Payroll Specialist - Tysons, VA

M.c.-Dean,-Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Medical, dental, vision, life, anddis

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

401k Retirement Plan

Military Reserve pay offset

Paid maternity leave

Job summary

M.C. Dean is seeking a detail-oriented Payroll Specialist to join the payroll team. You will process weekly payrolls for 9,000+ employees across multiple companies and states while delivering excellent service to employees and customers.

You will assist with tax filings, garnishments, unemployment taxes, W-2 reconciliations, and related monthly, quarterly, and annual tasks. Strong Excel skills and knowledge of multi-state payroll are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Business related field preferred.
• Bachelor’s Degree and up to 0+ years of progressive experience in payroll processing or related field.
• Associates Degree and 4+ Years of progressive experience in payroll processing or related field.

Responsibilities

• Process weekly payroll for 9,000+ employees across multiple entities and states.
• Investigate and resolve tax notices, penalties, and questionnaire requests.
• Assist with timely deposits and filings for federal, state, and local taxes.
• Assist with unemployment tax filings and payroll tax reconciliations.
• Process weekly garnishments and other wage attachments.
• Collaborate with Finance and IT to improve payroll operations and automation.

Skills

Payroll processing

Multi-state payroll

Federal/state tax reporting

W-2 reconciliation

Garnishments processing

MS Excel

Customer service

Time management

Organization

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business related field

Associates Degree

Tools

Payroll software

CPP (Certified Payroll Professional)

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.