Payroll Accountant

Payroll Accountant– Well established, growing firm in Chicagoland area

About the Company and Opportunity

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• Our client is a growing construction company
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• The culture is highly collaborative and they look for creative thinkers who strive to find efficiencies and process improvement
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• Good work life balance
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• Excellent benefits
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• Competitive salary
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Overview of the role:

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• Performing weekly and biweekly payroll for multistate employees
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• Partnering with external vendors to complete payroll processing bi-weekly and respond to payroll inquiries and requests by employees and other internal and external users of payroll data
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• Researching and troubleshooting payroll discrepancies and resolving any payroll-related issues.
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• Serves as a liaison between Finance and Human Resources regarding payroll, paid time off, and various other policies and procedures.
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• Prepares and maintains account reconciliations as part of the monthly closing process. Ensures that federal and state payroll reports (monthly, quarterly and annually) are filed in a timely manner and accurately.
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• Assisting with AP and AR
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Preferred Qualifications:

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• 2+ years payroll experience
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• Payroll processing and reporting experience
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• Union experience is a plus
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• AP/AR experience
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Compensation range $50,000-$62,000