Payroll Specialist

TerraPower LLC.; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 87,686 - 131,529; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits

Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)

401k Plan

Relocation Assistance

Job summary

TerraPower in Bellevue, Washington, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to manage payroll administration across multiple states. The role involves processing multi-state payroll, benefits reconciliation, and compliance audits.

The ideal candidate will have at least seven years of payroll administration experience and a four year degree in Accounting or Finance. TerraPower offers competitive salary and benefits, including generous PTO and health coverage.

Qualifications

• Minimum of four year BA/BS degree required.
• At least seven years of payroll administration experience.
• Experience with ADP preferred.
• Must have strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support payroll administration across multiple business segments.
• Process multi-state payroll and benefits reconciliation.
• Calculate tax gross up related to relocation.
• Assist with internal and external audits.

Skills

Payroll administration experience

Multi-state payroll processing

Microsoft Office proficiency

Customer service orientation

Attention to detail

Education

Four year BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or General Business

Tools

ADP

Oracle Fusion

Job description

TerraPower is a nuclear technology company based in Bellevue, Washington. At its core, the company is working to raise living standards globally through a more affordable, secure, and environmentally friendly form of nuclear energy along with innovations in medical isotopes to improve human health. In 2006, TerraPower originated with Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries who evaluated the fundamental challenges to raising living standards around the world. They recognized energy access was crucial to the health and economic well-being of communities and decided that the private sector needed to take action and create energy sources that would advance global energy deployment. TerraPower’s mission is to be a world leader in new nuclear technologies, while developing innovators and future leaders in the nuclear field. As a result, the company’s activities in the fields of nuclear energy and related sciences are yielding significant innovations in the safety and economics of nuclear power, hybrid energy and medical applications – all for significant human health benefits.

TerraPower is seeking to hire highly motivated and forward-thinking professionals who are interested in focusing on advanced nuclear reactor research and development and influencing change within the nuclear power landscape and bringing forward the critical production of medical isotopes. TerraPower is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Payroll Specialist

Responsibilities

• Support payroll administrations across multiple business segments compliance for remote workforce across multiple states outside of Washington State
• Process international payroll /benefits in UK
• Timely and accurately process multi-state payroll withholding, remittance of payroll taxes including federal, state, local taxes, any amendments as needed
• Understand proper taxation for employer paid benefits for multi-state payrolls
• Track multi-state payroll/benefits compliance year-round (i.e. PTO, overtime), provide employee communications, help with completing year-end compliance requirements
• Review and incorporate any multi-state payroll/benefits required disclosures in the annual open enrollment materials, benefits summary, certification and contracts or accuracy, and distribute required documents for compliance
• Prepare bi-weekly multi-state payroll and benefits reconciliation, quarterly W-2 review, conduct internal benefits audit to ensure data integrity
• Calculate tax gross up related to relocation, calculate workers compensation and quarterly Washington State L&I owed
• Assist with internal and external audits. i.e. workers compensation, insurance audit, L&I, DOL, 401K, GAAP financial and other compliance audits
• Support benefits and leave administration experience including health, disability, life, and 401(k) as well as ancillary benefits
• Assist annual open enrollment, new hire enrollments, qualifying life events/benefit changes
• Partnering with benefits broker to support insurance claims and general troubleshooting
• Support leave eligibility and calculations, partnering with our vendors, insurance carriers and benefit broker to resolve issues such as billing and claims
• Perform payroll/benefits reconciliation per internal procedure and identify and resolve payroll issues timely
• Assist On-boarding new employees including leading new hire orientation, explanation of benefits, policies and systems, prepare new hire packets and post on-boarding orientation follow up
• Assist Off board terminating employees in ADP, complete HR termination template request, submit the insurance carrier template and notify the COBRA vendor if needed
• Adhere to compliance calendar deadlines
• Submit Internal Communications and updating benefit notifications/materials to TP Web
• Support HRIS integration with ADP. Routine cross check of HR information in HRIS with ADP employee of records.
• Assist with employee questions/changes for direct deposit, tax withholding allowances, qualifying life events, benefit changes, etc.
• Identify opportunities for process and systems improvements. Assist any ad hoc projects as needed

Key Qualifications and Skills

• At a minimum, four year BA/BS degree in Accounting, Finance, or General Business
• A minimum of seven years of payroll administration experience including health, disability, life, and 401(k) as well as ancillary benefits
• Experienced with processing multi-state payroll
• Customer service oriented in high growth, high touch organization
• Accuracy, time management, and timely follow-up
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite tools and able to quickly adapt to other Finance and Accounting systems (Oracle Fusion, ADP)
• Working knowledge of payroll systems, experience with ADP preferred
• Highly organized and detail-oriented; high degree of accuracy
• Experience completing payroll journal entries, month end payroll reconciliation and an understanding of accounting principles
• Ability to multi-task. Handle payroll processing, benefits projects and ad hoc requests timely and accurately
• Capable of quickly comprehending new information and technologies
• Capable of working in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication skills, comfortable working with operations team/non-accounting professionals
• Ability to keep payroll and Human Resource information confidential
• The successful candidate will possess a high degree of trust and integrity, communicate openly and display respect with a desire to foster teamwork.

Job Functions

Job Functions are physical actions and/or working conditions associated with the position. These functions may also constitute essential functions for the job which the employee must be able to fulfill, with or without accommodation. Information provided below is to help describe the job so that the applicant has a reasonable understanding of the job duties/expectations. An applicant’s ability to perform and/or tolerate these actions and conditions will be discussed and workplace accommodations may be made on a case-by-case basis following an individualized assessment of the applicant and other considerations, including but not limited to any governing safety standards.

• Motor Abilities: Sitting for extended periods, bending/stooping, grasping/gripping, fine motor control (hands)
• Physical exertion and/or requirements: Minimal, with ability to safely lift up to 25 pounds.
• Repetitive work: Prolonged
• Special Senses: Visual and audio focused work
• Work Conditions: Stairs, typing/keyboard, standard and/or sitting working environment of >8 hours/day
• Travel required 0-10%

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation
• Salary, eligible to participate in discretionary short-term incentive payments
• Comprehensive Medical and Wellness Benefits
  • Medical
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • Life and Disability
  • Gender Affiliation Benefits
• Parental Leave
• 401k Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • 21 days of annually accrued PTO
• Generous Holiday Schedule
  • 10 paid holidays
• Relocation Assistance
• Professional and Educational Support Opportunities

Salary Range Level 8: $87,686 - $131,529

Salary Range Level 9: $102,804 - $154,206

TerraPower’s technology is controlled for export by various agencies of the U.S. Government. TerraPower must evaluate applicants who are foreign nationals (other than asylees, refugees, or lawful permanent residents) in accordance with U.S. Government export control requirements. To facilitate TerraPower’s export control reviews, you will be asked as part of the application process to identify whether you are a U.S. Citizen or national, asylee, refugee, or lawful permanent resident of the United States. Government export authorization approval times vary. Based on the business needs for a particular position, TerraPower may not consider a foreign national from a country if it is impracticable to obtain timely Government export approval.

TerraPower Career and Benefits information: https://www.terrapower.com/contact-us/careers/

If you are ready to build the future of clean and affordable energy, we would love to speak with you. This range is specific to Washington State.