Payroll Accountant (Remote)

We Offer:

We offer you exciting career opportunities with an international reach to further expand your experience through our diversity-focused and award-winning talent development initiatives.

Energizing and pioneering, this is also an environment that keeps you motivated. You’ll be joining a values-led, genuinely diverse, and talented team that is passionate about being there for employees, and for each other. We strive to deliver the right environment for the right people while fostering a culture of fairness, mutual respect, responsibility, and care for our business and our customers.

We have a competitive compensation and benefits package for full-time employees. Our talent policies are recognized world-wide as one of the best in the industry and we continue to look for new ways to invest in our people through ongoing personal and professional development initiatives.

We value the diversity of our talent and will always strive to recruit the best person for the job. We’re proud of that and we see it as a genuine source of strength for building high performing teams.

The Payroll Accountant will oversee all payroll-related financial data while performing various analytical tasks, ranging from simple to relatively complex, in support of payroll for APM Terminals. This role will act as the SME, responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting payroll financial processes/policies, in alignment of the company’s efforts to comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).

Open to any state in USA - this role will be remote.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform account reconciliations for payroll-related cash and other financial accounts.
• Develops data to be used in determining cost; Investigates and prepares explanations for any variances of great significance.
• Serves as liaison between payroll and terminals, assisting in the troubleshooting/resolution of all issues involving APMT payroll accounting.
• Prepares entries to aid in the creation of financial statements and analysis reports.
• Assists accounting leadership with month-end and year-end close process.
• Prepares various weekly and monthly invoices and union assessments for accounts payable.
• Work with internal and external stakeholders to support payroll queries and reporting.
• Assists in the development of detailed procedures and workflows to ensure efficiency.
• Reconcile vendor statements and accounts payroll sub-ledger to ensure accuracy and completeness of transactions; investigate discrepancies for outstanding items.
• Supports audit requests by providing records and documentation promptly.
• Prepares monthly accruals for multiple payroll entities.
• Conduct regular audits of payroll procedures; Ensures data compliance and accuracy.

Required experience & skills

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
• 3-5 years of Payroll Accounting experience required.
• Advanced level Excel skills.
• Enthusiastic about improving processes and developing innovative solutions.
• Experience with an Payroll/HRIS system such as ADP EV5/EV6 highly preferred.

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