What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist position at Bowen Engineering Corporation?
Job Title: Payroll Specialist
Who We Are: Our people are our strength. As an employee-owned national construction company, we prioritize collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement. We're committed to fostering a culture of growth and empowerment, where every team member is valued and supported.
What You’ll Do:
- Process payroll accurately and timely on a weekly and bi-weekly basis for nearly 1,000 hourly, salary, and union employees
- Pull electronic timecards, analyze, make changes and edit for completeness and accuracy
- Set up weekly pay periods to properly expense the correct month for ledger updates; standard hours, days, and weeks; and pay period status information.
- Analyze, prepare, input and edit payroll data
- Post payroll daily to general ledger
- Complete layoff checks and/or field checks as needed
- Process voids timely and accurately
- Investigate and resolve any Payroll related issues
- Set up and maintain wage garnishments and child support deductions
- Process payment of garnishments and child support to proper agencies
- Complete wage requests generating fully burdened labor cost for union workforce relative to the type of job and duration
- Maintain HRIS and Payroll database with any necessary employee changes
- Perform other related administrative duties as necessary
Must-haves in a Candidate:
- 3 years of multi-state payroll experience
- In-house payroll processing experience
- Experience with high volume, fast-paced payrolls
- Union payroll experience a plus
- High attention to detail
- Effective time management skills
- Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects at the same time accurately and timely
- Proficient in Excel
Benefits:
- Competitive Base Salary
- Annual Discretionary Bonus
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- PTO from Day 1
- 7 Paid Holidays (plus 6 additional half-days), 1 Community Day, 1 Floating Holiday
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employer-paid Life Insurance with supplemental options
- 401k with Company Match
- HSA and FSA options
- Employee Referral Program
- Wellness Program
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Short and Long-Term Disability
- Family Planning and Adoption Assistance
- Education Reimbursement
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to Commute:
- Indianapolis, IN 46260 (Required)
Work Location: In person
