Petro Towery Inc Hiring For Payroll Clerk at Richmond, KY Full Time

Reports To: Human Resources

FLSA Status: Hourly

Hours: M – F, 8am – 5pm, 1 Hour lunch

Summary

Pay is commensurate with experience

The Payroll Clerk has a role that is important to ensuring timely and accurate employee payroll processing. A highly dynamic Payroll Clerk is adept in accurately entering, maintaining and processing information into and within the payroll system and ensuring that proper payroll deductions for taxes, benefits, and other deductions are in place. Must be experienced in solving problems concerning payroll, answering inquiries and enforcing payroll policies with the utmost confidentiality.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Pays employees through system software by calculating earnings, deductions and issuing checks (earnings statements) in a timely and accurate manner
• Maintain payroll information by collecting, calculating and entering data into the payroll system as well as retrieving, verifying and reconciling data when necessary
• Updates payroll records by entering changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions, job title and department/division transfers
• Working knowledge of preparing reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions, leave, disability and nontaxable wages
• Monitors payroll system to determine that correct payroll liabilities are being calculated – federal, state and local income and social security, unemployment and workers compensation
• Communicates payroll deductions to retirement administrators for 401(k) plans and other pre-taxation savings plans
• Assist with monthly, quarterly or year-end calculations of bonuses and other salary-based compensation if applicable
• Resolves payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information and interacting with Human Resources
• Provides payroll information by answering questions and requests
• Maintains payroll operations by follow policies and procedures and reporting needed changes
• Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential

Requirements

Competencies: To perform this job successfully, an individual must have demonstrated experience in the following competencies and must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Qualifications: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Three to five years related experience and training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions and decimals, compute rate, ratio and percent
• Excellent listening, written and verbal communication skills, high degree of integrity, including ability to successfully deal with sensitive and/or confidential information
• Hands on, self-starting, disciplined, and detail-oriented individual with ability to work independently in a high-volume environment that requires a work product that is highly accurate and timely
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge and understanding of proper payroll treatment for payroll transactions and activities
• Experienced in and able to demonstrate proficiency with computerized accounting software applications, ERP systems
• High degree of proficiency with Microsoft Office software (Excel, Word, Outlook and/or Google suite, specifically Google Sheets

Benefits

Medical, Dental, Vision, STD, LTD, Life Insurance, 401(K), Paid Holidays, Vacation