Assistant Payroll Accountant

JBA•Woodland Hills, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

An established construction company in Woodland Hills is looking for an Assistant Payroll & Human Resource Accountant to prepare and maintain employee’s benefits, compensation, wages, evaluation, discipline and, relationship for one or more section within a department, project or division.

Requirements

Prepare and maintain employee’s benefits, compensation, wages, evaluation, discipline and, relationship for one or more section within a department, project or division.

Responsibilities

Process weekly or biweekly payrolls, including garnishments, benefits and taxes to consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws.
Ensures the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely.
Prepares and audits W‐4s, payroll balance sheets, YTD earnings, etc.
Ensures systems are set‐up and updated to reflect our current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time in line with agreement (union and non‐union).
Manages regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year‐end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrual, tax deductions, benefits deductions, etc.).
Manages payroll or insurance audits, tax audits, and other audits as necessary.
Manages payroll taxes payment weekly with State and Federal.
Prepare quarterly and yearly Payroll tax filing with State and Federal.
Reconcile banks.
Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs.
Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; maintaining records.
Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures.
Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records.
Completes human resource operational requirements by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising employee’ job performance; advising management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues.
Administers benefits programs such as life, health, and dental insurance, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance.
Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.