Senior Payroll Accounting Specialist

Pay: $56.00 / hr.

Are you a Senior Payroll Accounting Specialist looking to join one of the top companies in the Manufacturing industry?

Are you looking to further your career and grow?

Do you have experience in Payroll accounting (earnings codes, deductions, taxability)?

If you answered yes to those three questions, then apply today!

Acara Solutions seeks highly qualified candidates to work Hybrid with our client in Malvern, PA. Interested?

Here's what you'd do:

• Support payroll accounting operations following a 2025 payroll system migration.
• Reconcile payroll to accounting systems and ensure accurate financial postings.
• Strengthen documentation and end-to-end process clarity for payroll-related workflows.
• Improves existing processes and approaches
• Monthly GL interface work (~40 hrs/month)
• Reconciliations & issue research (~80 hrs/month)
• Documentation, value flows, meetings, issue tracking (~40 hrs/month)
• Accounting for:
• Deferred comp, pension, PTO
• Relocation
• 401k
• Bonuses/DIP
• Benefits & tax implications
• Internal audit support; occasional external audit support.
• Review payroll general ledger interfaces and all payroll activities for 7 ARE's, both US and Canada.
• Ensure that files received from the payroll provider are posted and address issues and discrepancies with the Payroll Team.
• Prepare and review various account reconciliations and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly journal entries for various accruals such as AP Accruals, T & E, Bonus, PTO, Severance, Relocation, and Deferred Compensation.
• Collaborate with HR and finance teams to ensure accurate and timely payroll processing.
• Follow-up with HR to address differences between Bank and GL is addressed in a timely.
• Stay current with changes in payroll laws and regulations.
• Prepare various P & L and Balance Sheet analyses for the month-end closing.
• Performs complex analyses of financial process flow to validate controls, harmonize processes, increase efficiencies, and ensure accuracy of financial transactions.
• Support for internal and external audit requirements
• Plans, prepares and consolidates balance sheet and P&L statements and reports, according to relevant accounting standards (IFRS, GAAP, local standards, etc.).
• Prepares reports for unit or "Finance & Controlling" management.
• Analyzes and evaluates assets and liabilities.
• May analyze tax obligations and recommends measures to optimize tax payments.
• Contributes with analyses relevant for annual financial report.
• May maintain operational bank contacts, and contributes in "Finance & Controlling" activities.
• Completes projects concerning improvements of general financial processes.
• Cooperates with vendors, clients in reconciling the account status, on an accountable level.
• Keeps abreast with changes of internal guidelines and external accounting standards, and trains Accounting Operations staff respectively.
• Is expected to adopt existing concepts, methodologies, etc. in order to create and open up new ways of approaching and fulfilling specific internal and external client requests or project requirements.
• Positions which need senior professional expertise, with extensive functional, commercial and/or technical knowledge in an area of competence. They integrate analysis, development, testing and implementation.
• They interpret and functionally influence policy and guidelines in their area of business / technology, and develop processes and systems to deliver functional objectives.
• They typically plan own work according to targets agreed, within a quarterly up to an annual cycle, by integrating resources in a project driven environment.
• They provide functional advice and guidance to colleagues and customers

Here's what you'll get:

Hours: 40 hrs/Week.

Length: Contract (7 months).

Sound like a good fit?

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About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies attract and retain top talent. With a legacy of experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customise visionary talent solutions that drive the business outcomes they seek. We leverage decades of experience to deliver comprehensive staffing solutions, including contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services, worldwide.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Payroll accounting (earnings codes, deductions, taxability)
  
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Core accounting (debits/credits, financial impacts, ledger posting)
• Minimum 7 years of experience in SAP

• Master's Domain.
• Certified Public Accountant
• Understand end-to-end flow: payroll cash out GL ledger financial impact.
• Workday (reports only; no direct access needed)
• Excel / Microsoft Office
• KNIME, Access, data-processing tools.
• Able to work under pressure and think independently.
• Strong research, followup, and problem-solving skills.
• Flexible with fluctuating onsite needs (especially during audits).
• Deep professional know-how and experience in one Sub Job Family.
• Transfers and applies know-how to/in various contexts.
• Solid professional judgment and problem-solving competence.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
• In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.