Union Payroll Admin

AccruePartners; Charlotte (NC); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

AccruePartners seeks a payroll professional to join a centralized payroll function supporting a growing multi-site organization. This temporary assignment focuses on ownership of weekly union payroll and related reporting, in a fast-paced environment with frequent hires and time-sensitive checks.

You will collaborate with HR, operations, and field leadership to ensure accurate pay, compliance with prevailing wage rules, and timely post-payroll reporting.

Qualifications

• 3-4+ years of hands-on payroll administration in a high-volume environment.
• Direct experience processing union payroll, including union benefits reporting.
• Knowledge of prevailing wage requirements, union-benefit calculations and payroll deductions.
• Experience managing frequent hires, terminations and day-to-day payroll changes.
• Dayforce, Workday or UKG experience; Dayforce Payroll strongly preferred.
• Intermediate Excel skills (VLOOKUP, pivots) for payroll reporting.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly union payroll and union benefits reporting.
• Process payroll accurately and on time in a high-volume environment.
• Produce post-payroll reports and support audits, balancing, and reconciliations.
• Collaborate with Payroll, HR, operations, and field leadership.
• Maintain confidential employee data and respond to payroll inquiries.

Skills

Payroll administration

Union payroll

Excel (VLOOKUP, Pivot)

Attention to detail

Communication

Tools

Dayforce

Workday

UKG

Job description

The Team You Will Be Joining

• A centralized payroll function supporting a growing, publicly traded industrial manufacturing organization
• A collaborative team partnering closely with HR, business leaders, field superintendents, and employees across multiple locations
• A fast-paced payroll environment managing frequent new hires, payroll changes, and time-sensitive check requests
• An organization with a large, multi-state employee population that includes both union and non-union workforces
• A hands-on team focused on payroll accuracy, compliance, responsive service, and protecting confidential employee information

What They Offer You

• A temporary assignment supporting the organization during a period of significant hiring volume and growth
• The opportunity to take ownership of weekly union payroll and union benefits reporting
• Exposure to complex payroll activities, including prevailing wage requirements, benefit calculations, audits, balancing, and reconciliations
• A highly collaborative role with direct interaction across Payroll, HR, operations, and field leadership

Location

• Flexibility to consider qualified remote candidates, although candidates local to Charlotte are preferred

Why This Role Is Important

• You will help ensure union employees are paid accurately and on time in a rapidly changing, high-volume environment
• Your knowledge of union agreements, prevailing wages, and benefit requirements will help protect payroll compliance and data integrity
• You will provide immediate support during a period of organizational growth when payroll activity is increasing
• You will maintain and validate critical employee information, including direct deposit details, tax elections, and other payroll data
• You will investigate employee payroll questions and resolve time-sensitive issues within established service expectations
• You will produce post-payroll reports and support audits, balancing, and reconciliation activities
• You will serve as a trusted payroll partner to HR, business leaders, superintendents, and employees

The Background That Fits

• 3-4+ years of hands-on payroll administration experience in a complex or high-volume environment
• Direct experience processing union payroll, including union benefits reporting and working with different union jobs or agreements
• Working knowledge of prevailing wage requirements, union-benefit calculations, payroll deductions, and payroll check processing
• Experience managing frequent hires, terminations, employee changes, and expedited or next-day check requests
• Payroll system experience with Dayforce, Workday, or UKG; hands-on Dayforce Payroll experience is strongly preferred
• Intermediate Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs and pivot tables, with experience supporting payroll reporting and reconciliations
• A detail-oriented, service-minded approach with the ability to communicate confidently across HR, operations, field leadership, and employees

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