Payroll Administrator II

Become Part of Our Team

As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Payroll Administrator II to join our team in Dallas, TX. This is a hybrid position that allows the employee to work three days in the office, two days from home.

The Payroll Administrator II accurately maintains employee master data, while accurately processing all union rates, payments, reports and audits. This individual also ensures data is maintained in compliance with all federal, state and local regulations, prevailing wage requirements and union contacts as well as company policies, procedures and internal controls. This position requires the ability to multi-task and to be highly detail-oriented due to strict time constraints, high transaction volume and working in a service bureau setting.

• Review all requests to update employee master data for accuracy. Communicate any form completion deficiencies to and provide training on form completion to Human Resources staff.
• Complete entry of employee master data in JD Edwards (JDE) and Dayforce in accordance with the Payroll Processing calendar.
• Distribute reviewed and/or entered requests to update employee master data or requests for other payroll related processing to the appropriate payroll team member in a timely manner.
• Complete entry of assigned employee deduction, benefit, and accrual instructions excluding one-time overrides. Some examples include auto allowance benefits, voluntary donation deductions, and cell phone equipment reimbursement deductions.
• Complete all processes for union reporting, payments, and audits. Reconcile payments to general ledger balances.
• Maintain My Records user information and transmit new user files each Wednesday.
• Complete all assigned journal entries within JDE.
• Maintain prevailing wage rates within JDE.
• Maintain union wage, benefit, and deduction rates within JDE.
• Write all documentation for payroll administrator processes maintaining necessary updates.
• Respond to all requests for information within two (2) business days of receipt. If a request cannot be completed within two (2) business days, work with the customer to determine a mutually acceptable date for report completion.
• Provide excellent customer service.

Promote Customer Relations

• Builds effective relationships with project teams, functional departments, customers, vendors, and user groups that reflect and support company core values and meets or exceeds the customer's expectations.
• Actively participates in industry, client, and community relations to enhance company image.

• Promotes our Creed. Communicates our vision and purpose through Service, Talent & Choices.
• Serves as a role model and promotes professional behavior.
• Participates in personal career development through training, participates in software training and seminars as applicable for this position.

Embrace key BB-wide initiatives, like Zero Harm, Sustainability, and core Values, and does one's part to demonstrate relentless behaviors and embeds them into our culture.

Performs other related duties as assigned

Majority of work is completed in an office setting with intermittent sitting, standing, and walking. Periodic travel required.

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• A minimum of three (3) years of "in house" payroll experience including entry of employee master data; union and prevailing wage payroll experience a plus
• Strong knowledge of payroll related work processes and best practices
• Strong computer skills in word processing and spreadsheet software. Demonstrates proficiency using a personal computer (PC), company communication tools (e.g. email, internet), and Microsoft products (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) preferred
• Dayforce experience preferred
• JD Edwards experience a plus
• Ability to meet strict daily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent multi-tasking capabilities while maintaining organization and meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Excellent customer service skills

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.