Remote Payroll Accountant

Summary

The job involves processing semi-monthly payroll for two pay groups, ensuring timely submission and approval of timesheets, performing a high-level review of submitted timesheets, updating leave accruals, facilitating off-cycle payroll requests, serving as the primary payroll point of contact, providing ownership of payroll reporting, compliance, and documentation, supporting external audits, maintaining organized electronic records, handling sensitive PII, communicating effective payroll guidance to employees, and collaborating with other team members. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree, 3+ years of payroll-related experience, ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, experience working with payroll compliance, expert proficiency with Microsoft Excel, and the ability to work for any US employer without requiring sponsorship.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of payroll-related experience
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Experience working with payroll compliance including compliance filings and withholdings
• Expert proficiency with Microsoft Excel and working knowledge of other Microsoft Office products
• The ability to work for any US employer without requiring sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Process semi-monthly payroll for two pay groups
• Process payroll for hourly, salaried exempt, and salaried non-exempt employees across multiple jurisdictions
• Ensure timesheets are submitted and approved timely
• Work with People Operations to process employee changes
• Perform a high-level review of submitted timesheets for accuracy
• Update leave accruals semi-monthly after payroll is complete
• Facilitate off-cycle payroll requests, as necessary, for items such as terminations and bonus payments
• Serve as primary payroll point of contact within the RP organization and with our 3rd party payroll provider, GovConPay, and 3rd party payroll platform vendor, iSolved
• Provide ownership of payroll reporting, compliance, and documentation
• Provide support for external audits and ad hoc internal requests
• Tracks compliance filings (ie. Quarterly 941s) and coordinates with GovConPay to ensure timely submission
• Respond to federal and state payroll tax notices promptly
• Maintain organized electronic records on SharePoint in compliance with federal and state laws and regulations
• Process year-end W2s
• Handle sensitive PII with the highest level of professionalism and discretion
• Communicate effective payroll guidance to employees and facilitate payroll training as needed
• Collaborate with other team members to complete group taskings, attend weekly team meetings, etc. as part of the Finance and Accounting team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in Government Contracting
• Experience with iSolved
• Experience with Unanet ERP
• Experience with Service Contract Act (SCA) requirements

Benefits

• Fully remote
• Flexible scheduling