Bookkeeper II

Robert Half has an opening with a company in the Healthcare, Hospitals, Social Assistance field, for a Payroll Administrator who can process payroll and is proficient with Microsoft Office applications. To those with adept communication skills and clever problem-solving capabilities, you will find this to be the perfect opportunity for you. This dedicated and passionate team is excited to offer you this incredible opportunity. The Payroll Administrator opportunity will be located in Federal Way, Washington as a long-term contract / temporary role.

Your responsibilities

- Draft reports by organizing all summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability, and nontaxable wages

- Manage employee deductions and other liabilities

- Put together summaries of employer social security, unemployment, and worker compensation payments and employee federal and state income and social security taxes to calculate all payroll liabilities

- Prepare for department heads relevant weekly, monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports

- Certify compliance with federal and state regulations and guidelines

- Manage other tasks as assigned

- Enter changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, and job title and department/division transfers as part of managing payroll records

- Managing payroll information by keeping proper records for collecting, calculating, and entering data

- Resolving payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information

- Help payroll manage all internal and external audits

- Exercise review and verification of source documents

- Promote employee confidence by protecting payroll operations and keeping information confidential

- Manage payroll information requests and questions

- Continue implementation of established policies and procedures to maintain payroll operations, reporting changes where necessary- Accurate, swift, data entry abilities

- Relevant experience of 2+ years in payroll

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office with strong Excel skills

- Expertise with internal controls

- Payroll experience

- Meet and uphold Certified Payroll Professional criteria

- Prior experience working with accounting software

- Knowledge of federal and state payroll regulations and requirements

- Well-informed in basic accounting principles and solid financial acumen

- Capable of managing high volume multi-state payroll, billing, licensing, AP, etc.

- Strong analytical capabilities and discernment