Assistant Payroll Accountant
PRIME Traffic Control
Full-time
On-site
Tampa, Florida, United States
$65,000 - $80,000 USD yearly
Business, management and administration field
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
Job Summary
This position supports all payroll activities including data entry, reconciliations, reporting, and adherence to federal, state, and local payroll regulations. This role works with the Corporate Payroll Manager to ensure payroll is processed accurately and on schedule.
Key Responsibilities
- Help process weekly and monthly payroll for all employees.
- Review timesheets, wage calculations, and related data to identify and resolve discrepancies.
- Work closely with HR and Finance to ensure accurate employee data and benefit deductions.
- Respond to employee payroll inquiries in a timely, professional manner.
- Maintain and update payroll and employee information within the HRIS/payroll system.
- File payroll taxes in compliance with laws and regulations.
- Assist in preparing payroll reports for internal and external stakeholders.
- Support audit activities and year-end tasks, including W-2 processing.
Qualifications
Education & Experience:
- Bachelor's or associate degree in accounting or a related field from an accredited institution with 1 year of accounting or related experience OR in lieu of a degree, 7 years of experience in accounting or a related field
- Minimum of 2 years of payroll processing experience
- Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Paychex, Workday)
- Understanding of payroll laws and regulations is a plus
- Experience with construction and/or union payroll strongly preferred (compliance with CBA terms, reporting, wage differentials, union dues, etc.)
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
- Must be able to read, write, speak, and understand English.
- Must be able to work a fully onsite position.
Skills:
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office applications.
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Strong organizational and time management abilities.
Other Duties
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Drug and Alcohol-Free Workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to status as a protected veteran or a qualified individual with a disability, or other protected status, such as race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or age.
Compensation: $65,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
About Us
Training
PRIME Traffic Control was established with the idea that the best trained people deliver the best service. PRIME Traffic Control has developed training programs and associated processes to produce the strongest training program in the industry. These are key to provide safe Maintenance of Traffic, MOT, Temporary Traffic Control, Flagging and other Construction Services in the State of Florida.
Quality
Quality vehicles, signs, devices and the best trained people are the recipe for the best quality traffic controlled work zones available in the market place.
Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed
PRIME Traffic Control understands that the cost of a utility crew or road building crew far outweighs that of a traffic control crew, however, a work zone not properly established can bring the entire operation to a halt. A Traffic Control Crew must be dependable and reliable the first time, every time. Coordinating with all necessary entities to keep work zones safe. PRIME offers Maintenance of Traffic, MOT, Temporary Traffic Control, TTC and Construction Services in the state of Florida.