
Payroll Associate
Accentuate Staffing is currently recruiting for a Payroll Associate to join our client located in Lillington, NC 27546. This is a Direct Hire opportunity offering excellent benefits. The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal and critical thinking skills and superior attention to detail. They will be responsible for processing multi-state payroll.
Responsibilities:
- Process payroll in compliance with federal and state regulations to ensure accurate and timely payment to approximately 200 employees in various states
- Reconcile payroll accounts and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner
- Respond to employee payroll inquiries
- Collaborate with HR to maintain accurate employee payroll records
- Setup new hire in payroll system and complete I-9 verification
- Works closely with Human Resources Coordinator to understand how benefit changes impact payroll deductions
- Reconcile benefit carrier invoices and completes departmental cost allocations
- Calculate employer 401K, HSA & FSA contributions based on eligibility requirements, maintains accurate spreadsheets and communicates funding details to vendors
- Responsible for posting all journal entries related to payroll and benefits
- Assist with various payroll and benefit audits, including extracting data from payroll reports and formatting for the end user
- Assist team with auditing expense reports
- Assist with responding to inquiries from internal users via the Accounting Help inbox
- Complete other accounting and reporting duties as assigned
Requirements:
- Minimum of 3+ years of payroll experience with multi-state, multi-entity payroll
- Associate or Bachelor’s degree preferred
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) is a plus
- ADP Workforce Now & Timekeeping experience strongly desired
- Comfortable with MS Office products




