Assistant Payroll Accountant

Assistant Payroll & Human Resource Accountant

An established construction company in Woodland Hills is looking for an Assistant Payroll & Human Resource Accountant to prepare and maintain employee's benefits, compensation, wages, evaluation, discipline and relationship for one or more section within a department, project or division. Salary: up to $60,000 a year (dependent on experience).

Duties are, but not limited to, as follows:

• Process weekly or biweekly payrolls, including garnishments, benefits and taxes to consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws;
• Ensures the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely;
• Prepares and audits W‐4s, payroll balance sheets, YTD earnings, etc.;
• Ensures systems are set‐up and updated to reflect our current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time in line with agreement (union and non‐union);
• Manages regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year‐end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrual, tax deductions, benefits deductions, etc.);
• Manages payroll or insurance audits, tax audits, and other audits as necessary;
• Manages payroll taxes payment weekly with State and Federal;
• Prepare quarterly and yearly Payroll tax filing with State and Federal;
• Reconcile banks;
• Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs;
• Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; maintaining records;
• Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures;
• Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records;
• Completes human resource operational requirements by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising employee job performance; advising management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues;
• Administers benefits programs such as life, health, and dental insurance, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance;
• Perform additional assignments per supervisor's direction.