Payroll Assistant - Detail-Driven, Growth-Oriented

Amphenol Aerospace; Village of Sidney (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Amphenol Aerospace in Sidney, NY is seeking a Payroll Assistant to maintain and process payroll records, timekeeping, and to ensure compliance with FLSA and contractual regulations. You will interface with accounting, management, supervisors, corporate and external auditors, preparing deductions, accruals, and payroll reports while answering questions from stakeholders outside Payroll.

The role requires an associate's degree in accounting or equivalent experience, and payroll experience.

Qualifications

• Associate's degree in accounting or equivalent work experience in payroll (2 years).
• 3 years of payroll experience preferred.
• Proficiency with tax, compensation, wage structure, and employment law.
• Strong analytical skills, thorough attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication.
• Confidentiality.
• Proficiency with payroll software, DATA 3, and MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Must possess broad operations knowledge with the ability to thrive in a team environment.
• Prolonged periods of sitting, typing and computer work.
• Minimal lifting of paper supplies and document storage.

Responsibilities

• Maintains various payroll records such as automatic bank deposit authorizations, payroll journals and ledgers; makes required adjustments through established procedure.
• Verifies attendance, hours worked, pay adjustments and posts information onto designated records.
• Prepares payrolls including deductions, accruals and pay adjustments.
• Monitors the account distribution of the payroll expense including correcting prior distributions.
• Balances or reconciles assigned payroll records; resolves and adjusts discrepancies; analyzes computer reports to identify and locate sources of error.
• Gathers and analyzes payroll data; makes recommendations and prepares various payroll reports to be submitted to supervisor.
• Makes and checks routine arithmetic calculations; posts figures and enters data on appropriate payroll documents and/or enters data in computer system.
• Accomplishes organizational goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests, exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Interprets, explains and recommends changes to rules and regulations as they relate to payroll.
• Responds to questions and works to resolve issues with stakeholders outside of Payroll.

Skills

Timekeeping

Payroll calculations

Data entry

Attention to detail

Communication

Confidentiality

Payroll software

Excel

MS Word

Outlook

Education

Associate's degree in accounting

Tools

DATA 3

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Amphenol Aerospace in Sidney, NY is seeking a Payroll Assistant to maintain and process payroll records, timekeeping, and to ensure compliance with FLSA and contractual regulations. You will interface with accounting, management, supervisors, corporate and external auditors, preparing deductions, accruals, and payroll reports while answering questions from stakeholders outside Payroll.

The role requires an associate's degree in accounting or equivalent experience, and payroll experience.