Payroll Accountant

Job Summary

Owning assigned payroll cycles end-to-end, the full-time Payroll Accountant will process payroll for exempt and non-exempt employees, manage employee changes and timekeeping, and ensure compliance with payroll regulations while working remotely.

Key Responsibilities

• Run payroll processing for various employee classifications, including handling overtime, bonuses, and corrections
• Process employee changes and timekeeping, ensuring accurate approvals and compliance with state requirements
• Prepare payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll accounts to ensure accuracy and compliance

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of full-cycle payroll processing experience, including multi-state payroll
• Working knowledge of payroll tax compliance and wage-and-hour regulations
• Experience with payroll reconciliation and maintaining audit-ready documentation
• Strong spreadsheet skills in Google Sheets or Excel for reconciliations and variance analysis