Payroll Clerk

Payroll / Accounting Clerk

Penske Automotive Group, Inc., a Fortune 200 company and global leader in automotive retailing, announces an outstanding opportunity to provide administrative payroll and accounting support from our corporate office based in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. This full-time position reports directly to our Sr. Corporate Payroll Manager and will be responsible for compiling payroll data and assisting with various payroll-related tasks. This is an in-office opportunity and is not a remote/hybrid role.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Will be responsible for the wage garnishment documentation, invoicing, and funding reconciliation processes. Will work directly with the Sr. Corporate Payroll Manager and ADP Wage Garnishment Service to resolve lien related issues.
• Will coordinate and track resolution of payroll tax related agency notices, SUI rate changes in the tax reporting system, analyze and verify detailed payroll output.
• Will be responsible for pre- and post-payroll reconciliation processes by generating pre-defined payroll audit reports.

Additional tasks include:

• Ability to understand and resolve payroll issues as well as communicate solutions effectively professionally and respectfully.
• Will assist in enforcing the day-to-day policies and procedures as they relate to the payroll function.
• Ability to assist with retrieving reports to validate payroll taxes, retrieving payroll tax reports and reported documentation.
• Will assist in monitoring, auditing, updating and tracking payroll related information within the various payroll applications.
• Will be responsible for maintenance of payroll information by entering data into the payroll application general deduction and wage garnishment panels per documented procedures as needed.
• Must be able to adhere to all documented payroll procedures as written to maintain compliance.
• Will assist in preparing verification of employment responses, reconciliation reports that include deductions, summaries of earnings, tax deductions and non-taxable wages maintaining all payroll operations according to company policies and procedures.
• Must possess sound decision-making skills with the ability to multi-task while working in a fast-paced professional environment with specific deadlines.
• Willingness to contribute to the team by assisting with special projects, departmental tasks as needed and or as assigned.

Desired Qualifications/Skills/Attributes:

• 4 - 5 years of relevant payroll processing experience required.
• Must be professional, pay close attention to detail and must be able to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must maintain strict confidentiality within the payroll department and follow guidance from management.
• Payroll for over 5,000 employees, experience with payroll tax and benefit processing experience.
• Comprehensive knowledge of multi-state payroll, FLSA, IRS, Federal & State regulations.
• Understanding of accounting principles and internal controls for financial reporting.
• Highly motivated, detail oriented, dependable, and organized with a customer service focus analyzing information, accurate data entry skills.
• Experience processing Bi-Weekly, Semi-Monthly and Weekly pay frequencies.
• Experience with multi-State payrolls. MI, AZ, AR, CA, CT, FL, GA, IN, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, TN, TX and VA are the states in which we currently do business.

Software Skills:

• ADP Enterprise EV5 Experience preferred; strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, Excel, Word, Outlook.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their credentials and salary histories in confidence for immediate consideration to:

Email: careers@penskecorp.com

Mail: Randy Johnson, EVP Human Resources and Administration

Penske Corporation

2555 Telegraph Rd.

Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302

No telephone inquiries please.

Penske Automotive Group is an equal opportunity employer.