Payroll Administrator

Payroll Administrator

The Payroll Administrator will play a key role within the Finance team, overseeing all payroll-related functions and ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations. This position will also involve general accounting tasks and will collaborate closely with employees across the organization, with a particular focus on working with the Accounting, Finance, and People departments.

What you'll do:

• Effectively prioritize to ensure compliance and accurate record keeping and ensure payroll is processed in compliance with multi-state wage and hour laws.
• Review and verify time sheets.
• Prepare and process payroll for approximately 65 employees.
• Prepare payroll and payroll related general ledger journal entries, understanding payroll related assets, liabilities, and expenses.
• Process miscellaneous off-cycle checks including final paychecks, severance, etc.
• Resolve internal and external employee inquiries in adherence to department service level agreements.
• Prepare and reconcile 401k contributions, deductions, and employer match submissions, understanding legal responsibilities of accurate and timely processing.
• Prepare worker compensation reports, reconciling payroll tax reports with an understanding of classification codes.
• Prepare and process benefit funding.
• Reconcile all benefits monthly and between the connecting benefits administrator to ensure all benefit deductions are accurate.
• General accounting support including various other projects and tasks such as reconciliations and year-end entries as directed by the Director of Accounting.
• Assist with audits, the 990, and 401k audit.
• Maintain compliance with payroll laws, regulations, labor union standards and other regulatory requirements.

Who you are:

• 2+ years full-cycle payroll experience, with strong experience using a payroll processing software (Rippling is a plus)
• Understanding of payroll-related deductions (e.g., benefits, 401k contributions, etc.)
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Team oriented and able to work with employees at all levels
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong Microsoft Office Suite skills, including VLookup and Pivot tables
• Able to demonstrate complete discretion and confidentiality

Salary: $76,500

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. UWBA does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender (including actual or perceived gender, and gender identity), sexual orientation, age, marital status, medical condition, religious affiliation, veteran status, national origin, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable state, federal or local law. Applicants must be able to work legally in the United States. UWBA will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in the manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. If you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a job, please let us know. If the reason you need an accommodation is not obvious, we may ask for documentation confirming your functional limitations.