Senior Office Accountant - Payroll

Division

Turner Shared Services

Project Location(s)

Cincinnati, OH 45202 USA

Minimum Years Experience

3

Travel Involved

None/Not Specified

Job Type

Regular

Job Classification

Experienced

Education

Bachelors Degree

Job Family

Finance

Compensation

Salaried Non-Exempt

Position Description

Oversee

• activity for processing weekly trade payrolls and biweekly staff payrolls,
• including off-cycle payrolls and postings. Responsible for tracking, analyzing,
• troubleshooting, and auditing payroll data.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage process to validate payroll checklists to ensure all processes are completed.
• Authorize positive pay files for all payroll checks issued, ACH files daily, and initiate stop payment requests.
• Verify reporting of contributions to Union Pension and Health plans.
• Conduct scheduled and Ad Hoc payroll audits on processes and data to ensure data integrity and compliance with company policy, and legal requirements.
• This includes, but not be limited to; union audits, claims reporting, address setup audits, and International tax and VISA setups.
• Manage bank exception items on all Payroll accounts by researching through proper channels to resolution.
• Main point of contact for business units and auditors, coordinate all requests for payroll documents and responses to Union audits.
• Analyze and extract Union pay scale table data from collective bargaining agreements to ensure current and accurate Union payroll information.
• Review all weekly, bi-weekly and month-end payroll postings and maintain database to validate completion.
• Maintain activity rates for trade employees with upload template.
• Take active role as trainer and mentor.
• Partner with Human Resources, Benefits, and Compensation teams to coordinate initiatives, provide guidance on established policies and procedures, and promote consistency and compliance with company standards.
• Facilitate the cross-functional team environment to ensure that identifying test data, execution of payroll testing and validation for system bug fixes and enhancements are completed and communicated accurately and timely.
• Prepare and verify payroll metrics monthly making sure information is available, as necessary; including number of off cycle payrolls, late timesheets received, and number of retroactive payrolls processed.
• Present recommendations to Payroll Managers for resolutions on current outstanding issues and process improvements based on findings.
• Research, resolve and respond to issues with payroll postings from business units.
• Analyze payroll balance sheet and bank reconciliations and ensure entries for correcting reconciliation items are prepared and entered by payroll staff.
• Prepare and deliver training to Payroll group as needed.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or related field, and 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and/or experience, CPP certification preferred
• Previous experience in international/Canadian environment preferred
• Excellent knowledge of accounting principles (GAAP) to ensure timely and accurate reporting
• Understand accounting implications of various contract terms (i.e. billable/non-billable, owner/subcontractor)
• Basic understanding of risk management tools and processes (cash position reports, bank reconciliations)
• High degree of organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Must have proficiency in financial systems applications, SAP experience required, advanced knowledge of MS Excel and working knowledge of MS Access
• Must be self-starter, adaptable and flexible to operate with minimal direction and little or no supervision while working in complex and changing environment
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion with ability to identify problems and initiate corrective action
• Demonstrated leadership, strong dedication to teamwork and integrity within professional environment
• Professional written and verbal communication skills

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must
• be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this
• job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
• disabilities to perform the essential functions. Performance of the required
• duties will require physical ability to climb permanent and temporary stairs,
• passenger use of construction personnelhoists, ability to climb laddersand negotiate work areas under construction. Specificvision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral
• vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Performing this job
• requires use of hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls,
• sit, talk and hear, stand, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy weight.

Work Environment

• The work
• environment characteristics described here are representative of those an
• employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
• to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the
• employee regularly works on-site at the construction work site where the
• employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts; high precarious places; fumes
• or airborne particles; outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock.
• The noise in these work environments is usually moderate to very loud.
• Turner is an Equal

Opportunity Employer

Minorities/Females/Veterans/Individuals

with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

VEVRAA Federal Contractor

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer - race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or other characteristics protected by applicable law.