Payroll Specialist

Everus Construction Group•Tualatin, OR

15d•Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for understanding, upholding, and promoting the Everus 4EVER Strategy. Employees | Value | Execution | Relationships JOB SUMMARY Power up your career – come join our fast-growing team at ILB! We are seeking motivated, adaptable, detail-oriented candidates with previous payroll experience to join our dynamic, high-volume, weekly-processing team. If you enjoy working with numbers and are passionate about payroll, we invite you to apply today! The Payroll Specialist processes and reconciles payroll, maintains payroll records and systems, and ensures compliance with union agreements, applicable laws, internal controls, and confidentiality requirements.

Requirements

Must possess a working knowledge of payroll fundamentals and principles at a level normally acquired through the completion of a two-year associate degree in accounting or business administration, or related fields or equivalent experience.
Minimum two (2) years of payroll experience, including significant experience with construction, multistate, union, and complex payroll operations.
Experience with collective bargaining agreements, union pay types, and compliance requirements.
Strong organization, accuracy, attention to detail, and ability to manage priorities and meet deadlines.
Advanced Microsoft Office suite applications and Adobe PDF skills.
Strong written and verbal communication, including accurate grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
Collaborate effectively at all levels to deliver high-quality service.
Proactively removes obstacles and resolves issues before they affect results.
Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Navigates ambiguity by analyzing multiple data points to identify issues and trends.

Nice To Haves

Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) Certification.
Experience supporting payroll operations within a publicly traded company environment.
Fluency in Spanish.
Experience processing payroll in California.

Responsibilities

Oversee timecard submission, review, and verification for hourly, salaried, and union employees.
Coordinate with field operations to accurately capture labor hours.
Review payroll before release for accuracy, completeness, authorized changes, deductions, funding, and material exceptions.
Reconcile pay, deductions, payroll data, and timecards with company policies and labor agreements.
Maintain payroll systems, employee records, supporting documentation, and data privacy compliance.
Answer employee questions about pay, timekeeping, benefits, and accruals, escalating issues as needed.
Prepare control documents and reconcile third-party payments, including garnishments and levies.
Partner with HR and the Payroll Manager to process new hires, terminations, pay changes, and position updates.
Work with Accounting and unions to maintain payroll codes in compliance with laws and collective bargaining agreements.
Recommend payroll process and system improvements.
Collaborate with Finance and HR to support reporting and cost-control objectives.
Execute payroll-related financial controls, including approvals, access, master-data changes, interfaces, reconciliations, segregation of duties, and record retention.
Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.