Payroll Specialist - Tysons, VA

M.C. Dean; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 82,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision, life, and dis

Paid time off

401k Retirement Plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid maternity leave

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking a payroll professional to manage weekly payrolls for 9,000 employees across multiple states and entities. You will ensure accurate tax filings, garnishments, and timely payroll processing while providing excellent service to employees and internal customers.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Finance and IT to improve payroll automation and accuracy, and supporting quarterly and annual tax reconciliations. A Bachelor’s degree in a business field is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business-related field preferred.
• Bachelor's degree and up to 0+ years of progressive experience in payroll or related field.
• Associates degree and 4+ years of progressive experience in payroll or related field.
• Knowledge of multi-state, multi-entity (FEIN) in-house payroll processing.
• Knowledge of federal, multi-state and local tax reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of FLSA, employment laws and tax laws and regulations.
• Strong MS Excel and Word; excellent customer service skills.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly payroll for 9,000 employees across multiple companies and states.
• Assist with employee changes, tax filings, and garnishments.
• File quarterly and annual unemployment taxes; perform tax reconciliations.
• Coordinate with Finance and IT to improve payroll operations and automation.
• Support tax deposits and filings for federal, state, and local jurisdictions.
• Handle occasional other payroll tasks as needed.

Skills

Multi-state payroll processing

Tax reporting knowledge

FLSA & tax laws

Time management

Customer service

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business related field

Bachelor's Degree with 0+ years experience or

Associates Degree with 4+ years experience

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

Job description

Overview

About M.C. Dean

M.C. Dean isBuilding Intelligence.We design, build, operate, and maintain cyber-physical solutions for the nation's most recognizable mission critical facilities, secure environments, complex infrastructure, and global enterprises. The company's capabilities include electrical power systems, electronic security, telecommunications, life safety, automation and controls, audio visual, and IT systems. M.C. Dean is headquartered in Tysons, Virginia and employs more than 9,000 professionals who engineer and deploy automated, secure, and resilient power and technology systems; and deliver the management platforms essential for long-term system sustainability.

Why Join Us?

Our people are passionate about engineering innovation that improves lives and drives impactful change. Guided by our core values-agility, expertise, and trust-we foster a collaborative and forward-thinking work environment. At M.C. Dean, we are committed to building the next generation of technical leaders in electrical, engineering, and cybersecurity industries.

Responsibilities

In this position your primary role will be working with the payroll team to process weekly payrolls for 9000 employees, in multiple companies and multiple states while providing excellent customer service to our employees and customers. In addition you will assist the payroll team with other weekly tasks to include employee changes, tax filings and issues, garnishment processing, certified payroll and other tasks as needed.

Essential responsibilities and activities include but are not limited to:

• Accurate and timely processing of weekly payroll for 9000 employees
• Investigate and resolve tax notices, penalties, and questionnaire requests.
• Assist with the timely deposits and filings for federal, state and local tax liabilities for all jurisdictions
• Assist with filing quarterly and annual unemployment taxes.
• Assist with completing monthly, quarterly and annual tax reconciliations as appropriate to ensure accurate filings
• Perform quarterly W-2 reconciliations and processes corrections as required.
• Weekly processing of garnishments, child support, tax liens and other wage attachments
• Certified Payroll checking and submittal in various applications
• Work closely with Finance and IT to enhance the current operations and automation capabilities of the Payroll Department
• Other tasks as needed

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelors Degree in Business related field preferred
  • Bachelor's Degree and up to 0+ Years of progressive experience the following or
  • Associates Degree and 4+ Years of progressive experience the following or
• Knowledge of multi-state, multi-entity (FEIN) in-house payroll processing
• Knowledge of best practices and standard procedures for federal, multi-state and local tax reporting
• Knowledge of FLSA, employment laws and tax laws and regulations
• Demonstrated time management and organization skills to meet deadlines and quality objectives.
• Strong MS Excel and Word
• Excellent customer service skills

Desired / Advantageous Qualifications

• Understanding of Davis Bacon and Service Contract Act
• Knowledge of International Payroll
• Garnishment, liens, child support and other wage attachment setup and processing
• Certified Payroll Professional Certification (CPP)

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

• A competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Military Reserve pay offset
• Paid maternity leave

Abilities

• Exposure to computer screens for an extended period of time.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Reach by extending hands or arms in any direction.
• Have finger dexterity in order to manipulate objects with fingers rather than whole hands or arms, for example, using a keyboard.
• Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Identify and understand the speech of another person.

Pay Range

USD $31.38 - USD $39.23 /Hr.