Payroll Specialist IIBalfour Beatty • Dallas, TX, United States

Payroll Specialist II

Balfour Beatty • Dallas, TX, United States

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Become Part of Our Team

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including :

Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
Health Savings Account
401(k) with company match
Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
Vacation Time
Sick Time
Holidays
Paid Volunteer time
Tuition Assistance
Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Payroll Specialist II to join our team in Dallas, TX. This is a hybrid position (three days in the office, two from home).

The Payroll Specialist II is responsible for accurately processing payroll, garnishments, employment verifications, and unemployment information requests. This individual also ensures compliance with federal, state, and local regulations, prevailing wage requirements, and union contracts as well as company policies, procedures, and internal controls. This position requires the ability to multi-task and to be highly detail oriented due to strict time constraints, high transaction volume, and its service bureau setting.

Essential Functions

Review / audit all timesheet entries ensuring accuracy and compliance. Communicate any timesheet deficiencies to the appropriate employee and / or manager and ensure timesheet is properly corrected.

Review, calculate, complete, and / or balance time entry from timesheets, new hire / rehire forms, miscellaneous change forms, termination forms, and / or Dayforce.

Accurately calculate and complete entry for additional compensation payments such as COLAs, per diems, and bonuses.

Accurately calculate and complete entry for deduction and benefit one-time-overrides such as health and welfare deductions, auto allowances, and company vehicle benefits.

Accurately calculate and complete entry for labor reclassifications (historical timesheet corrections).

Accurately complete entry for short term disability and paid parental leave payments.

Maintain accurate spreadsheets for balancing of staff payroll cycles.

Process regular and off cycle payroll cycles ensuring correctness and compliance while meeting all required deadlines.

Distribute live checks.

Complete assigned payroll reports by the due date ensuring accuracy of the data.

Complete all processes for new hire reporting.

Complete all processes for garnishments with the exception of payment remittance.

Complete processes required for Office of Child Support's Electronic Income Withholding Order (e-IWO) compliance.

Enter all payroll related invoices into accounts payable system ensuring accurate and timely completion.

Respond to all requests for payroll information within four (4) business days of receipt. If request cannot be completed within four (4) business days, work with customer to determine a mutually acceptable date for request completion.

Respond to all requests for employment verification within four (4) business days of receipt.

Respond to all requests for unemployment information by the specified deadline provided by the state unemployment authority.

Maintain an organized filing system ensuring all documentation is filed within one week of completion of the cycle.

Provide excellent customer service.

Promote Customer Relations

Builds effective relationships with project teams, functional departments, customers, vendors, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.

Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.

Culture, Leadership and Employee Development

Promotes our Creed. Communicates our vision and purpose through Service, Talent & Choices.

Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.

Participates in personal career development through training, participates in software training and seminars as applicable for this position.

Embrace key BB-wide initiatives, like Zero Harm, Sustainability, and core Values, and does one's part to demonstrate relentless behaviors and embeds them into our culture.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Working Conditions

The majority of the work is completed in an office setting with intermittent sitting, standing and walking. Periodic travel required.

This is a hybrid position that requires the selected candidate to work in the Dallas office Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday will be worked from home.

Education, Experience, and Knowledge

High School Diploma or equivalent

A minimum of three (3) years of "in house" payroll experience including time entry and payroll payment processing; ; union and prevailing wage payroll experience a plus

Strong knowledge of payroll related work processes and best practices

Strong computer skills in word processing and spreadsheet software. Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer (PC), company communication tools (e.g. email, internet), and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) preferred

JD Edwards experience a plus

Dayforce experience preferred

Ability to meet strict daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly deadlines

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Excellent multi-tasking capabilities while maintaining organization and meticulous attention to detail

Ability to maintain strict confidentiality

Excellent customer service skills

About us

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm®, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE : BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.

Accessibility : If you need an accommodation as part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources at :

Phone : (214) 468-4700

Email : BBTalent@balfourbeattyus.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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