Automotive Payroll Representative

Ken Garff Automotive Group; Ankeny (IA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

401k with company match

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Dewey Dodge, a Ken Garff Automotive company, is seeking a Payroll Representative to support the accounting team in processing all payroll functions for the dealership(s). This role sits in the Centralized Accounting Office in Clive, IA, with a Monday–Friday schedule 8:00am–5:00pm.

You will handle payroll processing, reconciliations, and reporting, while ensuring accurate deductions and timely tax filings. Prior dealership payroll experience and strong Excel skills are highly valued, with

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of payroll experience.
• High school diploma or equivalent; associate’s degree in accounting preferred.
• Dealership accounting experience preferred.
• Proficiency with Excel and general computer use.
• Knowledge of accounting software is a plus.
• Strong numeracy, analytical, time management, and communication skills.
• Ability to read and follow instructions.

Responsibilities

• Collect employee insurance premiums through payroll.
• Reconcile benefit invoices monthly.
• Enter new employees and terminate exiting employees in payroll system.
• Maintain absence and receivable reports.
• Issue manual/void checks as needed.
• Prepare ad hoc reports for Corporate.
• Process payroll bi-monthly and ensure deductions are correct.
• File taxes electronically each payday and post EFT transfers.
• Reconcile payroll bank accounts monthly.
• Create payroll reports (monthly/quarterly/yearly).
• Perform general administrative duties as needed.

Skills

Payroll processing

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Reading/comprehension

Education

Associate’s degree in accounting

Tools

Excel

Accounting software

Microsoft Office

Job description

Dewey Dodge, a Ken Garff Automotive company, is currently looking for a talented Payroll Representative to support our accounting team in processing all payroll functions within in the dealership(s). This talented individual will align with our core values and acts with respect, integrity, growth, humility and teamwork. At Ken Garff, we aim to become the most esteemed automotive group by treating people R.I.G.H.T and creating lifetime customers! This position will office in the Centralized Accounting Office in Clive, IA. Schedule: Monday-Friday; 8:00am-5:00pm.

Here’s what you’ll be doing:

• Collect employee insurance premiums through payroll in a timely manner.
• Reconcile benefit invoices monthly.
• Enter new employees into payroll system and terminate exiting employees.
• Maintain absence reports and employee receivables reports.
• Issue manual/void checks as needed.
• Complete ad hoc reports for Corporate as needed.
• Process and reconcile payroll on a bi-monthly schedule.
• Ensure all payroll deductions are correct.
• Electronic filing of taxes each payday to comply with time restrictions Posting EFT transfers into accounting.
• Reconcile payroll bank accounts monthly.
• Create payroll reports (monthly, quarterly, yearly, miscellaneous) and pay items as needed.
• Occasional filing and other general administrative duties as needed.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Minimum of 1 or 2 years of payroll experience
• High school diploma or the equivalent, with associate’s degree in accounting or 2 years of commensurate dealership accounting experience
• Dealership accounting experience preferred
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software products, particularly Excel, and the general use of a computer and calculator
• Knowledge of accounting software and dealership software a plus
• Strong numeracy, analytical, time management, verbal, and technology skills
• Must have the ability to read and comprehend instructions and information

Here’s why you’ll want to work here:

• Great culture and real career growth
• Competitive compensation package
• Attractive schedule (Monday-Friday)
• Maternity and Parental program
• Paid Time Off and 401k with Company match
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Short and Long-term disability, AD&D and Life Insurance
• Year-end bonus program for all employees (Garff Giveback)
• Employee discounts on Vehicle Purchase, Parts, Service and More!

If you are eager to make a difference, have strong attention to detail and are looking for an organization that treats you RIGHT, then we want to hear from you!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (( We hear you )). You're in for a great ride (excuse the car metaphor) We're not your standard dealership or group of dealerships and we're pretty darn proud of that. We're out to do things differently. We want to consistently change, grow, and progress. For that reason, our employees are proud of where they work. Our history is rich in the tradition of doing things differently. It began with Ken Garff himself. It continued through all of those who followed Ken and is alive and thriving today.