Payroll Specialist

EC Electric; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match

Paid holidays & PTO

Health benefits

Flexible Spending Accounts

Employee Assistance Program

Year-end bonus

Job summary

EC Electric is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate processing and recording of payroll for all bargaining employees. You will serve as an internal customer service contact for management and staff, handling payroll inquiries and document requests with high communication standards.

Responsibilities include processing and reconciling payroll, time and attendance, garnishments, and various reports while maintaining compliance with tax rules and benefits.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment with frequent interruptions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and very organized.
• Outstanding customer service skills.
• Proficiency in Word and Excel.
• Payroll software experience preferred (Viewpoint or similar).
• Union payroll/Construction payroll experience preferred.
• Certified payroll experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage workflow to ensure payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.
• Collaborate with payroll specialist team to ensure timely updates.
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate reports.
• Understand proper taxation of employer paid benefits.
• Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance.
• Execute time and attendance processing and interface with KeyStyle software.
• Perform compliances for unclaimed property payroll checks.
• Develop ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed.
• Process manual checks or requests for stop payment.
• Load import files from other departments pertaining to payroll.
• Research and respond to items needing correction.
• Weekly running, review and disbursement of Certified Payroll.
• Monthly processing of MER reports and Market Recovery reporting.
• Monthly processing of OCIP reporting.
• Weekly processing of Intents and Affidavits for L&I.
• Weekly processing of employment claims.
• Weekly processing of New Hire packets.

Skills

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organization

Customer service

Deadline-driven work ethic

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Viewpoint payroll software

Job description

Summary: The Payroll Specialist position will ensure accurate processing and recording of the company’s payroll for all of our Bargaining employees. In addition, this position will act as a customer service agent to internal employees, approaching both management and non-management positions with the highest level of communication to assist with payroll inquiries and document requests.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following:

1. Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.

2. Collaborating closely with payroll specialist team to ensure timely updates

3. Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports.

4. Understand proper taxation of employer paid benefits.

5. Process correct garnishment calculations and compliance.

6. Execute time and attendance processing and interface with KeyStyle software.

7. Perform compliances for unclaimed property payroll checks.

8. Develop ad hoc financial and operational reporting as needed.

9. Process manual check and/or request for stop payment.

10. Load import files received from other departments as it pertains to payroll (All Companies).

11. Research and respond to appropriate persons regarding items in need of correcting.

12. Weekly running, review and disbursement of Certified Payroll.

13. Monthly processing of MER reports and Market Recovery reporting.

14. Monthly processing of OCIP reporting.

15. Weekly processing of Intents and Affidavits for L&I.

16. Weekly processing of employment claims.

17. Weekly processing of New Hire packets.

• Abilitytoworksuccessfullyinadeadline-drivenenvironmentwithfrequentinterruptions
• Viewpointorsimilarpayrollsoftwareexperience,preferred
• Excellentwrittenandverbalcommunicationskills
• Musthaveahighattentiontodetail
• Mustbeveryorganized
• Outstandingcustomerserviceskills
• ProficiencyinWordandExcel
• Unionpayrollexperiencehighlypreferred
• Constructionpayroll/officeexperiencehighlypreferred
• Certified payroll experience highly preferred

Salaryrangeforthispositionis$60,000-$65,000annually.

Opportunityforadiscretionaryyear-endbonus.

401kwitha40%employermatch(uptofederallimit.)

Inadditiontosignificantcareergrowthopportunities,full-time employees enjoy a competitive pay rate, paid holidays and PTO; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Flexible Spending Accounts, 401k plan and Employee Assistance Program.

EC Electric is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and supports a drug free workplace program. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or characteristics, protected veteran status, or other protected classifications in accordance with federal law.

Applicants with disabilities may request accommodation to complete the application and selection process. If you require any accommodations, please reach out to Human Resources at [e-mail].