Payroll Specialist - Troy, VA

The Caton Companies•Troy, VA

8h•Onsite

About The Position

CATON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, one of The Caton Companies, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join our accounting team at our corporate office in Troy (Zion Crossroads), Virginia! The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for compiling and maintaining all construction payroll, providing weekly and bi-weekly gross pay reports to our parent company, and reconciling to final payroll reports. Assists with new hire onboarding, and works with our Human Resources department to address all payroll-related inquiries and issues.

Requirements

3-5 years of experience working payroll administration, preferably in a construction/government contract and multi-state environment.
Proven ability to resolve issues related to earnings, taxes, and payroll-related inquiries.
Understanding of payroll-related GL accounts and GAAP reporting.
The ideal candidate is meticulous, resourceful, and approachable with great analytical and mathematical abilities.

Responsibilities

Assist and support operations with timely and accurate payroll time reporting
File and maintain employee data, payroll related documents and records in a timely and orderly manner
Process weekly payroll cycles, helping to ensure correct hours reporting across all jobs.
Export and import data between payroll systems, reconciling between the two in order to maintain proper accounting and data integrity
Record and reconcile payroll cash transactions and maintain reconciliations of all payroll GL accounts. Recommend and prepare journal entries as needed
Prepare and provide weekly certified payroll reports for all jobs subject to Davis Bacon Act, using a combination of electronic and manual reporting with government agencies or project owners
Collect, review and provide certified payroll reports required from subcontractors
Monthly reporting of subcontractor payments to required governmental agencies
Organization and monitoring of compliance with all EEO, OJT and DBE requirements for each job
Creating and submitting all monthly, quarterly, and other certified payroll reports to required agencies.
Maintain knowledge and system setup of multi-state compliance, including taxation and reciprocity rules
Maintain knowledge and system setup of Davis Bacon reporting requirements in general, as well as wage determinations at the job level
Collect tax filings from parent company, review and reconcile
Assist with audits as necessary, including, but not limited to, insurance audits and outside independent audit
Assist operations with inquiries related to expenses posted to jobs, provide weekly reporting of job cost details or summary as required
Assist with the employee onboarding process, ensuring required documents are complete and submitted appropriately.
Assists accounting with ad hoc requests as required
Perform other duties and tasks as assigned
Participation in all company EEO trainings