North America Payroll and Accounting Manager

Halliburton; Texas; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Halliburton is seeking a North America Payroll and Accounting Manager to oversee payroll accounting operations in a large enterprise environment. This role leads the accounting department, ensuring accurate general ledger entries for payroll and timely close processes.

You will manage accruals, PTO reserves, W-2s/1099s reconciliations, and provide strategic financial insights to management while ensuring compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of accounting experience with direct payroll accounting experience.
• Experience with full cycle payroll processing and payroll tax compliance.
• SAP S/4HANA experience required; ERP system proficiency.
• Ability to lead staff, manage audits, and drive process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize and lead payroll accounting operations for NA region.
• Manage GL entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and accruals.
• Oversee W-2s, 1099s, and payroll compliance activities.
• Lead internal/external audits and implement process improvements.

Skills

Payroll accounting

SAP S/4HANA

Financial reporting

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting

CPA preferred

Tools

ADP GlobalView

SmartCompliance

Workforce Software

SAP ECC

Job description

Location: TX, US, 77032

North America Payroll and Accounting Manager

We are looking for the right people — people who want to innovate, achieve, grow and lead. We attract and retain the best talent by investing in our employees and empowering them to develop themselves and their careers. Experience the challenges, rewards and opportunity of working for one of the world’s largest providers of products and services to the global energy industry.

Halliburton is seeking a Payroll Accountant Manager to support its payroll accounting operations in a large enterprise environment. This role is responsible for planning, organizing, and leading the accounting department. Responsible for accurate general ledger entries related to payroll, performing balance sheet reconciliations, and ensuring proper accrual accounting for employee compensation, benefits, and stock activity.

Key Responsibilities

• Under broad direction, responsible for planning, organizing, developing, and leading accounting department staff in the activities supporting general ledger, sub-systems, and related business applications, which may also include the preparation of financial statements and ancillary reports in a corporate or cost accounting environment
• Responsible for preparation, review, and accuracy of business activities within the department, including executing financial close activities, reviewing and updating business practices, performing internal control self-assessments, preparing forecasts and annual business plans, and performing ongoing process improvements
• Responsible for managing the recruitment, training, and development of accounting personnel within the assigned area
• Serves as a trusted business advisor to management on key financial issues, financial performance, and strategy execution, including commercial business insight
• Responsible for interpreting and applying company policy and accounting principles to financial transactions for internal control compliance
• Manage payroll accounting, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and GL entries
• Manage PTO/vacation reserve tracking and year-end vacation payouts
• Reconciliation of payroll accounts, including wages payable, taxes, and benefits
• Reconciliation of W-2’s, 1099’s, T-4’s, payroll accounts, including wages payable, taxes, and benefits, including adjusting entries
• Maintain accurate payroll records for audits and regulatory purposes
• Manage internal and external audits related to payroll
• Ensure adherence to internal controls and company policies
• Identify and implement improvements to payroll processes
  Support payroll system upgrades or implementations and calculation testing
• Perform Root Cause Analysis, communicate issues and resolution, work to remediate and implement process/system changes to prevent reoccurrence
• Manage payroll related projects to implement system/policy changes with various teams
• Manage ticketing system with Vendors and Internal to raise and resolve issues, respond to employee questions/issues, etc.

Qualifications

• Applies technical accounting skills acquired through completion of an accounting or business university degree and eight (8) years of progressive experience in finance or accounting related roles, to include management experience
• 8+ years of accounting experience with direct payroll accounting experience
• SAP S/4HANA experience required
• Experience with full cycle payroll processing, gross-to-net calculations, different types of stock transactions and federal, state, and local taxes
• Demonstrates project management skills and awareness of financial performance metrics
• Demonstrates strong knowledge in aspects of finance and accounting, internal controls and risk mitigation, company policy

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with ADP GlobalView (or enterprise-level payroll system) and SmartCompliance in a large enterprise payroll environment
• Workforce Software time system experience
• SAP ECC experience
• SuccessFactors/Employee Central experience
• Strong knowledge of fundamental time and payroll regulations

At Halliburton, we're committed to providing you and your family with a comprehensive and affordable benefits package - which means we offer support for your physical, emotional, financial and parental needs, both now and in the future. When you join our team, you'll have access to a wide range of resources designed to help you thrive at work and at home. By clicking here , you can review a summary of the benefits available once you join.

Compensation Information
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.

Location

Houston, Texas

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Requisition Number: 212800
Experience Level: Experienced Hire
Job Family: Finance & Accounting
PSL: Corporate
Full Time / Part Time: Full Time

Halliburton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, citizenship, marital status, sex/gender, sexual preference/ orientation, gender identity, age, veteran status, national origin, or any other status protected by law or regulation.

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