Senior Payroll Accountant / Payroll Tax
Newark, New Jersey
Experience: 0
Category: Accounting & Finance
Contractor Work Model: Onsite
Brand: System One
Compensation Range: 43.88 Per Hour
Job ID: 344267
Date Posted: 12/17/2025
Shortcut: http://jobs.systemone.com/ovx1l1
Location: Newark, NJ
Type: Contract To Hire
Compensation: $43.88/hour
Contractor Work Model: Onsite
Summary
Provides support for Payroll Tax and Accounting including employee tax setup, Imputed income taxability, Month/Quarter/Year end reporting, Payroll Payments, Account Reconciliations, and maintains payroll sub-ledger.
Responsibilities
- Create and process G/L Journal Entries to ensure timely and accurate reporting of Payroll data.
- Prepare G/L Account Reconciliations (balance sheet/income statement) to ensure proper and accurate account activity.
- Perform and review analyses of Payroll G/L accounts; identify and resolve reconciling items and accounting issues on a timely basis.
- Responsible for the reconciliation, payment, and filing of Payroll Tax withholdings, including Railroad Retirement (RRB) Taxes.
- Establish/verify accurate RRB/Federal/State/Local Tax setup of employee records; based on W4 forms, work state, residence state, Rail vs. Non-Rail status, including employee transfers and new hires.
- Research tax issues using various payroll publications and government websites, summarize findings, and apply to all levels of management.
- Assist and coordinate information requests for internal and external audits.
- Assist with year-end balancing and reconciliation for accuracy of Payroll and W2 reporting.
- Maintain monthly posting of creditable months for RRB reporting.
- Process weekly direct deposit and ACH bank transmissions, positive pay (check) files, and related reconciliations.
- Run queries, manage downloads, and prepare detailed spreadsheets and reports for all levels of management to facilitate the flow of Payroll information and resolve issues.
- Work on system testing and troubleshooting issues, implementing new processes, and periodic vendor upgrades.
- Provide oversight and direction to Payroll union staff in performing tasks.
- Miscellaneous projects as requested by all levels of management
- Provide excellent Customer Service to all internal/external customers
- Complete projects as assigned by all levels of management.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related area, and five (5) years of Payroll experience
- Required proficiency in (MS) Excel, spreadsheets, macros, Access databases, and other MS applications.
- Payroll HCM (Oracle) experience a plus.
- Experience with Payroll Journal Entries, Account Reconciliation, Payroll Tax and Deduction regulations.
- Critical thinking self-starter, experience with RRB Tax and Discoverer or Orbit Report Writer a plus.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
System One, and its subsidiaries including Joulé, ALTA IT Services, and Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.
System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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