Senior Workforce Accountant: Payroll & Compensation

EMP Trust HR Solutions; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Professional development support

Job summary

Liberty Energy is seeking a Senior Workforce Accountant to align HR, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, and Finance around workforce costs and forecasting.

The role focuses on payroll accounting, equity compensation, and workforce reporting, delivering insights to leadership and supporting budgeting and long-range planning. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or related field required.
• CPA, CMA, or progress toward certification preferred.
• Five or more years of progressive experience in accounting, payroll accounting, financial analysis, workforce planning, or a related function.
• Strong understanding of accrual accounting, general ledger reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Experience with payroll accounting, employee benefits accounting, equity compensation programs, and workforce-related financial analysis preferred.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, data analysis, pivot tables, lookups, and automation tools.
• Experience with ERP systems, preferably Oracle.

Responsibilities

• Performs monthly reconciliations of workforce-related balance sheet and expense accounts to ensure payroll costs are accurately recorded.
• Prepares payroll-related journal entries, accruals, and month-end adjustments.
• Reconciles and analyzes wages and salaries, payroll taxes, employee benefit programs, 401(k) contributions and employer matching, health and welfare deductions, deferred compensation plans, garnishments and other employee deductions, payroll liabilities and accruals, and equity compensation and restricted stock programs.
• Maintains supporting schedules and documentation for all reconciliations and audit requirements.
• Investigates, resolves, and documents reconciling items in a timely manner.
• Supports internal and external audit activities related to payroll and workforce accounting.
• Assists in payroll tax reporting and compliance-related activities.
• Develops and maintains workforce cost reporting utilized by HR, Finance, and executive leadership.
• Monitors and analyzes labor costs, headcount trends, compensation expenses, overtime, benefits costs, and other workforce-related financial metrics.
• Creates and/or maintains recurring dashboards and management reporting that provide insight into workforce investments and organizational efficiency.
• Identifies trends, risks, and opportunities through workforce data analysis.
• Partners with HR and Finance to support annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-range workforce planning processes.
• Develops workforce financial models to forecast compensation, benefits, payroll taxes, incentive plans, and headcount-related expenses.
• Analyzes the financial impact of organizational changes, compensation adjustments, hiring plans, restructures, and retention initiatives.
• Assists leadership in evaluating various workforce scenarios and cost implications.
• Supports accounting and financial reporting related to restricted stock, equity compensation, and long-term incentive programs.
• Partners with Legal, Tax, HR, and Finance to ensure accurate tracking, reporting, and accounting treatment of equity awards.
• Assists with annual compensation planning analyses and workforce cost modeling.
• Serves as the primary liaison between Human Resources, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, and Finance on workforce-related financial matters.
• Performs executive compensation and RSU analysis for income tax reporting purposes; tracks employee compensation and data for transfer pricing reporting and tax credit and incentive reporting.
• Supports strategic initiatives requiring workforce cost analysis and executive reporting.
• Recommends process improvements, automation opportunities, and enhanced controls to improve reporting accuracy and efficiency.
• Contributes to special projects involving workforce optimization, compensation strategy, acquisitions, integrations, and organizational planning.

Skills

Accounting expertise

Payroll accounting

Financial analysis

Forecasting

Communication

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance/related field

CPA or CMA or in-progress certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Oracle ERP

ERP systems

Job description

Liberty Energy is seeking a Senior Workforce Accountant to align HR, Payroll, Accounting, Tax, and Finance around workforce costs and forecasting.

The role focuses on payroll accounting, equity compensation, and workforce reporting, delivering insights to leadership and supporting budgeting and long-range planning. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential in this fast-paced environment.