Kelly Services
Location
Willoughby, OH | United States
Job description
Payroll Accountant
Willoughby, OH - 100% on site
70K+ Based on Experience
Direct Hire - Urgent Need
Why This Role Matters
This is an opportunity to create an impact in an innovative company on a growth trajectory.
Who You Are
You will be a results-oriented team player who drives accountability, quality, and efficiency within your department and across the Company. You will be a strong communicator who enjoys working with others to improve various aspects of the company.
Who We Are
This company is a global leader designing and manufacturing cutting edge thermal and power conversion equipment that make tomorrow’s products possible. The company is a global sales organization with facilities based in Mentor and Willoughby, Ohio; Amery, Wisconsin; and Monterrey, Mexico. We are a tight-knit team that thrives on positive collaboration and open communication.
Our Values:
Communication – Treat others with respect. Share information, share wins and mistakes, be open to discuss root causes.
Results focused – Challenge the status quo, take initiative and drive change. Achieve results, take action, display urgency to make things happen. Focus on impact, solve the biggest problems to make big difference.
Ownership – Everyone is expected to make our company better. Takes ownership for decisions, actions, and failures, and hold others accountable. Do what’s right versus what’s easy.
Customer focus – Think customer, both internal and external, and deliver a WOW experience. Service matters, your passion and personality matter. Think different, anticipate and deliver customer-centric innovations.
Continuous development – Be passionate about personal and professional development, never finish learning. View mistakes as opportunities to improve, actively use 12 principles. Make a difference for ourselves, our customers, team members and communities: “Carpe Diem!”
Our Style
Goal oriented – We collaborate to find the best approach to align and achieve our goals to ensure the best results are attained.
Metric driven – We set realistic and achievable goals and standards with well-laid project plans.
People focused – We care about our team; we promote a healthy work-life balance; we are respectful of the roles and time of other individuals.
Process oriented – We establish and respect clear processes.
Responsibilities:
The Payroll Accountant position is part of the Finance Team. This is a full-time, exempt position. This position will require a broad range of responsibilities to ensure success. Some examples of these responsibilities are listed below (but are not limited to the following):
Process payroll for hourly and salaried associates on a bi-weekly basis
Ensures that payroll processed timely and accurately.
Work with all levels of organization to assist them with completion of payroll related tasks.
Process and approve actions input by managers to ensure completeness for payroll processing.
Responsible for completing payroll reconciliations, payroll accounting, testing, and payroll tax .
Run payroll reports – standard and custom.
Account Analysis, for assigned accounts includes researching transactions and problem solving.
Managing Quarterly and Annual payroll related tax returns.
Supports annual external audit and maintains continuous financial internal controls.
Review, research, and respond to team member questions regarding pay issues.
Process and calculate retirement earnings such as: 401(k) contributions, Profit sharing and 401(k) Employer match true ups.
Complete yearly payroll, 401k, and payroll true-ups, bonus and profit-sharing calculations, compliance testing, etc., by the government deadlines.
Fulfills all governmental regulatory mandates and ensures filings are performed as required .
Manage Employment Verifications.
Filling unemployment paperwork with local authorities.
Systems Used:
Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Word, PPT, Excel)
SyteLine
UKG
Requirements:
Required: 3-5 years of payroll processing experience.
2-5 years Accounting General Ledger experience and ability to understand payroll GL mapping.
Ensures Process Technology remains compliant with myriad and ever-changing local, state, and federal requirements.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, UKG Ready, strong written and oral communication.
Plan, organize, schedule, and execute in an efficient and productive manner. Focus on key priorities.
Able to structure and process qualitative and quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it.
Does not let important details slip through the cracks or derail a project.
Compensation
This position is full-time, exempt. Compensation typically follows industry median for Northeast Ohio/the Great Lakes region. You may be eligible for an annual bonus. This is a long-term, high accountability role.
As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability. As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account. In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan. Click here ( for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.
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About Kelly
Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We welcome, value, and embrace diversity at all levels and are committed to building a team that is inclusive of a variety of backgrounds, communities, perspectives, and abilities. At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.
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