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Full-time
bachelor degree
Posted 30d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Payroll Accounting Project Manager leads payroll-related projects, financial analysis, and process improvement initiatives to ensure accurate and compliant payroll operations. This role acts as a key liaison between departments such as Finance, HR, IT, and Legal to optimize systems and internal controls.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, SQL, and analytical techniques is required, along with proven project management capabilities.
Full job description
Payroll Accounting Project Manager
Position Summary
The Payroll Accounting Project Manager manages payroll accounting projects, financial analysis, systems support, compliance activities, and process improvement initiatives that support the Payroll Accounting function. This role partners closely with Payroll, Finance, HR, Benefits, Information Technology, Legal, and external service providers to ensure payroll-related processes, systems, and controls are accurate, compliant, efficient, and aligned with business objectives.
This position leads payroll accounting and payroll-related projects from planning through implementation, including requirements gathering, analysis, testing, documentation, monitoring, and post-deployment review. Key areas of focus include recurring accounting support, reporting and analytics, internal controls, system enhancements, acquisitions and integrations, automation, and cross-functional project leadership.
This position is located at our Corporate offices in a beautiful country setting 7 miles South of Reading, PA which is a convenient commute with ample free and easy parking.
Work Location - 2675 Morgantown Rd Reading, Pennsylvania Work Schedule - 4 days onsite/ 1 day remote
Major Responsibilities
Payroll Accounting & Financial Analysis
Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including payroll-related journal entries, accruals, reclasses, reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting schedules.
Analyze payroll accounting data to identify trends, discrepancies, root causes, and opportunities to improve accuracy, controls, and efficiency.
Ensure payroll-related transactions are accurately recorded, reconciled, monitored, and reported within accounting and payroll systems.
Develop and maintain reporting, analytics, measures, and metrics to support payroll accounting decision-making and process performance.
Project Management & Process Improvement
Manage payroll accounting and payroll-related projects, including project plans, timelines, resource needs, risks, milestones, deliverables, documentation, implementation, and post-deployment review.
Lead cross-functional initiatives involving Payroll, HR, Finance, IT, Benefits, Legal, and external vendors.
Monitor project progress and communicate status, risks, recommendations, and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.
Identify and implement opportunities to streamline processes, automate manual activities, strengthen controls, and improve operational efficiency.
Payroll Systems & Controls
Partner with Payroll Operations and IT to optimize payroll processes, system functionality, interfaces, and integrations.
Coordinate testing, validation, deployment, implementation, upgrades, and acquisition-related integration activities for payroll system changes.
Develop and maintain monitoring processes and controls to support payroll accounting accuracy and compliance.
Compliance & Risk Management
Ensure payroll accounting processes comply with federal, state, and local payroll regulations, accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
Assess regulatory, financial, operational, and compliance risks; coordinate needed changes with affected business functions.
Stakeholder & Change Management
Serve as a key liaison among Payroll, Accounting, Finance, HR, Benefits, IT, Legal, and external vendors.
Create and maintain project documentation, process flows, standard operating procedures, and training materials.
Support business users through adoption of new processes, controls, reporting, and system enhancements.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field required.
Experience
5+ years of experience in payroll accounting, accounting, finance, or a related function.
Experience leading cross-functional projects, process improvement initiatives, or system implementations preferred.
Experience with payroll, accounting, reporting, and enterprise systems preferred.
Certifications
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification a plus.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required.
Experience working with large datasets and applying analytical techniques
Strong programming skills in SQL
Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to perform root cause analysis and identify process improvement opportunities.
Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate with operational, technical, and executive audiences.
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities, deadlines, and projects simultaneously.
Strong attention to detail with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Physical Requirements:
- The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.
While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.
Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions
Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.
Related keywords
Payroll AccountingProject ManagementFinancial AnalysisSystems SupportComplianceProcess ImprovementMicrosoft ExcelSQLData AnalyticsInternal ControlsReportingLean Six SigmaCross-functionalChange ManagementRoot Cause AnalysisEnterprise Systems
Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
Company size
10,001+ employees
Founded
1969
Headquarters
Reading, PA
LinkedIn followers
90,790
Penske Truck Leasing is a Penske Transportation Solutions company headquartered in Reading, Pennsylvania. A leading provider of innovative transportation solutions, Penske operates and maintains nearly 400,000 vehicles and serves its customers from approximately 1,000 maintenance facilities and more than 1,900 truck rental locations across North America. Solutions from Penske include full-service truck leasing, fleet maintenance, truck rentals, used trucks, and a comprehensive array of technologies to keep the world moving forward. Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P. is a partnership of Penske Corporation, Penske Automotive Group and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Offices: 2675 Morgantown Rd, Reading, PA 19607, US