Accounting Manager - Payroll & General Ledger Operations

Overview

This role involves serving as a hands-on Accounting Manager with deep expertise in payroll operations. You will own the end-to-end payroll process for a 100-person team while also managing core corporate accounting functions, general ledger reconciliations, and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Govern all elements of the payroll cycle, including:
  • Establish system controls for the payroll system and develop procedures to improve existing systems
  • Develop, interpret, and refine company policies and government regulations affecting payroll procedures
  • Oversee timekeeping policies and procedures
  • Manage payroll initiation, execution, and reconciliation
  • Maintain payroll-related chart of accounts across multiple integrated systems
  • Reconcile payroll liability accounts
  • Ensure municipal, state, and federal tax compliance
  • Reconcile fringe expenses
  • Govern employee reimbursement processes for travel and business expenses
  • Coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end payroll activities
• Collaborate with Human Resources to integrate payroll and employee data
• Maintain integrity of employee payroll data through regular payroll audits to ensure compliance with laws, tax regulations, and statutory requirements
• Provide necessary backup to Finance leadership in executive-level meetings

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 7+ years of experience in payroll management, with 3+ years dedicated to advanced payroll management or accounting information systems configuration/maintenance
• Proficiency with Quickbooks or a comparable small business accounting system
• Strong understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Experience preparing labor accruals and reconciling sub-ledger to the general ledger
• Proven track record operating in an integrated “system of systems” environment with disparate accounting, timekeeping, and payroll processing systems
• Strong accounting information systems background, with a desire to serve as the functional owner for payroll, timekeeping, and expense processing systems
• Experience executing payroll functions for an organization with employees in 10 or more states
• Familiarity with multi-state tax law and statutory reporting compliance
• Experience validating and reconciling automated payroll journal entries transmitted between payroll, timekeeping, and accounting systems
• Experience executing accounting month, quarter, and year-end close processes
• Proven ability to develop, implement, and govern internal controls
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills
• High integrity and ability to handle sensitive and confidential information

Preferred Qualifications / Skills

• Master’s degree in accounting, Certified Public Accountant (CPA) credential, or professional certification in payroll management
• Familiarity with eFAACT time and attendance system configuration, maintenance, and execution
• Familiarity with iSolved, GovConPay, payroll, and Human Resource Information System (HRIS) configuration, maintenance, and execution
• Familiarity with SAP Concur configuration, maintenance, and execution
• Federal government contracting experience preferred and strongly suggested
• Experience maintaining a Chart of Accounts in conformance with United States Government Cost Accounting Standards (CAS)

Compensation & Benefits

Salary Range (DMV Market)

• $110,000 to $150,000

Location-Based Compensation

Compensation is determined based on the employee’s primary work location, applicable labor market, experience, education, certifications, security clearance, and other job-related factors. Candidates working outside the DMV may receive a different salary range consistent with local market conditions and applicable law.

Benefits

Eligible employees receive:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off (PTO) for vacation
• Company-paid holidays
• Reimbursement for a Planet Fitness Black Card membership

Location & Work Arrangement

• Stafford, VA
• Remote

EEO Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.