Payroll Accounting Specialist

About the Role

This position is responsible for a wide array of accounting, payroll and tax related matters. Successful applicants will have a good understanding of the principles of accounting and internal controls along with an awareness of the elements of taxable income and reporting requirements.

Qualifications/Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required. Master's degree preferred.
• Candidate must have a minimum of 5 years of experience
• Must have a solid understanding of accounting concepts, preferably with experience in an Accounting role
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of attention to detail and ability to analyze problems and data accurately
• Must be able to identify trends or patterns in data
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Must have excellent analytical, planning, and problem-solving skills.
• Must have strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels
• Strong understanding of internal controls necessary
• Continuous process improvement mindset; improving business practices and streamlining processes is a must.
• Ability to multi-task and easily adapt to change
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

Responsibilities

As a key member of a small, high-performance team, the Payroll Accounting Specialist will:

• Run automated interfaces to import payroll transactions into the general ledger.
• Review and reconcile transactional data to ensure processes are complete and accurate.
• Prepare and execute shadow payroll reporting procedures for international employees.
• Prepare payroll accruals including accrued wages, vacation, incentive compensation plans and payroll taxes.
• Perform analytical procedures to ensure balances are accurate and identify discrepancies.
• Perform monitoring procedures to identify interim adjustments and year-end true ups.
• Prepare timely and accurate account reconciliations ensuring all items are cleared in a timely manner.
• Perform analytical procedures to detect weaknesses and discrepancies, perform root cause analysis and implement procedures to improve overall effectiveness.
• Act as the main liaison with Human resources and shared resources services (SRI) for payroll related functions.
• Prepare reports and supporting documentation for inter/intra company transactions in a global multi-currency business environment
• Perform imputed income, wage reporting and hypothetical tax procedures for U.S. and ex-patriate employees.
• Internal and external audit support: provide documentation for audit requests, perform walkthrough demonstrations of accounting processes and provide ad hoc queries and data reconciliations as needed.
• Cross-train with others positions in the department to expand Labor Accounting knowledge.

Benefits

• Healthcare including medical, dental, vision, HSA and Flex Spending
• Competitive base pay and incentive pay that rewards individual and team performance, and comprehensive benefits
• 401k match up to (6%)
• Educational assistance
• 9-80 work schedule (This position's standard work schedule is a 9/80. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off)
• On-going learning opportunities
• Modern office, onsite cafeteria including Coffee Cafe, remodeled fitness center, and outdoor fitness track

Pay

GDLS considers factors such as, scope/responsibilities of the position, candidate experience, education/training background, in addition to local market comparable and business considerations when extending an offer.