Ref ID: 00490-0011863465
Classification: Payroll Administrator
Compensation: $23.75 to $27.50 hourly
Anyone who is ready for a challenge and has experience with Microsoft Office will be interested in this Payroll Administrator position. Accountemps is looking for candidates with dynamic communication and problem-solving skills who can process payroll effectively and efficiently, for a Payroll Administrator opportunity. Contact us today if you’re looking to advance your career with a smart team in a fast-paced environment. Based in Los Angeles, California, the Payroll Administrator position is a short-term temporary-to-full-time opportunity.
Your responsibilities
– Reviewing and verifying source documents
– Produce reports after compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages
– Provide help with all internal and external audits of payroll
– Handle other duties as necessary
– Protect confidential payroll operation information and maintain employee confidence
– Payroll information management via collecting, calculating, and entering data
– Ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations and guidelines
– Follow established policies and procedures to maintain payroll operations and report changes as necessary
– Collect and analyze information including resolving payroll discrepancies
– Track payroll record changes by entering updates in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers
– Determining payroll liabilities by calculating employee federal and state income and social security taxes and employer social security, unemployment, and worker compensation payments
– Reconcile employee deductions and other liabilities as needed
– Put together for department heads the circulation of weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports
– Answer questions and requests related to payroll information
Job Requirements:
– Experience using accounting software
– General proficiency in Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel preferred
– Understanding of federal and state payroll regulations and requirements
– Exceptional analytical, quantitative and social skills
– 1+ years of payroll experience
– Well-informed in basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen
– Knowledgeable about internal controls
– Prior experience working with high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.
– Certified Payroll Professional designation preferred
– Data entry, document management, file creation and previous records experience required
– Proven knowledge of Garnishment Calculations
– Multistate Payroll experience
– Full Cycle Payroll experience required
– Comprehensive knowledge of ADP Workforce Now
– Well-founded grasp of garnishments payroll
– W2 experience
– Strong familiarity with benefits payroll
Accountemps, a Robert Half Company, matches skilled accounting and finance professionals with remote or on-site jobs on a temporary and temporary-to-hire basis. Our experienced staffing professionals can promote you to employers and advocate on your behalf. We provide access to top jobs, competitive compensation and benefits, and free online training. For more opportunities, get the Robert Half app and receive instant notifications when our AI matches your skills and experience with jobs.
When you work with us, you’re working with the best. Robert Half has been recognized as one of FORTUNE’s “Most Admired Companies” every year since 1998 and was named to Forbes’ inaugural list of America’s Best Temporary Staffing Firms.
Questions? Call your local office at 1.888.490.3195. All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available to temporary professionals. Visit https://roberthalf.gobenefits.net/ for more information.
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