Job ID: 49662
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Employment Type: Contract
Last Updated: 22 days ago
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A financial service company in Columbia is seeking an experienced candidate for a temp-to-hire Payroll Accounting Administrator role.  The ideal candidate will have multi-state payroll experience, be detail oriented and analytical, and ability to work with large amounts data effectively.


Responsibilities:
  • Audit wage and tax data, and submission of federal payroll tax deposits and other statutory tax payments 
  • Reconcile payroll general ledger accounts and making note of debits and credits that have not posted and identifying and correcting any errors 
  • Prepare adjusting journal entries for reconciling entries 
  • Monitor and record financial transactions according to company policies and regulations 
  • Organize accounting records and handle complex transactions with a complete understanding of payroll and general accounting 
  • Partner with HR, Accounting, Operations, and other cross-functional teams to ensure payroll entries are accurately costed 
  • Control, analyze, audit and prepare appropriate accounting reconciliation and reports ensuring timely and accurate reporting of all financial data 
  • Conduct HR audit for key and non-key controls to include annual review, updates to ensure working practices are in alliance with ICFR, Internal and FCA controls 
  • Perform pay fraud control for the bank with the salary control key control 
  • Reconcile semi-monthly payroll wage and tax data, identifying variances, making corrective entries and submitting tax payments to third party vendor (ADP) 
  • Maintain relationship with external third-party tax vendor and ensure the smooth operation of all payrolls regulatory reporting (currently ADP) 
  • Identify tax related discrepancies, to include analyzing and resolving issues and responding to tax notices with appropriate actions 
  • Reconcile annual payroll wage and tax data and manage IRS W-2 process and reporting 
Qualifications:

 
  • Bachelors in accounting/business degree is preferred or equivalent work experience
  • 5 years processing multi-state payroll and a comprehensive understanding of payroll systems, compliance, and data analysis
  • Proficient with general accounting principles and in analyzing and reconciling general ledger accounts, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial reporting
  • Exceptional attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving skills
  • Advance proficiency in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, and Outlook – manipulate lines, move data, construct simple formulas). 
Compensation:
  • $30 – $38/hr
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