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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.