Payroll Accountant

Rosendin•San Jose, CA

16h•Onsite

About The Position

The Field Payroll Accountant is responsible for establishing and maintaining payroll tables to control pay rates and fringe benefit rates in accordance with union agreements. Rosendin offers meaningful career growth, a sense of ownership as an employee-owned company, competitive compensation, full benefits, and an Employee Stock Ownership Plan. The company is an industry leader, committed, innovative, and engaged, with a history of over 100 years, driven to positively impact communities, built on integrity, and empowering people, embracing diversity, and inspiring everyone to do their best. As one of the largest EMPLOYEE-OWNED electrical contractors in the United States, employees have the unique benefit of being a shareholder.

Requirements

Accounting, 10-key, and data entry skills are proficient.
Proficient in using a computer and Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access etc.).
Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks, changing priorities as necessary.
Ability to work under pressure and adapt to changing requirements with a positive attitude.
Oral and written communication skills as for the position.
Self-motivated, proactive and an effective team player.
Ability to interact effectively and professionally with all levels of employees, both management and staff alike, vendors, clients, and others.
Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related discipline.
Minimum 5 years’ work experience with a union employer.

Nice To Haves

Oracle preferred
American Payroll Association (APA) membership is desirable

Responsibilities

Assist with processing monthly fringe benefit reporting, transmittals, and payments to all unions.
Assist in Prevailing Wage reporting and audits.
Reconcile Fringe Benefit accruals against payments and GL.
Interpret union contracts and process the upload of union rate & fringe changes.
Keep alert for Prevailing Wage/Certified Payroll requirements and process appropriate set-ups.
Set-up new union job and fringe structures in Oracle.
Work with trust funds on monthly reporting requirements.
Set-up and maintain fringe reporting requirements in Access.
Process Certified Payroll, both online and paper copies.
Work with other departments to correct and re-file certified payrolls as needed.
Implement and maintain union portability accruals, payments, and payroll deductions for out-of-area agreements.
Responsible for timely and accurate process of union fringe benefit transmittals.
Reconcile monthly fringe accruals and payments to general ledger.
Implement procedures to correct union accrual/payment variances.
Comply with government statistical reporting and wage surveys.
Maintain Company assigned vehicles log in employee payroll master file and ensure accurate taxability is applied to personnel.
Address processes that need streamlining or automation.
Scan and index union contracts and update details into an imaging system.