BioMed Realty Hiring for Payroll Accountant Job at San Diego, CA Full Time

BioMed Realty, a Blackstone portfolio company, is the largest private provider of real estate solutions to the life science and technology industries. BioMed owns and operates high quality life science real estate comprising 14 million square feet concentrated in the leading innovation markets throughout the United States and United Kingdom, including Boston/Cambridge, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Cambridge U.K. In addition, BioMed maintains a premier development platform with 2.8 million square feet of Class A properties in active construction to meet the growing demand of the life science industry.
We are seeking a Payroll Accountant who will report to the Senior Payroll Manager and will support all duties associated with the accurate recording of payroll, tax compliance, and related financial close activities for the US and UK locations. This role will work closely with Human Resources, Corporate Accounting, and our external third party payroll vendor. This is an opportunity for a highly driven individual who is well-adapted, detail oriented, disciplined and sets a high-quality bar for themselves and their work product.
Responsibilities

• Verify and confirm employee entries and changes in our HRIS system (“UKG” Ultimate Kronos Group) for payroll processing.
• Verify that all timesheets in (“UTM” Ultimate Time Management) are complete, submitted and approved ready for payroll processing. Work with employees and or managers with any timesheet issues.
• Reconcile each payroll, quarterly and annual tax liabilities, ensure that all local and state statutory payroll reporting requirements are met, research and resolve issues.
• Register entities in all appropriate payroll related tax jurisdictions and ensure that all jurisdictions are correctly setup with the third-party payroll vendor.
• Perform all general ledger functions related to payroll, including but not limited to; balancing and recording all payroll related journal entries, accruals, reconciliation of balance sheet accounts, research of reconciling items, etc.
• Engage with external payroll vendor and tax authorities related to researching and resolving payroll tax notices, tax filing and funding of payroll taxes.
• Evaluate and recommend process changes to increase efficiency.
• Assist with annual 401K and Worker’s Comp audits with external auditors as needed.
• Perform special projects and other duties as assigned.

Skills/Experience

• Minimum of 3 years accounting experience in payroll and general accounting.
• Minimum of 2-3 years recent multi-state payroll and employment tax experience, including but not limited to; federal/state/local tax regulations.
• Must be a self-starter. Able to work independently on regular routine assignments, including managing time to meet critical deadlines.
• Possess knowledge of payroll-related requirements and regulations.
• Maintain confidentiality in all assignments and in all information obtained.
• Strong work ethic and flexibility to work extended hours during critical periods such as quarter-end and year-end.
• Perform with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office (advanced skills in Excel).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact at all levels of the organization both internally and externally.
• Knowledge of automated payroll and timekeeping systems.
• Knowledge of payroll and payroll tax related regulations outside US is a plus.

We require all new hires to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 prior to their first date of employment unless they are eligible for an approved medical or religious exemption in accordance with the law.
BioMed Realty is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our employment decisions are based on individual qualifications, job requirements and business needs without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, religion, disability, citizenship status, national origin, pregnancy, veteran status and or any other legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations, if you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please email [email protected].

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $58,373.53 – $96,024.74 per year