Sr Payroll Specialist - Contract - Remote

Insitu has an immediate 12-month contract for a Senior Payroll Specialist. This role will be 100% remote with occasional travel onsite for team meetings. Primary Duties & Responsibilities: • Prepares company payroll, reviews and validates timesheets and employee status changes; reconciles discrepancies for both multistate and global payroll leveraging multiple systems. • Functions as subject matter expert in payroll processing for both multistate and global payroll. Audits, reconciles, and resolves payroll processing and responds to employee payroll inquiries. • Collaborates with system programmers and stakeholders to develop and implement compensation and benefit programs, updates and reconcile company payroll system issues. • Researches and interprets federal and state regulatory requirements and resolves tax, withholding, garnishment, and wage/hour issues for payroll processing. • Calculates and documents payroll transactions which may include manual payroll inputs. • Performs internal audits and responds to external auditing and regulatory inquiries. • Verifies payroll reporting and payments are compliant with company policy, generally accepted accounting principles and federal, state and IRS regulations. • Completes monthly General Ledger account reconciliations • Support yearly tax filing and the Labor to GL reconciliation as required for the yearly Incurred Cost Submission. • Identifies records for retention. • Leads and mentors junior level Payroll Specialists. • Enters transactions and journal entries into the accounting, timekeeping, and payroll systems. Qualifications Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required: Accounting Systems and Process: • Knowledge of how to implement/maintain/document effective internal controls and processes to ensure system integrity and compliance with accounting system requirements and company internal control guidelines and requirements. • Ability to identify and resolve accounting system issues. • Ability to support internal/external auditors and provide assistance regarding implementation and problem resolution. • Ability to support development and deployment of accounting systems and tools. Analytical Skills: • Ability to collect, organize, and analyze data; summarize findings; develop conclusions and recommendations from appropriate data sources. • Handling Confidential & Proprietary Information: Skill and ability to work with sensitive information, safeguarding confidential information and working with it dispassionately. Tax laws and codes: • Knowledge of tax laws and codes applicable to US state and federal jurisdictions as well as international jurisdictions. Build Positive Relationships: • Develops and uses collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals. Communication: • Clearly conveys information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message. Decision Making: • Identifies and understands issues, problems, and opportunities; compares data from different sources to draw conclusions; uses effective approaches for choosing a course of action or develops appropriate solutions; takes action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences. Strong Excel Skills • Knowledge and understanding of pivot tables and vlookups. Education & Experience: • 10 to 14 years’ experience preparing multi-state company payroll with a bachelor’s degree; or 8-12 years related experience with a master's degree; or comparable combination of education and experience. • Prefer candidates who have: • experience working for a government contractor. • experience with ADP payroll processing. • experience using HRMS systems, such as Workday or similar systems. • experience using Deltek systems, such as Shop Floor Time, Time and Expense, and CostPoint Interested in learning more? APPLY TODAY! Apply tot his job