Payroll Accountant Job Description
Payroll accountant
provides support to the payroll teams relating to pay and transaction impact to the general ledger, ensuring team members have an understanding of accounting processes relating to payroll transactions.
Payroll Accountant Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective payroll accountant job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included payroll accountant job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provide inputs in KPI’s with regard to tracking payroll delivery measuring timeliness, accuracy and service delivery with regard to strategic payroll partners and their local in-country payroll providerss
Files payroll taxes and reports, and maintains all payroll related records and deductions
Provide inputs to KPI’s with regard to tracking payroll service measuring timeliness and accuracy of payroll partners and also measuring internal performance to drive efficiency in the end to end process
Assist company employees with payroll related questions train less experienced staff
Audit payroll related data
Preparation of all payroll related accruals (bonus, holiday pay, pensions, ) and liaise as appropriate with Statutory and Legal Entity Controllers
Liaison for Payroll audits by internal or external auditors
Preparation and recording of all payroll related accruals including bonus, holiday pay, pensions
Prepare and process monthly payroll and semi-monthly expense reimbursements
Prepare remittance of payroll liability payments
Payroll Accountant Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Payroll Accountant
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPP, CPA, FPC, APA, TDS, GED, HSD, W-4, ADP, SOX
Education for Payroll Accountant
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the payroll accountant job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Education, Business, Business/Administration, Associates, Economics, Human Resources, Professional Accounting, Accounting and Finance
Skills for Payroll Accountant
Desired skills for payroll accountant include:
GAAP
Excel
MS Excel
Payroll
Practices
General Ledger Systems
Intermediate
MS Office
MS Word
Payroll Systems
Desired experience for payroll accountant includes:
Preparing entries to move funds as required for tax liabilities
Maintaining the Vantage ADP G/L Took updated and run reports
Data Entry of employee information and various HR forms, including but not limited to garnishments, levies, tax information
ISE Tax Compliance
Knowledge of Stock Option
Personal income tax
Payroll Accountant Examples
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Payroll Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of payroll accountant. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for payroll accountant
- Liaise with overseas accountants to process payroll and taxes for all staff based in other locations
- Prepare and process journals recording payroll entries
- Respond to employee questions regarding pensions, payroll, and accounting
- Perform internal audits of various payroll areas and prepare materials for external auditors
- Prepare all payroll related accounting entries
- Monthly payroll related journal entries
- Preparation of monthly payroll reconciliations
- Various payroll ad hoc projects and analysis
- Coordinate and review the recording, processing, and reconcile retail store, distribution center, and customer care center payroll transactions in a timely manner consistent with established service levels
- Work with Corporate Payroll Reporting to prepare information to support tax documentation requirements in conjunction with IRS requirements and regulations
Qualifications for payroll accountant
- Maintaining the Vantage ADP G/L tool updated, run reports
- Preparing and/or reviewing specialized reports, including those required by State and Federal entities
- Process all employee changes (pay, deductions, departments)
- Support external audits for countries under area of responsibility taxation and social security audits
- Ensure tax compliance in a multi-state environment
- Analyze all returns and payments for state income and unemployment tax and various local taxes
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Payroll Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of payroll accountant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for payroll accountant
- Full cycle multi-state payroll
- Quarterly review and reconciliation of payroll tax reporting and maintenance of all state unemployment rates as assigned
- Preforms various Payroll functions
- Prepares Payroll Journal Vouchers
- Payroll reports internal and external
- Resolves discrepancies with payroll and/or benefit information and/or documentation
- Prepare, process, audit, and distribute all aspects of a bi-weekly payroll
- Maintain required payroll files and records
- Reconcile all payroll related general ledger accounts on a monthly basis as required
- Prepare all month and payroll related journal vouchers
Qualifications for payroll accountant
- Bachelors’ degree in Accounting, and CPP preferred
- Proficient knowledge of ADP SmartCompliance Platform desired
- Detail oriented, organized, excellent problem solving and communication skills
- Process withholdings, garnishments, fringe benefits deductions like 401k
- Respond to frequent requests for information, reports, employment verifications, audit requests
- University’s degree, preferably in Finance or Economics
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Payroll Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is looking to fill the role of payroll accountant. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for payroll accountant
- Maintain or assist in maintaining daily records of time worked, including filing out time sheets or time cards and computing total time worked by each employee as a basis for preparing payroll
- Oversee the processing of company-wide payroll, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Process unscheduled payroll runs including bonus checks and stock option exercises
- Maintain proactive relationships with HR, Finance and Legal teams to ensure payroll processes are designed to meet current and evolving business requirements
- Ensure compliance with payroll controls
- Preparation and submission of the amounts and the bank's details for the transferring of salary, taxes and contributions, other payments related to payroll calculation
- Process multi-state semi-monthly payroll for 1,800+ employees using ADP workforcenow platform
- Prepare and complete a post-payroll reconciliation file each cycle
- Track taxable relocation/travel/award expenses and record through payroll
- Oversee reconciliation and accuracy of accounts within a complex accounting system
Qualifications for payroll accountant
- Initiative to implement changes regarding Operational Excellence projects
- Prepare monthly foreign payrolls
- Contribute to the successful completion of daily, monthly-end close, quarterly and annual close processes in a timely and accurate manner
- Prepare various accounting documents, schedules, exhibits and summaries
- Serve as the main contact with external auditors for the year end 401(k) audit
- Administer STD, LTD, Workers' Comp and COBRA programs
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Payroll Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of payroll accountant. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for payroll accountant
- Extensive work within Excel- Pivot Tables,Vlookups
- Responsible for the coordination efforts between payroll, human resources, budget and other departments to ensure proper flow and maintenance of employee data (including preparation/distribution of detailed reports, labor" home" work, overtime, leave balances, head count, and retirement contribution reports)
- Analyzes payroll accounting and processing data
- Prepares, reviews, and processes pay adjustments, deductions, payroll process steps, and special payments
- Researches payroll and pay rule information
- Completion of payroll-related balance sheet reconciliations at month-end in accordance with SOX 404 compliance requirements and pro-active investigation of reconciling items on the reconciliation
- Support the Financial Accounting and Payroll Managers with monthly BS and PL reviews
- Processing Bi-weekly and Semi-Monthly Payroll 350+ Employees
- Responsible for all payroll tax accounting including compliance with local state and federal regulations and filing local state and federal tax returns and or deposits
- Prepares and files tax reports gathers payroll data for inclusion in financial statements researches and prepares special reports for management calculates and processes garnishments and tax levies voluntary deductions
Qualifications for payroll accountant
- Maintain FSA accounts, including billing and bank reconciliations
- CPP and BS or BA degree preferred
- Desire to work in a fast-paced, energized, self-starter environment
- Prepare and maintain inter-company billing for submission to accounting
- Maintain FSA accounts
- Perform research and analysis of tax variances and make appropriate adjustments
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Payroll Accountant Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a payroll accountant. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for payroll accountant
- Maintains payroll-related accounts and is responsible for reconciliation and accuracy of all general ledger accounts within a complex accounting system
- Responds to questions and special requests from employee and regulatory agencies in researching laws and regulations regarding taxes and payroll withholding procedures
- Review and resolve payroll suspense items in the general ledger and make necessary corrections (locations/accounts)
- Prepare reconciliation for payroll differences month over month also budget vs
- Provide timely processing of payroll activity
- Prepare and record payroll journal entries (e.g., earnings, benefit withholdings, taxes)
- Support internal and external auditors and government compliance on all payroll and employee benefit withholdings questions
- Respond timely and professionally to payroll and employee benefit withholdings inquiries
- Assist in the development, reporting, metrics that drive performance improvements, identify trends, that help develop/implement process improvements
- Process annual 1099 and 1096 filings
Qualifications for payroll accountant
- Maintenance of employee hierarchies in finance related systems
- T&E system setups for all new hires
- T&E review and approvals
- JD Edwards, ADP, and Ultipro experience preferred, but not required
- Strong PC skills (Excel/Word) required
- 4 year degree in Accounting or Finance or relevant related experience required