Payroll accountant Jobs in USA

Job Description

Job Description

Superior Insurance Partners is a rapidly growing insurance brokerage platform, focused primarily on providing commercial lines, personal lines, and employee benefit solutions to companies and individuals. Superior acquires and partners with leading independent insurance agencies primarily in the Midwest and Eastern US. The company's mission is to improve the lives of its agency partners. Superior does this by creating a highly tailored plan for each of its agency partners to help them achieve their goals, and providing customized resources including accounting / finance, recruiting, HR, AMS / IT, marketing, and M&A support. Agency partners are aligned through long-term economic incentives while leveraging the benefits of best practices, scale, and resources across Superior's shared platform.

Superior is backed by Tyree & D'Angelo Partners ("TDP"), a leading Chicago-based private equity firm that makes control ownership investments in, and partners with, lower middle market businesses with the goal of creating meaningful value for all involved. TDP is currently investing out of its third fund and has managed and created over $3 billion of capital and company enterprise value. TDP has significant experience investing in service businesses and has completed over 1000 investment partnerships in its history.

Position Overview :

We are seeking a detail-oriented and experienced Payroll Accountant to join our team. The Payroll Accountant will be responsible for managing the full payroll process, ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing, and maintaining compliance with relevant laws and regulations. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with Paylocity, strong knowledge of payroll accounting, and the ability to collaborate with other departments to support payroll-related tasks.

Key Responsibilities :

• Payroll Processing :
• Administer and process bi-weekly or monthly payroll for all employees using Paylocity, ensuring accuracy and timely distribution.
• Input and update employee data in Paylocity, including new hires, terminations, salary changes, and benefit deductions.
• Process payroll adjustments such as overtime, bonuses, commissions, and reimbursements.
• Verify the accuracy of timesheets, including reviewing work hours, paid time off (PTO), and vacation balances.
• Compliance & Reporting :
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local tax laws, wage laws, and other payroll regulations.
• Prepare and file payroll tax returns, including federal and state tax filings, quarterly reports (e.g., 941, SUTA), and year-end filings (W-2s).
• Work with auditors during annual payroll audits and provide necessary documentation.
• Maintain accurate records and documentation for payroll-related transactions and reports.
• Payroll Accounting :
• Reconcile payroll accounts and prepare journal entries for payroll-related accounts.
• Assist in the preparation of month-end and year-end financial reports by providing payroll data.
• Support accounting team with processing benefits and 401(k) contributions, deductions, and allocations.
• General Support :
• Assist the accounting department with general administrative and accounting tasks as needed.
• Collaborate with HR to ensure accurate benefits enrollment and deductions.

Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :