Payroll & Accounting Generalist

One Off Hospitality Group; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

One Off Hospitality Group is seeking a Payroll & Accounting Generalist to administer bi-weekly payroll for a fluctuating workforce, including tipped staff. You will use Paylocity and Toast, generate reports, and collaborate with A/P and HR to ensure accurate, timely payroll and related accounting tasks.

The role requires 3+ years payroll experience, strong analytical skills, and proficiency with MS 365 and Google Suite. Spanish is a plus; onsite Chicago office environment.

Qualifications

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience including tipped restaurant environment.
• Strong analytical, MS 365 (Excel) and Google Suite proficiency.
• Experience with HRIS such as Paylocity is a plus.
• Ability to handle stress, multitask, and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Administer bi-weekly payrolls for a mixed full-time and part-time staff.
• Process payroll using Paylocity and Toast accurately and timely.
• Prepare standard and custom payroll reports for leadership.
• Reconcile time off requests, balances, and related inquiries.
• Collaborate with A/P and HR teams on daily tasks and month-end closings.

Skills

Payroll processing

Analytical skills

Communication

Spanish (preferred)

Education

Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Tools

Paylocity

Toast

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

Description

For almost 30 years, One Off Hospitality has developed and operated some of Chicago’s most beloved places to eat and drink. More importantly, we’re a group of people – chefs, hospitality veterans, managers and creators – who believe in the power of treating our guests like family and our restaurants like home.

POSITION: PAYROLL & ACCOUNTING GENERALIST
REPORTS TO: VICE PRESIDENT OF FINACE & ACCOUNTING

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Administration of bi-weekly payrolls
• Timely and accurately process payroll for a fluctuating workforce of full time and part time employees (tipped and non-tipped) using Paylocity and Toast
• Prepare and distribute standard and custom payroll reports
• Review, process, and reconcile time off requests and balances
• Work with our payroll provider to reconcile tax inquiries and/or discrepancies
• Interact daily in a professional manner with all levels of employees to address wages and benefits
• Assist employees in requests for employment and payroll documents
• Assist A/P Specialist with processing invoices
• Daily maintenance and reconciliation of event & catering sales
• Assist accounting & HR teams with miscellaneous daily, weekly and monthly tasks
• Keeps immediate supervisor promptly and fully informed of all problems or unusual matters of significance and takes prompt corrective action where necessary
• Assists other team members as needed or when business needs dictates

Requirements

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree preferred
• Minimum 3 years of payroll experience (including 1 year in a full service, tipped restaurant)
• Strong analytical skills, computer proficiency and technical aptitude; Microsoft 365 (including Excel) and Google Suite
• Experience with HR information systems (Paylocity is a plus)
• Ability to handle stress under pressure and multitask
• Ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal)
• Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision; self-motivated and anticipate needs of company
• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Ability to be flexible with job demands and open minded when being asked to complete tasks
• Onsite, in office work environment

One Off Hospitality provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.