Senior Payroll Analyst (Dallas, TX) - Austin Industries

Austin-Industries; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, life and disability保险

401K with company match

100% Employee-Owned ESOP

Job summary

Austin Industries, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, seeks a Senior Payroll Analyst to ensure accurate, timely payroll processing across multiple states. The role requires expertise in complex payroll issues, reconciliations, and tax compliance, with CMiC experience highly preferred.

The ideal candidate will be highly analytical, detail-oriented, and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment. Collaboration with Accounting, HR, and Operations is essential to drive process improvements and

Qualifications

• CPP certification is a plus.
• Advanced Excel skills are required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Support and review payroll processing to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Analyze payroll data and resolve discrepancies involving earnings, deductions, taxes, hours, and employee information.
• Perform payroll and general ledger reconciliations and resolve outstanding differences.
• Support payroll tax compliance, including reconciliations and year-end activities.
• Assist with W-2 validation and other payroll reporting requirements.
• Review payroll adjustments, retroactive payments, bonuses, garnishments, and other complex transactions.
• Support multi-state payroll and construction-specific requirements, including job costing and certified payroll.
• Generate and analyze payroll reports to identify exceptions, trends, and potential errors.
• Support payroll system testing, configuration changes, upgrades, and integrations.
• Maintain payroll procedures and documentation and support audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Partner with Accounting, HR, Operations, and other teams to resolve payroll-related issues.

Skills

CPP certification

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Tools

CMiC

Job description

Senior Payroll Analyst (Dallas, TX) - Austin Industries

Job Category: Payroll

Requisition Number: SENIO035047

• Posted : October 28, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Description

Austin Industries is one of the nation’s largest, most diversified U.S.-based construction companies. With more than 8,000 employee-owners, Austin Industries provides nearly every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction services through the expertise of our operating companies: Austin Bridge & Road, Austin Commercial and Austin Industrial.

Austin Industries has an outstanding opportunity for a Senior Payroll Analyst at our headquarters in Dallas, Texas. This role is responsible for supporting accurate, timely, and compliant payroll processing while serving as a key resource for complex payroll issues, reconciliations, payroll taxes, reporting, and process improvements. The ideal candidate is highly analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with complex, multi-state payroll. Construction industry and CMiC experience are strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and review payroll processing to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and compliance.
• Analyze payroll data and research and resolve discrepancies involving earnings, deductions, taxes, hours, and employee information.
• Perform payroll and general ledger reconciliations and resolve outstanding differences.
• Support federal, state, and local payroll tax compliance, including reconciliations, tax notices, quarterly filings, and year-end activities.
• Assist with W-2 validation and other payroll reporting requirements.
• Review payroll adjustments, retroactive payments, bonuses, garnishments, and other complex transactions.
• Support multi-state payroll and construction-specific requirements, including job costing, labor allocations, union payroll, prevailing wage, and certified payroll, as applicable.
• Generate and analyze payroll reports to identify exceptions, trends, and potential errors.
• Support payroll system testing, configuration changes, upgrades, and integrations.
• Maintain payroll procedures and documentation and support internal and external audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Partner with Accounting, HR, Operations, and other teams to resolve payroll-related issues.

Qualifications:

Construction industry payroll experience preferred

CMiC experience preferred

CPP certification is a plus

Ability to independently research and resolve complex payroll issues

Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet critical payroll deadlines

Strong communication skills and commitment to maintaining confidentiality

Requirements:

5+ years of progressive payroll experience, preferably in a complex, multi-state environment

Strong knowledge of payroll processing, payroll taxes, reconciliations, and payroll accounting

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills

Advanced Microsoft Excel skills

• Applicants must be legally authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. Austin Industries is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position

Benefits & Compensation

We offer excellent benefits including medical, dental, life and disability insurance, and a matching 401K plan.We are proud to be a 100% Employee-Owned Company (ESOP)!To learn more about our employee-ownership structure, please go to https://www.austin-ind.com/our-company/100-employee-owned .

Austin Industries is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Austin Industries and its operating companies engage in almost every type of civil, commercial and industrial construction. Austin is owned entirely by its employees through its Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Austin Industries has a rich history. We are one of the largest and most diversified construction firms in the nation. Austin stands on the core values of Uncompromising Integrity, Employee-ownership, Exemplary Service and Excellence in Safety.

This Company does not accept and will not consider unsolicited resumes or any other unsolicited candidate information submitted to the Company or any of its employee-owners by staffing agencies, search firms, or third-party recruiters in response to a posted vacancy.The Company will not pay any placement fee(s) without a written agreement to do so (i.e., payment must be required pursuant to the terms of a written agreement ).

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate information submitted to this Company or any of its employee-owners becomes the property of the Company.

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