Payroll Administrator jobs in Fresno, CA

ABOUT THE COMPANY:

In 1925 the J. G. Boswell Company planted in California’s San Joaquin Valley and grew to become one of the largest farmers in the world. Boswell produces, processes, and markets tomatoes, Pima cotton, and pistachios. The company has taken its farming tradition and enhances it through innovations in every step of the growing process and has developed many of the new techniques and equipment used in modern farming today.

JOB SUMMARY:

The Payroll Administrator oversees payroll in compliance with all state and federal regulations. This function is vital to ensuring a smooth and accurate payment process for our valued employees. This role has responsibilities including reviewing payroll data and documents for inefficiencies and errors, validating that all amounts are accurate based on hours worked and ensuring payments are made on time. We are looking for someone who has strong analytical skills, meticulous attention to detail (catching numerical and coding errors), and the ability to build useful and accurate reporting, employee guidance, and process documentation to help track our objectives and key results and define other metrics.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/DUTIES:

• Process biweekly payroll for up to 1,000 employees, off cycles payroll; review and ensure accuracy of approved timesheets.
• Review all necessary forms for tax withholding, benefit deductions, and garnishment compliance
• Prepare and process pay record adjustments for workers’ compensation payments and/or SDI payments, including but not limited to the calculation and issuance of tax refunds where necessary
• Analyze compensation-related data including wages, commissions, bonuses, and stock transactions
• Responsible for month, quarter, and year-end reporting processes
• Perform audits, prepare compliance reporting, assist in tax-filing review and other reconciliation and reporting
• Oversee payroll ACH transactions (e.g. via e-banking)
• Conduct regular audits on payroll policies and procedures including but not limited to record-keeping
• Track and reconcile payroll liabilities, including but not limited to benefit premium costs (employee and employer), voluntary deductions, etc.
• Design and implement procedures to streamline and document the payroll processes
• Manage payment calendars for the fiscal and calendar years
• Report to management on payroll issues, risks, opportunities, and changes
• Answer employees’ questions about salaries and tax
• Stay up to date on state and federal payroll and tax laws
• Assess company's HR information needs and plan for changes in HR systems to meet these needs
• Serve as a liaison with third parties and other stakeholders (e.g. payroll, IT, HR, ADP support services) to ensure that they are fully supported by and efficiently using HR systems
• Record and process employee information including annual leave, salaries, and working hours
• Collect necessary data to support audits and compliance efforts where necessary, such as EEO-1 reporting, internal, accounting, and vendor audits
• Proactively identify and initiate improvement opportunities around system, process, data and user experience, and recommend options to leaders with justification, impacts and data for the approach

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3-5 Years - Experience as a payroll professional (CPP certification preferred)
• Experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 5 Years - Experience working in HR functional systems for Payroll, Benefits, Recruiting, etc.
• Experience may include a combination of work experience and education.

OTHER SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Customer service approach to serving our employees and other stakeholders, always being personable, kind, respectful, and helpful to all our internal and external partners
• Driven by problem-solving and process improvement, always looking for ways to refine practices and use data to better succeed.
• Meticulous attention to detail - how all the details relate to each other, and ability to create reconciliation procedures that ensure accuracy (built-in fail safe, foot and crossfoot, audit-worthy/audit-proof, separation of duties, etc.)
• Strong report writing skills
• Excellent time management, project management, and organizational skills
• Proven ability to multitask and manage multiple competing priorities
• Ability to manage confidential data and maintain data integrity in our HRIS

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Work Location: Corcoran, CA

Pay Range: $27- $35 DOE