Payroll Specialist - Dubuque, IA
Typical Day in the Life
A typical day in the life as a Payroll Specialist in Dubuque, IA may include the following:
- Process live or after-the-fact payroll for our clients and record payroll-related entries.
- Knowledge of the following is required:
- Payroll tax filing and reporting
- Garnishments and child support rules and calculations
- Taxes for multiple states
- Taxability of employee benefits
- Maintain the chart of accounts.
- Work closely with assigned outsourced accounting team to help ensure client success and timely delivery of services.
- May also include recording and overseeing client books, including:
- Bank and credit card account management -- record transactions, monthly reconciliation and entering of loan and line of credit activity.
- Revenue cycle management -- preparation of customer invoices, recording of payments and deposits, etc.
- Expense cycle management -- record and pay vendor invoices, record transactions, monthly reconciliations, etc.
- Monthly close processes, including month-end balancing and journal entries.
- Analysis of GL accounts.
- Other bookkeeping transactions as necessary.
Who You Are
- You have 2-5 years of experience in payroll (experience in bookkeeping is a plus!).
- You are proficient in QuickBooks and Microsoft Office (Word and Excel). Experience with Apex HCM is a plus!
- You're comfortable and experienced with working in a paperless environment.
- You have strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.
- You enjoy working with a team and you have a positive attitude and willingness to learn new things and accept new challenges.
- You have a strong sense of urgency to handle a variety of projects and meet required deadlines, and you are able to deal with urgent and/or unexpected client matters that may arise.
- You are excited to learn about services our Firm offers and are willing to make client connections.
- You have a strong customer service mentality.
- In addition to all of this, you have an Associate's degree or a Bachelor's degree (Accounting or Business Administration preferred) or related work experience. Additionally, a CPP or FPC designation is a plus!
Must be authorized to work in the United States permanently without the requirement of sponsorship at any point in the future.