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Our client, a utilities company focused on managing and monitoring electric generation and transmission, is looking for a Payroll Analyst III to join their team on a 36-month contract basis. This role is onsite in Tucker, GA.
Responsibilities:
Process employee status changes, including new hires, terminations, promotions, transfers, Direct deposits and salary adjustments.
Verify payroll files and payment transmissions to ensure accurate employee payments.
Analyze payroll variances between pay periods and investigate unusual fluctuations.
Validate payroll adjustments and ensure appropriate approvals are documented.
Identify recurring payroll errors and recommend corrective actions.
Maintain processing documentation and support internal and external payroll audits.
Verify the accuracy of payroll accruals and related financial entries, as applicable.
Review federal, state, and local income tax withholdings.
Monitor Social Security and Medicare tax calculations, including Additional Medicare Tax withholding.
Review unemployment tax calculations and applicable wage bases.
Assist with quarterly and annual payroll tax reconciliations.
Support the preparation and validation of Forms W-2, W-2c, 941, and other applicable payroll tax filings.
Research tax discrepancies and coordinate corrections with payroll tax providers.
Qualifications:
Must-Have Qualifications: What 35 qualifications are required?
Payroll Processing Experience: 35 years of hands-on payroll processing experience, including wage calculations, overtime, bonuses, deductions, and payroll adjustments.
Payroll Tax and Compliance Knowledge: Working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll taxes, Social Security, Medicare, wage-and-hour regulations, and payroll reporting requirements.
Excel and Analytical Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, PivotTables, and data reconciliation, with the ability to analyze payroll data, identify discrepancies, and resolve errors.
Payroll Systems and Reconciliation Experience: Experience using a payroll or HRIS platform and performing payroll audits, balancing payroll registers, reconciling deductions, and verifying the accuracy of payroll transactions.
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, and data analysis.
Experience with payroll tax reconciliations, year-end processing, W-2 reporting, and quarterly payroll filings.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, VLOOKUP, and data analysis
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