Position: Payroll Accountant
Location: South Bend, IN | 100% Onsite
About the Opportunity for a Payroll Accountant:
- Join a stable and well-established organization with a collaborative accounting and finance team
- Play a key role in ensuring accurate payroll processing, reconciliations, and financial reporting for a high-volume employee base
- Opportunity to make an immediate impact by improving payroll processes and supporting month-end close activities
Overview of the Payroll Accountant role:
- Process and reconcile payroll for a large employee population, ensuring accuracy and timeliness
- Prepare payroll journal entries and reconcile payroll to the general ledger
- Manage payroll tax reporting, garnishments, benefit deductions, and employee withholdings
- Support month-end and year-end close, including account reconciliations and audit preparation
Preferred Qualifications for the Payroll Accountant role:
- 3+ years of payroll and accounting experience, preferably in a high-volume environment
- Strong understanding of payroll tax compliance, payroll reconciliations, and general ledger impact
- Experience with payroll systems such as ADP, Workday, PeopleSoft, UKG, or similar ERP platforms
- Strong Excel skills including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, and data analysis
Salary:
$68,000 – $78,000 annually depending on experience | 100% onsite in South Bend, Indiana