Accounting Practitioner-Payroll

Overview

Accounting Practitioner-Payroll is a critical member of the Finance Team/Payroll Department, reporting to the Payroll Supervisor. In this role you will be responsible for all daily activities relating to the payroll process, including auditing and processing of manual checks, voids, reissues, direct deposits, and termination payments. You will also be assigned workflows to ensure all timecards, employee and payroll transactions are processed timely and accurately.

This role will sit primarily in the office.

As a Top-10 ENR Contractor, Gilbane is a family-owned business with 45 offices that has been shaping communities since 1870. Gilbane is committed to delivering projects safely and on-time. You will have the opportunity to build schools, labs, hospitals, corporate offices, sports arenas and more!

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Who Are You?

You act inclusively, show empathy and treat others with respect and dignity to uphold Gilbane's core value of Caring and a "People First" workplace culture. You listen to understand and can convey information clearly. You are a strong problem solver who can identify, prioritize, and implement solutions, and you collaborate with others to support team members and achieve excellence. You are a self-starter who shows passion, commitment, and ownership while delivering business outcomes and driving results.

You identify opportunities for new and improved ways of doing things that provide value-added solutions.

Your core values match Gilbane's:
Integrity, Caring, Teamwork, Tough mindedness, Dedication to Excellence, Discipline, Loyalty, and Entrepreneurship.

Gilbane offers employees multi-dimensional training opportunities through resources for those early in their career. While managing responsibilities to projects, you will be able to enroll in trainings through Gilbane University to build leadership and technical skills. You will work with an experienced team which provides opportunities to learn new industry skills every day.

• Maintain payroll information by collecting, calculating, and entering payroll related data
• Processing of multi-state payroll, check printing, reconciliation, and distribution, including resolving discrepancies
• Responsible for post-payroll reconciliations and reporting
• Provide excellent customer service when answering employee and business partner payroll inquiries
• Maintain employee confidence and protect payroll operations by keeping confidential information
• Maintain payroll operations by following policies and procedures, reporting needed changes
• Ability to work individually and as a team member; contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment supporting multiple priorities
• Act as backup for other team members as needed

• High School Diploma;
  Associate's or bachelor's degree in business or accounting preferred
• Proven experience in a payroll position in a fast-paced environment required
• Strong knowledge of tax and wage laws
• Exceptional analytical, multitasking, and organizational skills
• Able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Experience with in-house payroll processing
• ADP and/or CMiC experience a plus
• Multi-state union and non-union with year-end/federal/state/local tax exposure
• Knowledge of union payroll and Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) a plus

• Ability to analyze information
• Data Entry Skills
• Attention to Detail
• Confidentiality
• Thoroughness
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent problem solving/judgement skills
• Organizational skills
• Strong computer literacy including Microsoft Office applications
• Additional language skills are beneficial

• Communicate Effectively - Listen to understand and clearly convey information in all forms based on the audience to ensure shared meaning…