Payroll Specialist

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Ardurra has been recognized as one of the fastest growing firms in the architecture, engineering, and environmental consulting industry. Ardurra prides itself on its reputation as an emerging leader in the engineering consulting business, and we understand that our reputation is wholly founded on the strength of the professionals that work hard every single day to serve our clients and our communities.  Ardurra was ranked 190 in ENR’s 2021 Top 500 Firms and has made Zweig Group’s prestigious Hot Firms and Best Firms to Work For lists in 2019, 2020 and 2021!

Ardurra is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join our Accounting staff in our Tampa, FL office.

Primary Function

The Payroll Specialist is responsible for managing nationwide payroll processing for the entire company. This includes weekly data entry, bi-weekly reconciliation by departments, summaries of hours, sick and vacation balances, internal controls and other reports, as well as analysis of monthly management reports via general ledger and budget.

Primary Duties

• Maintains payroll information, directing the collection, calculation and entering of data
• Processing of multiple payrolls through a third-party software
• Employee set-up and maintenance in multiple software systems
• Ensure compliance with current labor laws
• Quarterly Audits of proper employee Earning, Tax and Deduction codes
• Reconciliations of wages
• Assist in salary-based Audits, i.e. 401K/ Workers Compensation
• Responding to employee questions on payroll related issues
• Reporting of payroll-based data as requested
• Assistance with timecard tracking
• Works closely and collaboratively on requests by Finance

Education And Experience Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum 2 years’ of experience processing payroll
• Working knowledge of UltiPro/UKG Pro Software preferred but not required
• Working knowledge of payroll best practices
• Excellent interpersonal (verbal and written) communication
• Decision-making, problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to communicate with various levels of management
• Strong PC skills including proficient in Excel and Word
• High degree of professionalism
• Strong work ethic and team player

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

Notice To Third Party Agencies

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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• Analytical
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• Communication
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• Decision Making
• Finance

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