HR & Payroll Analyst: Hands-On Growth in Manufacturing

Dagen; Texas; On-site; USD 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package including medical, &

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Dagen in NW Houston is seeking a detail-oriented, early-career professional to support payroll administration and HR/accounting tasks under the oversight of the Chief Accounting Officer. This role offers hands-on experience across HR, payroll, and accounting in a growing manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities include onboarding new hires, payroll processing, journal entries, and tracking hours by project, plus benefits analysis and open enrollment, with opportunities to work on special HR

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or Business, completed or expected within 12 months.
• 2–5 years of experience in payroll, HR administration, or accounting (internships count).
• Working knowledge of debits, credits, and basic accounting
• Strong Microsoft Excel skills and comfort with high volumes of data and transactions
• Excellent organization, attention to detail, and discretion with confidential employee information

Responsibilities

• Lead the administrative onboarding of all new hires, including offer paperwork, background checks and drug screens, I-9 verification, PEO and benefits enrollment, and new-hire orientation logistics.
• Coordinate with hiring managers and operations staff to confirm start dates and ensure each new hire is set up on day one.
• Manage payroll administration each pay cycle with our PEO, including new hires, terminations, pay rate changes, bonuses, and time data, and review payroll registers for accuracy.
• Prepare payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll-related accounts as part of month-end closes.
• Track and report employee job hours by project to support job costing.
• Support special projects related to field service employee insurance, expense management, and payroll.
• Assist with employee benefits renewal analysis and the annual open enrollment.
• Maintain personnel files and HR records and support other HR and accounting needs as they arise

Skills

Payroll administration

HR administration

Accounting basics

Excel

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, HR, or Business

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business

Payroll systems (PEO)

Job description

Dagen in NW Houston is seeking a detail-oriented, early-career professional to support payroll administration and HR/accounting tasks under the oversight of the Chief Accounting Officer. This role offers hands-on experience across HR, payroll, and accounting in a growing manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities include onboarding new hires, payroll processing, journal entries, and tracking hours by project, plus benefits analysis and open enrollment, with opportunities to work on special HR