Payroll accountant Jobs in Houston, TX

Are you looking for growth opportunity? Ready to be a supervisor and manage not only payroll, but selected staff?

Our client is located in NW Houston. An employee base of 1000+. Responsible for complex payroll for hourly, salary, weekly, and biweekly. Must have previous large systems experience and advanced Excel for reporting. Supervisory experience as the team is 10+.

Job Responsibilities :

Perform a variety of accounting, auditing, analyzing and reporting functions related to the payroll functions

Assist in the review and maintenance of the payroll processes and procedures including performing audits and detecting issues

Prepare reports and custom reconciliations for senior management

Compiling, analyzing, and reporting payroll data

Reconcile multiple accounts in the payroll system to ensure accuracy

Prepare certain journal entries related to payroll

Prepare and analyze various payroll data, assist in the analysis of earnings and deductions

Assist with controls, reporting and auditing of various payroll items

Assist Payroll Leaders in various special projects and ad hoc requests

Assist Payroll Leaders in preparing various schedule and compiling of documents for quarterly reviews and year-end external audits

Skills & Qualifications :

Must demonstrate excellent customer service responsiveness

Ability to resolve issues while maintaining good relationships

Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with all levels of personnel in large organization distributed throughout the company

Adaptable to changes in a fast-paced environment

High attention to detail and ability to proof schedules and documents

Demonstrates conflict resolution and critical thinking skills

Must have excellent organizational skills

Must be deadline oriented and ability to handle multiple, competing priorities on individual and team assignments

Must be able to demonstrate leadership in teamwork and complex assignments

Must be self-motivated with the ability to work individually

Must have Intermediate to advance skill level in Excel

Must have the ability to develop and maintain custom reporting

Education & Experience :

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college in Accounting or Finance required

Work experience as an accountant or in a related field.

Ability to work with stakeholders to assess potential risks

High-level written and verbal communication skills.