Payroll Specialist

Post Date

Feb 12, 2025

Location

Sterling,
Virginia

ZIP/Postal Code

20166
US
Jun 24, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Accounting

Req #

DC0-762349

Pay Rate

$29 - $36 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

· Supports the Division Payroll Team and Corporate Payroll in ensuring that payroll information is communicated timely and effectively while maintaining confidentiality and high levels
· Administers accurate employee payroll records, including new hire paperwork, payroll form updates, status change forms, and employee terminations.
· Helps monitor and track employee paid time off balances (vacation, holiday, jurisdictionally mandated sick and safe leave, and other personal time off) and provides updated reports to management regularly.
· Helps to coordinate and process any necessary payroll adjustments ensuring the proper documentation has been provided, including wage rate or fringe adjustments, expense reports, travel pay, subsistence, allowance, or other pay corrections.
· Prepares weekly job cost entries to transfer labor costs from overhead to specific jobs and assists operations with cost transfers for labor that was incorrectly coded.
· Prepares and submits weekly and monthly payroll reports, such as certified payroll, OCIP/CCIP reporting, employee change reports, timesheet submission reports, and or other compliance documentation.

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Required Skills & Experience

- 2-3 years of payroll processing experience
- Must hold an Associates degree
- Proficiency in computer usage with intermediate to expert Excel skills
- Past experience Manually Processing Payroll within Excel
- Strong problem-solving abilities, including identifying and resolving straightforward payroll or accounting discrepancies promptly, and knowing when to escalate complex issues for management resolution
- Detail-oriented, highly organized, and possesses strong analytical capabilities

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

Experience Processing Payroll for the Union

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.