Senior Payroll Accountant

TEKsystems
Chicago, IL, United States
Full-time

Description : *

Responsibilities :

  • Prepares and / or monitors payroll tax and general ledger accounts / activities and works with Finance to reconcile identified discrepancies including processing / advising on appropriate accounting transactions to balance accounts
  • Will assist in performing daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll production of assigned payrolls including quarterly and year-end activities.
  • Reviews payroll adjustment requests to ensure proper authorization and compliance with payroll policies, federal, state, and local tax regulations.

Advises management of appropriate corrective action when an error occurs.

  • Responds to payroll inquiries to explain pay, adjustments to pay, and impact of policies, tax law and related changes.
  • Works with vendors and / or reviews payroll systems or applications to ensure changes submitted are correctly reflected on the payroll.

May be responsible for system / application testing (e.g. WD new releases) where applicable

  • Represent and lead payroll in meetings with internal teams and external vendors e.g responsible for direct interaction with different committees, management and internal / external auditors.
  • Acquires knowledge of other team members' payroll activities and performs back up support as needed.
  • Manage payroll projects / process improvements as required
  • Coordinate with the payroll team and ADP to perform quarterly reconciliations, filings, amendments, and tax notices.
  • Researches and monitors regulatory and legislative changes to ensure compliance with federal and state laws and regulations.
  • Conducts a second review on the works of others and train other team members
  • Skills : *

Payroll, tax general ledger, Tax, Reporting

Top Skills Details : *

Payroll,tax general ledger

Additional Skills & Qualifications : *

The Senior Payroll Accountant will be primarily responsible for the Finance / GL management of the payroll function. Prepares and / or monitors payroll tax and general ledger accounts / activities and works with Finance to reconcile identified discrepancies including processing / advising on appropriate accounting transactions to balance accounts.

They will be part of the payroll team and will assist in performing daily payroll activities to ensure timely, accurate, and compliant payroll production of assigned payrolls including quarterly and year-end activities.

Experience Level : *

Expert Level

About TEKsystems :

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity.

We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia.

As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change.

That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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