HR/Payroll Compliance Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for a Payroll/HR Compliance Specialist in Rosharon!

Our client, an electrical construction company, is seeking a team player with extensive payroll knowledge who can confidently and accurately oversee payroll and corporate compliance.

Location: Rosharon, TX 77583

Salary: $28-30/hr – Temp to hire

Responsibilities:

• Oversee in house payroll and HR staff (will supervise 1 employee)
• Review, monitor and assist where needed in weekly payroll process (approx. 190+ employees weekly)
• Monitor payroll activities and provide recommendations, support and guidance to payroll clerk
• Reconcile payroll liability accounts weekly
• Make reconciling entries as approved by Accounting Supervisor or CPA
• Review of new hire electronic and paper files by payroll clerk – review/correct entries
• Review confidential background & drug screen results, maintain confidential files and correspondence regarding the same
• Communicate results only to properly privileged management
• New Hire Benefit Coordination/Enrollment/Orientations (Non-Union employees)
• Learn and review union employee benefits – including review of employee benefits settings & prepare monthly union reports and benefit liability payments
• Non-union employee benefits: 401(k) employee/employer contributions – compliance, census response, payments, employee changes
• Texas Workforce Commission communications, application responses, hearings, etc
• Monitor and respond to or coordinate response to all HR faxes
• Coordination of all pay rate changes, including checking entries by payroll clerk
• Approval, oversight & verification of payroll corrections
• Review employee terminations
• Review/Prepare employee correspondence
• Possess the knowledge and ability to backup payroll clerk in an absence
• Respond and/or assist with 3^rd party and internal compliance audits

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree + relevant experience OR have extensive payroll knowledge from a compliance/supervisory role. 
• Acumatica ERP preferred (other ERP required)
• Knowledge of state and federal payroll standards, payroll taxes, liabilities, accounting process standards
• Highly organized, personable, approachable

This is a temp to hire position. Once converting to their payroll, the company offers employer paid health insurance PTO, 401k with contribution and a stable working environment!