Payroll Administrator

Comfort Systems USA; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

TAS Energy Inc. is seeking a Payroll Administrator to manage multi-state payroll operations, ensuring accuracy and timely processing while complying with federal, state, and local regulations.

The role covers hourly and salaried employees, contract workers, and year-end tasks with strong attention to detail and confidential handling of payroll data. Based in Houston, TX, cross-department collaboration with HR and Finance is essential, with experience in ADP/ExponentHR/WorkDay valued.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of payroll administration experience, preferably in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience processing multi-state payroll.
• Knowledge of payroll laws, wage and hour regulations, and tax compliance.
• Proficiency with payroll software systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees.
• Maintain clock records for Contract Employees and all Contract Agencies.
• Process year-end payroll activities, including W-2 preparation and audits.
• Prepare payroll reports and reconcile payroll accounts.
• Coordinate payroll-related activities with HR, Finance, and department managers.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding pay, taxes, deductions, and payroll procedures.

Skills

Payroll laws

Excel proficiency

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Communication

Collaboration across departments

Education

Bachelor’s or Associate degree in Accounting/Finance/Economics

CPP certification (preferred)

Tools

ADP

ExponentHR

WorkDay

Job description

Position Overview

TAS Energy Inc. is seeking a detail-oriented and highly organized Payroll Administrator to manage and process multi-state payroll operations accurately and on time. The Payroll Administrator will ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations while maintaining confidentiality and delivering excellent internal customer service to employees and management.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Process weekly and bi-weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees
• Maintain clock records for Contract Employees.
• Process weekly payroll for all Contract Agencies.
• Maintain payroll records, including earnings, deductions, taxes, garnishments, and benefits.
• Review and verify employee timekeeping records for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll laws and company policies.
• Prepare payroll reports and reconcile payroll accounts.
• Coordinate payroll-related activities with HR, Finance, and department managers.
• Month end reports for Finance and Health & Safety Departments.
• Maintain the uniforms contracts –ensuring billing accuracy for participating employees.
• Respond to employee inquiries regarding pay, taxes, deductions, and payroll procedures. Process new hires, terminations in the clock and ERP systems.
• Manage year-end payroll activities, including W-2 preparation and audits.
• Assist with internal and external payroll audits.
• Maintain confidentiality of sensitive employee and company information.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives for payroll processes and systems.
• All other duties as assigned by TAS

Job Skills

• Knowledge of payroll laws, wage and hour regulations, and tax compliance.
• Proficiency with payroll software systems and Microsoft Excel.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments.

Education & Training

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field preferred.
• CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification is a plus.

Minimum Requirements

• 3+ years of payroll administration experience, preferably in manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience processing multi-state payroll.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with payroll processing systems: ADP, ExponentHR, WorkDay, etc.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a big plus.
• Understanding of manufacturing workforce payroll practices, including shift differentials and overtime calculations.
• Familiarity with time clock systems a plus.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

Position is at least 80% to 95% at a desk working with computer. Ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Performs other physical activities including use of fingers, sitting, stooping, bending, crouching, talking, hearing, and performing repetitive motions. Visual acuity requirements include color, depth perception and field of vision necessary to prepare and analyze data and figures, operate a computer terminal, and conduct extensive reading. The incumbent will be subject to inside environmental conditions.

Company Overview

Join a team driven to excel in all that we do! When you join TAS, you join a Houston-headquartered company that is part of a large Houston-headquartered publicly traded company, Comfort Systems USA, with a solid reputation built on outstanding value, integrity, and customer focus. We offer our customers and employees the best of both worlds: a small company feel with the resources, talent, process, and international reach of a large company.

TAS delivers innovative packaged modular systems that are engineered and manufactured in one of our Houston, TX facilities and utilized in data centers, power, and commercial/industrial utility system applications. TAS has successfully delivered and commissioned over 520 packages to over 33 countries. The company is headquartered in Houston, TX and has five ISO 9001 certified manufacturing facilities in Houston, encompassing 1.2m sq. feet with proximity to major shipping ports and interstate highways. TAS manages all logistics and transportation facilitating accelerated construction at customer’s facilities.

TAS’ fastest growing business is the data center market. By applying deep expertise in cooling, thermodynamics, and power, TAS has developed an entire product line that revolutionizes data center delivery.

With our tremendous market potential, advanced technological systems, entrepreneurial culture as well as a talented and productive workforce, we continue to set and exceed aggressive market penetration and financial goals. More information is available on the company website at: www.tas.com.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: TAS has a tobacco-free workplace policy, under which individuals are not allowed to smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products on the TAS premises, while conducting TAS business off premises or take "smoking" breaks during working hours. “smoking” and “tobacco or nicotine products” includes, but is not limited to, product such as cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, pipes, vaping, all forms of smokeless tobacco (chewing tobacco, snuff, dip) and clove cigarettes

The above declarations are not intended to be an all-inclusive list of the duties and responsibilities of the job described, nor are they intended to be such a listing of the skills and abilities required to do the job. Rather, they are intended only to describe the general nature of the job.

Applications and resumes will be kept on file for a limited time and the Company is under no duty or obligation to contact applicants if they are not selected for the job applied for or if other jobs become available in the future. Applicants that desire to apply for a job that becomes available at the Company in the future, should submit a new employment application or resume.

TAS Energy Inc. guarantees equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.