Payroll Associate Jobs in Kent, OH (NOW HIRING)

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S.A. Comunale has been a local industry leader for end-to-end mechanical, fire protection and HVAC services for nearly 100 years. We offer our clients significant financial strength, unmatched bonding capability, an award-winning safety program, and large-scale purchasing power. With 16 locations and over 1,450 employees, including 850 skilled tradesmen throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia, S.A. Comunale can work in virtually every market sector and facility type.

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Job Summary

The primary function of this role is to process payrolls, which includes maintaining related records, filing tax reports and voluntary deduction reports, processing involuntary deductions such as levies and garnishments, preparing accounting transactions and documents, documenting and updating procedures, and preparing special reports for management. 

This job requires the ability and desire to work in a fast-paced multi-tasked environment with a focus towards accuracy and attention to detail, quality work performance, and an understanding of the payroll process utilized by the Company. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Receives and reviews payroll records ensuring compliance with company policies, procedures, regulations, and Union contracts.
• Enters payroll into systems; processes, calculates, and posts a variety of payroll actions including wage garnishments, benefits withholding, and overtime hours.
• Prepares, balances, and corrects payroll reports.
• Prepares payroll and all related payroll reports including tax payments, W-2's, Union payments, child support and garnishments, and other year-end reports.
• Checks records and papers for clerical and arithmetic accuracy, completeness, and compliance with established standards and procedures.
• Investigates all employee payroll questions by researching payroll documents and following up with banking institutions.
• Maintains a variety of files and records related to the payroll system.
• Enters new employees, retirements, and terminations; makes permanent payroll employee changes to benefits, taxes, address, and deductions.
• Maintains Direct Deposit, setup of employee bank information, send prenotes, and send ACH files to bank.
• Maintains all PAF changes in TCMS and Source.
• Researches and analyzes regulatory updates and other information impacting the payroll system; implements required changes, changes tax rates.
• Send new employees Time Clock Plus Log-in Information and answer any questions regarding Time Clock Plus.
• Performs additional duties as required.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervision of payroll associates.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, the individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• High School Diploma or GED is required.
• Bachelor's Degree is a plus.
• 10+ years of payroll experience is required.
• HRIS experience is a plus.
• Previous union payroll experience is a plus.
• Construction industry experience is a plus.
• The ability and willingness to learn new systems and processes is required.
• Experience with Microsoft Office applications (i.e., Word, Excel, Access, Monarch, and Windows Explorer) is required.
• Excellent customer service skills are required.
• Demonstration of a positive attitude is required.
• Ability to think strategically, make sound decisions, and produce accurate and timely results is required.
• Building positive working relationships with multiple levels of employees and management is required.
• Demonstrating integrity and professionalism is required.
• Demonstrating commitment to company values is required.
• Excellent organizational skills are required.
• Ability to follow-up on tasks and assignments in a timely manner is required.
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills are required.
• Ability to perform basic business mathematical functions is required.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision is required.
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment is required.
• Complying with all operating policies, procedures, executed plans, and programs is required.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Must have the demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, cooperate, and collaborate with multiple levels of employees, government agencies, customers, vendors and suppliers.

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Physical Demands

The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, and use fingers to move and/or feel objects. The employee may be infrequently required to walk, lift, stoop, reach, and/or handle objects. The physical strength rating of this position is classified as sedentary work which entails exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and color vision. Operation of a computer keyboard, telephone, hand calculator, and/ or copier/fax machine is required. Understanding of addition and subtraction, simple math, and business letters is required. In addition, the employee must be able to write or present simple memos, business letters, and speeches

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