What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist position at Pantex?
Location: Amarillo, TX - Downtown PAC
Job Title: Payroll Specialist
Career Level From: Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Payroll Accounting (50855883)
Job Specialty: Payroll Accounting
Job Title: Payroll Specialist
Career Level From: Associate
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Payroll Accounting (50855883)
Job Specialty: Payroll Accounting
What You'll Do
As a Payroll Specialist, you will perform accounting tasks associated with employee work time and payroll, providing operations and customer support. Maintains records that comply with federal and state laws, company policies and procedures, and the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration policies. Responsibilities include compilation, analysis, and reconciliation of data using standard accounting practices and utilizing various computer programs and data files. Reviews and analyzes data by payroll period, week-to-week, bi-weekly, or an annual basis. Maintains subsidiary accounting records and provides summary accounting data. Conducts special studies as requested by management.
Major duties include:
- Researching reported payroll issues and collaborating with others as needed to provide timely resolution. Other duties include reporting, maintaining databases, input and maintenance of master data and payroll data for processing, and the preparation of various reports. Individual will also need to possess excellent communications skills in order to assist employees with their timekeeping, absence, and payroll questions.
- Understand the operations and requirements of the business area to determine how to configure SAP to support the business area and to coordinate the information technology with the business objectives
- Understand the operations and requirements of the business area to determine procedures to improve the efficiency of the business area represented
- Assist the Controller organization in use of the business system to reconcile General Ledger Accounts monthly
- Initiate, maintain, and implement fraud prevention monitoring and/or analytics within the Controller organization
What You Can Expect
- Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
- Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
- Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
- Career advancement and professional development programs
- Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelor's degree: No experience.
- Master's degree: No experience.
- Eight or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.
Why Pantex?
You get #morethanajob. We encourage employees to achieve a healthy personal balance among home, work and the community. One of the ways we embrace work-life balance is by offering flexible work arrangements that provide alternatives to the traditional workweek, while still meeting business needs. Top talent and personal commitment mean more to our success than any other factors, so we reward our people with the kinds of benefits that make a positive difference in the quality of their lives. Benefits such as: medical plan, prescription drug plan, vision plan, dental plan, employer matched 401(k) savings plan, disability coverage, education reimbursement and many more. Want to stay healthy and fit but hate the cost of a gym membership? Take advantage of one of our onsite workout facilities and eat healthy in our onsite cafeterias. Much more than a workplace, at Pantex you can build a career that lasts a lifetime.
Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required, candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph, pursuant to 10CFR 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation. As an employee, you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, genetic information, disability or veteran status.
