Payroll Specialist - Precision, Compliance & Growth

EC Electric, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k with employer match

Discretionary year-end bonus

Paid holidays and PTO

Medical, Dental, Vision, LifeInsurance

Job summary

EC Electric, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate payroll processing for bargaining employees and to serve as a helpful point of contact for payroll inquiries.

You will collaborate with the payroll team, reconcile reports, and manage garnishments, time & attendance, and various regulated reports. The role requires strong communication, high attention to detail, and experience with payroll systems; construction/union payroll experience is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment with interruptions.
• Experience with Viewpoint or similar payroll software preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• High attention to detail and strong organizational skills.
• Union and construction payroll experience preferred.
• Certified payroll experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage payroll workflow for all bargaining employees accurately and timely.
• Collaborate with payroll team to ensure timely updates.
• Reconcile payroll before transmission and validate reports.
• Understand taxation of employer-paid benefits.
• Process garnishments and compliance.
• Process time and attendance using KeyStyle software.
• Handle unclaimed property payroll checks compliance.
• Develop ad hoc financial and operational reports as needed.
• Process manual checks or stop payments.
• Load import files from other departments for payroll.
• Research and respond to payroll inquiries.
• Weekly, monthly processing of various payroll reports (Certified Payroll, MER, OCIP, L&I affidavits).
• Weekly processing of new hire packets and employment claims.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal

Highly organized

Outstanding customer service

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Viewpoint payroll software

Union payroll experience

Construction payroll

Certified payroll

Tools

Viewpoint payroll software

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

EC Electric, Inc. is seeking a Payroll Specialist to ensure accurate payroll processing for bargaining employees and to serve as a helpful point of contact for payroll inquiries.

You will collaborate with the payroll team, reconcile reports, and manage garnishments, time & attendance, and various regulated reports. The role requires strong communication, high attention to detail, and experience with payroll systems; construction/union payroll experience is highly preferred.