Assistant Payroll Accountant

Position Overview:
As an Assistant Payroll Accountant, you will work closely with the Payroll & Human Resource Accountant to prepare and maintain employee benefits, compensation, wages, evaluations, discipline, and relationships for one or more sections within a department, project, or division.

Responsibilities:

• Process weekly or biweekly payrolls, ensuring compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws, including garnishments, benefits, and taxes.
• Ensure accurate and timely processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions, and terminations.
• Prepare and audit W‐4s, payroll balance sheets, year-to-date earnings, etc.
• Set up and update systems to reflect current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time.
• Manage the regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year‐end reports.
• Coordinate payroll or insurance audits, tax audits, and other audits as necessary.
• Manage weekly payroll taxes payments with State and Federal authorities.
• Prepare quarterly and yearly Payroll tax filings with State and Federal authorities.
• Reconcile bank statements.
• Maintain employee benefits programs, assess benefit needs and trends, recommend benefit programs to management, and direct the processing of benefit claims.
• Ensure legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable federal and state human resource requirements and maintaining records.
• Maintain management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
• Maintain historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system.
• Complete human resource operational requirements by counseling and disciplining employees, planning, monitoring, and appraising employee job performance, and advising management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues.
• Administer benefits programs such as life, health, and dental insurance, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance.
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience as a Payroll Accountant, preferably in the construction domain
• Proficiency in payroll software and Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong understanding of federal and state wage and hour laws, payroll tax regulations, and human resource compliance requirements.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $45,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience level:

• 4 years

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Woodland Hills, CA: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person