Accounts Payable and Payroll Specialist

Accounts Payable and Payroll Specialist

Location:

Houston, TX

Salary: $50,000.00 - $60,000.00

• Provide HR support in functional areas such as onboarding, payroll, benefits, and employment law compliance.
• Ensure payroll compliance with state and local ordinances regarding wages and hours.
• Collaborate with the appointed Professional Employer Organization (PEO) to manage day‑to‑day employee pay and benefits needs.
• Process invoices, employee reimbursements, and other payments, including weekly check runs, coding, and expense allocation to specific properties.
• Verify that payments are supported by appropriate documentation and authorization, review vendor statements, match and file documents, and perform data entry.

• Validate hours worked, overtime, deductions, bonuses, etc.; confirm details with Operations Leadership and obtain upper‑management approval for payments when required.
• Coordinate and facilitate new employee orientation, manage paperwork, and deliver an organized onboarding experience.
• Update and inform the PEO of personnel changes.
• Act as onsite point of contact for employee benefits questions, issues, new‑hire enrollments, and qualifying life events.
• Participate in benefits annual renewal meetings, planning, and open enrollment with the PEO.
• Generate outgoing payments in compliance with financial policies and procedures on a routine schedule.
• Respond to external vendors and internal managers regarding payment inquiries.
• Research and provide accurate, timely solutions to internal clients and vendors across multiple locations.
• Verify and investigate discrepancies by reconciling vendor accounts and reviewing monthly vendor statements.

• Seniority Level: Entry level
• Employment Type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job Function:
  Accounting / Auditing & Finance
• Industry: Accounting