Part-Time Payroll & Accounting Specialist; Temp

Payroll & Accounting Specialist - Temporary, Part-Time job at Life-Science Innovations, LLC. Willmar, MN. Life-Science Innovations is seeking a temporary, part-time payroll & accounting specialist to play a key role in the weekly payroll process for LSI and affiliated companies. This role will have a significant and broad focus on payroll deduction reviews and audits which will involve employee and company taxation, garnishments, and employee benefit and deduction premiums.

Additionally, the role will be involved within various billing and reconciliation efforts associated with payroll, benefits, and taxation vendors and stakeholders. Our goal at LSI is to provide tailored professional shared services to each of our customers, partnering with them to become an extension of their team. Headquartered in Willmar, MN, on the beautiful Minn West Technology Campus, Life-Science Innovations employs people in a variety of roles and expertise.

We hire technically passionate, positive, career-minded individuals who align with our core organizational values.

• Plays a key role in the review and compilation of payroll data and timekeeping systems data via employees, managers, timecards and records.
• Handles employee payroll deductions, including understanding proper taxation of employee paid benefits and ensures deductions are set up correctly.
• Processes garnishments which include child supports, tax levies, student loans, WRIT of garnishments.
• Performs various journal entries, account and invoice reconciliations, and provides general ledger support including creating journal entries, invoices, reports and balancing of accounts.
• Researches, analyzes and resolves employee payroll issues effectively and in a professional manner.
• Audits wage computations and corrects errors to ensure accuracy of payroll.

• Attention to detail
• Active listening and customer service orientation
• Written and verbal communication
• Must be well organized with extreme attention to detail
• MS Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel, in addition to payroll, timekeeping and report-writer applications
• Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times

• 3 - 5 years of payroll and/or accounting related experience.
• Knowledge of payroll systems, principles, and processes.
• Knowledge of payroll and tax regulations.
• Well-rounded knowledge of accounting principles.
• Clerical and general administration procedures.
• Deductive/Inductive Reasoning.
• Mathematical Reasoning.

Pay Range: $20 - $24/Hour

Schedule:

Tuesday and Wednesday 8am-5pm and every 4th Friday 8am-5pm or 12pm – 5pm

Location:

Willmar, MN