Payroll Specialist

Overview

This position will assist the Payroll Manager with the day-to-day business activities. Primary responsibilities include collecting and entering employee time, time-entry verification, and updating employee master records. The individual will report directly to the Accounting Manager. The successful candidate will have significant interaction with the operational and non-operational teams.

• Weekly time collection and time verification.
• Weekly cash disbursement generation and/or payment distribution.
• Preparation of monthly reconciliations between sub ledgers and general ledgers (direct and indirect wages, benefits, and withholding accounts.)
• Preparation of ad-hoc payroll reporting, as needed.
• Preparation of ad-hoc compliance reporting, as needed
• Daily interaction with operational and non-operational teams.
• Other duties as necessary or assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or equivalent.
• Ideal candidate will have 3-5 year of payroll experience.
• Construction industry experience a plus.
• Union Trade Payroll experience a plus.
• Multi-State Payroll experience a plus.
• Outstanding team player with good interpersonal skills.
• Self-starter with good communication skills.
• Dedicated and hard working.
• Knowledge of Oracle R12 and Sage/Timberline a plus

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit for long periods of time; talk or hear; perform fine motor, hand and finger skills in the use of a keyboard, telephone, or writing. The employee is frequently required to stands; walk; and reach with arms and/or hands. Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

The employee will spend their time in an office environment with a quiet to moderate noise level. Job site walking.

Liberty provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, national origin, citizenship, genetic information, disability, protected veteran, gender identity, age or any other status protected by law. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, transfers, promotions, terminations, compensation, benefits, and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Suffolk will not tolerate any unlawful discrimination toward, or harassment of, applicants or employees by anyone at Suffolk, or anyone working on behalf of Suffolk