Payroll Specialist - Military veterans preferred

2025-07-18
Shawmut Design and Construction
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Boston
Massachusetts
02118
United States


Payroll Specialist

US-MA-Boston

Job ID: 2025-6482
Type: Regular Full-Time
# of Openings: 1
Boston

Overview

At Shawmut Design and Construction, we take pride in the culture we’ve built as a 100% employee-owned company—one that’s been recognized with more than 85 Best Place to Work awards. We’ve been honored as a National Fortune Best Workplace, a Fortune Best Workplace for Women, Millennials, and Parents, and one of America’s Best Employers by Forbes—along with numerous regional recognitions across our 11 offices nationwide.

 

Here’s a glimpse into what we offer:

  • Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.
  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) – Be an employee-owner!
  • 401(K) with Company Match – Receive a company match up to 4% of your eligible pay.
  • Generous Paid Time Off – vacation and sick time, 12 holidays, summer Fridays, and a yearly volunteer day.
  • The Extras – Cell phone, laptop, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance, financial planning services, and more.

*Please Note: This position works out of our Boston office - 3x per week in the office with the option to work from home 2x per week.



Responsibilities

  • Manages time and attendance through e-Time software by providing support and assistance to employees entering their time. Generates reporting to identify and notify employees and their managers who have missing time.  Validates the accuracy and compliance of all timesheets for both exempt and non-exempt employees each pay period.
  • Processes New Hire and Active Employee Profile changes related to Payroll in CMiC including Federal /State W-4 and Direct Deposit requests.
  • Enters adjustments and transactions in CMiC to prep for the payroll each week including per diems, on-call payments, auto allowances, merit/retroactive salary adjustments and Union Rate and Worker’s Comp Rate updates.
  • Understands compliant employee wage garnishment calculations for processing through payroll.
  • Understands tax compliance for withholding as well as pre/post tax deductions and employer paid benefits.
  • Processes Weekly and Bi-Weekly payrolls inclusive of our union employee population; manages the workflow utilizing the Payroll Checklist to ensure that all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.
  • Reconcile the payroll prior to transmitting the Tax File to our tax filing vendor.
  • Coordinates the paper checks generated from payroll for distribution to the various offices and job sites as required.
  • After payroll has been completed, ensure the payroll file folder is complete with all supporting documents related to the payroll for audit purposes.
  • Processes manual check requests and other ad hoc off cycle payrolls.
  • Responds to inquiries for verification of employment requests.
  • Completes Union processing when needed.
  • Prepares monthly Union reports for MA, RI, NH and NY.


Qualifications



 

  • 5+ years of payroll processing experience
  • Must have experience with multi-state payroll.
  • Union payroll experience preferred but not required.
  • Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience preferred.
  • Additional Role Specific Skills: working knowledge or payroll best practices, strong knowledge of federal and state regulations, proficiency in Excel, working knowledge of CMiC a plus.

We look forward to hearing from you!





Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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