Payroll Specialist

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Job description

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation's leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement.

Purpose: The Payroll Specialist is responsible for the biweekly Canadian payroll as well as Federal, State and Local tax compliance. This position also shares backup responsibility for the Company's weekly/biweekly payroll.

Essential Duties:

• Processes biweekly Canadian payroll.
• Maintains and distributes all periodic payroll reports to meet business needs
• Maintains knowledge of rules and laws which govern the payroll administration practices. File taxes and/or amendments with federal, state, and local agencies timely and keeps management informed of any/all issues.
• Ensure local tax jurisdictions are set up correctly for each employee to avoid costly amendments with agencies and payroll vendor
• Works with accounting to ensure accurate general ledger entries and investigate discrepancies.
• Tabulate 401k funding and monitor contributions and loan deduction amounts to ensure plan compliance
• Participates in problem solving and special projects within the Payroll team.
• Primary back up coverage to all payroll positions.
• Maintain complete and accurate records

Other Duties

• Other duties as assigned by management

Position Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Ability to maintain confidential information
• Working knowledge of accounting principles and tax laws
• Strong math and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail
• Capability to conform to established schedules and deadlines
• Excellent follow up and organizational skills
• Collaborates with team members and management for problem resolution when needed
• Presents a positive image of Heritage-Crystal Clean to fellow employees, external contacts, and the general public

Work Experience

• 5 or more years of full-cycle payroll experience required
• 1-2 years of Canadian payroll administration preferred
• Experience with multiple tax jurisdictions preferred

Education, Certificates, Licenses, or Designations

• CPP certification required or the ability to obtain within a 12-month period
• Canada Payroll training preferred
• Bachelor's Degree preferred

Specific Skills

• Intermediate skills in Microsoft Excel
• Experience with Human Resources Information Systems
• Proficient in other Microsoft Office applications

Work Environment: While performing essential duties of this position an individual regularly works indoors, and may be required to sit for long periods. Individual will be required to regularly talk, hear, see and often reach with hands, stand, walk, use a computer keyboard, mouse, telephone, and other office equipment. Noise level of the environment is generally quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.

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