Senior Payroll Specialist

The role

The Senior Payroll Specialist manages and processes payroll operations. This role ensures compliance with tax regulations and improves payroll systems and procedures.

What you will do

• Provide guidance and assistance to other team members and serve as back-up support.
• Lead the processing of weekly certified payroll on customer and standard forms.
• Perform collective bargaining monthly reporting.
• Manage internal and external audit requests pertaining to payroll.
• Maintain collective bargaining agreements, wage rates, benefit rates, and employee clear-ins.
• Maintain accurate employee records.
• Maintain company level tables for local union records, home local records, and fringe and wage tables.
• Calculate and prepare layoff and termination checks.
• Review, analyze and correct ongoing employee tax and benefits for year-end reporting.
• Perform all reconciliations related to union fringes and deductions.

Required qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of direct payroll experience.
• Construction multi-state and multi-union payroll experience required.
• Communicate effectively both orally and through writing.
• Work cooperatively in a fast paced, diverse team environment.
• Understanding of multi-state tax regulations.
• Experience with CMIC payroll.
• Knowledge of various certified payroll reporting systems (LCP Tracker, PWC, IDOL).
• Familiarity of commonly used concepts, practices, and procedures within accounting field.

Nice to have

• Experience with UKG is beneficial

Before you apply

• All candidates agree to complete an assessment for selection.
• All candidates agree to complete a pre-employment drug screen.

About the company

Keeley is a career destination with opportunities for advancement and a family culture. Keeley Companies includes Keeley Construction Group, Keeley Properties, Keeley Restoration, and Keeley Companies.