Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Forvis Mazars US Executive Search Practice connects professionals with client opportunities. The Payroll & Benefits Accountant will manage payroll and benefits accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, labor cost analysis, regulatory reporting, and payroll-related internal controls, with a focus on unionized, multi-state payroll processes.
Responsibilities
- Manage payroll and benefits accounting: journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, expense analysis, and resolution of account discrepancies
- Administer benefits-related accounting processes, including invoice reconciliations, employer contributions, accruals, and employee deduction reporting
- Reconcile payroll taxes, benefit deductions, garnishments, labor burden accounts, union benefits, certified payroll, plus related balance sheet and general ledger accounts
- Partner with Finance and Human Resources, ensuring accurate payroll and benefits administration accounting and compliance with reporting requirements
- Support audits, benefit plan reporting, and month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
- 3+ years of experience with significant exposure to complex, multi-state payroll accounting
- Fringe benefit costs, pension obligations and union-related payroll and benefits accounts
- Knowledge of labor burden calculations, including wages, taxes, union benefits and employer-paid fringe contributions
- CPA, CPP or equivalent preferred
- Familiarity with certified payroll reporting, prevailing wage requirements, and the allocation of union labor costs to jobs and projects would be ideal. ß this experience is required
Benefits
- Remote work, ideally for candidates located in the Southeast United States
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