Assistant Payroll Accountant

An established construction company in Woodland Hills is looking for an Assistant Payroll & Human Resource Accountant to prepare and maintain employee’s benefits, compensation, wages, evaluation, discipline and, relationship for one or more section within a department, project or division. Salary: up to $60,000 a year (dependent on experience) Duties are, but not limited to, as follows: 1. Process weekly or biweekly payrolls, including garnishments, benefits and taxes to consistent with federal and state wage and hour laws; 2. Ensures the processing of new hires, temporary workers, transfers, promotions and terminations is accurate and timely; 3. Prepares and audits W‐4s, payroll balance sheets, YTD earnings, etc.; 4. Ensures systems are set‐up and updated to reflect our current employee base, including wages, benefits, sick and vacation time in line with agreement (union and non‐union); 5. Manages regular preparation of relevant management reports, including weekly, monthly, quarterly and year‐end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, vacation accrual, tax deductions, benefits deductions, etc.); 6. Manages payroll or insurance audits, tax audits, and other audits as necessary; 7. Manages payroll taxes payment weekly with State and Federal; 8. Prepare quarterly and yearly Payroll tax filing with State and Federal; 9. Reconcile banks; 10. Maintains employee benefits programs and informs employees benefits by studying and assessing benefit needs and trends; recommending benefit programs to management; directing the processing of benefit claims; obtaining and evaluating benefit contract bids; awarding benefit contracts; designing and conducting educational programs on benefit programs; 11. Ensures legal compliance by monitoring and implementing applicable human resource federal and state requirements; maintaining records; 12. Maintains management guidelines by preparing, updating, and recommending human resource policies and procedures; 13. Maintains historical human resource records by designing a filing and retrieval system; keeping past and current records; 14. Completes human resource operational requirements by counseling and disciplining employees; planning, monitoring, and appraising employee’ job performance; advising management in appropriate resolution of employee relations issues; 15. Administers benefits programs such as life, health, and dental insurance, pension plans, vacation, sick leave, leave of absence, and employee assistance; 16. Perform additional assignments per supervisor’s direction.