Payroll Specialist - Ledgent Finance & Accounting

A growing construction company in the Howard County, MD area seeking an ambitious Payroll Specialist

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for maintaining payroll information by collecting, calculating and entering data into accounting software systems (StarBuilder).
• Responsible for updating payroll records (exemptions, deductions, rates (union and non-union), union codes, job titles, addresses, department transfers, and garnishments).
• Responsible for ensuring all timesheets, timecards, and other means and methods of reporting of time is fully completed, and with accuracy and are approved by authorized managers within the organization (e.g. payroll coding, employee classifications, and authorized signatures are on time cards) and/or processed correctly.
• Responsible for the full cycle of payroll processing.
• Prepares reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, garnishments, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages, and other reports as necessary and assigned.
• Responsible for certified payroll compliance, reports, and pay treatment calculations for compliance.
• Determines payroll liabilities by calculating employee federal, state income and social security taxes (and other taxes as applicable), and employer's social security, unemployment payments.
• Completes payroll audits internally and for external clients and resolves payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing related documentation.
• Maintains employee confidence by protecting payroll information in confidence and within company best practices and policies.
• Ensures payroll deductions are up to date, accurate and in compliance with Federal and State schedules, and in compliance with company provided benefit plans.
• Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests for information on behalf of employees and requesting agencies (within the scope of authority).
• Responsible for meeting internal and external deadlines related to payroll reporting, and paycheck distribution schedules for union (e.g. union reporting) and non-union personnel.
• Responsible for payroll related accruals relative to company provided benefit plans, and unions.
• Responsible for generating, updating, and maintaining of spreadsheets, documents, and payroll related programs.
• Responsible for completing verifications of employment within Federal and State law, and within company best practices and policy.
• Responsible for processing high volumes of union and multi-state payrolls.
• Flexibility to work overtime when necessary to meet exceptional deadlines.
• Responsible for accounting compliance with accounting principles and practices, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and other federal and state law as required.<

  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.