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Our team of 6,500 professionals helps secure 2,000 work zones every day - ensuring customer crews, drivers, and our teams get home safely. We protect those who operate, maintain, and upgrade infrastructure in the energy, broadband, and transportation sectors and provide traffic control for major events like the Boston Marathon.\nSince our founding in 1981, we have served customers through the talent of extraordinary team members committed to customer focus, growth, valuing each other, safety and quality, and a sense of urgency.\nAs a member of our payroll team, you will play a critical role in processing the payroll for our corporate and field employees. Using good judgment and leveraging company best practices, you will manage high volume payroll tasks across multiple entities and pay groups. The ability to interact with field employees and managers in a fast-paced environment, sometimes under pressure, remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient with a high level of professionalism is crucial to this role.\nProcess multi-state weekly and bi-weekly payroll\nEnsure timecards are submitted and reviewed prior to processing payroll\nProcess payroll adjustments, salary changes, bonus payments, commissions and other ad hoc payroll items\nAssist employees and managers with payroll-related inquiries via phone, email or ticketing system\nCollaborate with other members of the payroll team and HR department to ensure accurate payroll processing\nReview tax, garnishment and deduction information for employees\nGenerate payroll reports as needed\nContribute to the department's goals of process improvement and documentation, including maintaining updated checklists and SOPs\nGenerate certified payroll reports through Points North and LCP tracker on a weekly basis in adherance with reporting deadlines\n 4 - 7 years payroll experience processing multi-state payroll for 2,000+ employees\nMust be proficient in Microsoft Excel and Outlook\nExcellent communication skills both verbal and written\nAbility to work in a fast pace environment in both team and individual settings\nExperience with UKG Pro, UKG Dimensions, TCR or Salesforce preferred\nExperience with Certified Payroll preferred\nWhat you will love:\nBenefits eligible 1st of the month following hire\nAll traditional benefits offered, including 3 medical plan options and 2 dental plan options, as well as additional benefits such as Legal and Identity Shield, Accident, and Critical Illness\nCompany paid 50k in basic life insurance\nCompany paid LTD\nHealth Savings and Flex Spending Accounts Available\n401(k)\nPaid Time Off & Paid Holidays\nAWP named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces 2023 and 2025 for Diversity\nAWP Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). 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