporting and SAP variant maintenance.
• Actively contribute to process improvement initiatives, using continuous improvement concepts, processes, and methodologies.
• Develop and present Payroll department training sessions as directed.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program, with minimum of 3 years of relevant experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Familiar with Finance applications, related database structures, reference fields, and query development
• Experience with Payroll applications (e.g., SAP Payroll, SuccessFactors Employee Central (EC), Employee Central Payroll (ECP)), including specific characterizations and codes (e.g., Info types, transaction codes)
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel required (e.g., formulas, tables); experience with macros and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), a plus
• Analytical and problem-solving skills
• Experience with Repeatable Process Automation (RPA), highly desired
• Solid understanding of payroll processes
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing concurrent priorities
• Able to work independently and collaboratively within a team environment
• Demonstrate integrity, reliability, adaptability, and proactive approach to taking on new responsibilities
• Professional written and verbal communication skills; with presentation delivery skills
• Limited travel

Physical Demands:  The physical demandsdescribed here are representative of those that must be met by an employee tosuccessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performthe essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employeeis frequently required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, usehands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools, or controls, and reach withhands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor andfrequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by thisjob include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the abilityto adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile, and theemployee occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety ofconveyances. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds andoccasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Work Environment: The work environmentcharacteristics described here are representative of those an employeeencounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Whileperforming the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting. The noise in the workenvironment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. The employee isrequired to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, andapplicable 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.