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Robert Half Payroll Accountant in Redwood City, California
Description
Job Title: Payroll Accountant with Technical Writing Skills
Location: Hybrid in San Mateo County
Assignment Type: Contract, Project-Based
About the Opportunity:
Join our team at Robert Half and bring your expertise to organizations that value accuracy and clarity. We are seeking a highly skilled Payroll Accountant with strong technical writing abilities to support clients with payroll operations, documentation, and training during critical periods, such as year-end and system upgrades.
Key Responsibilities:
Process payroll accurately and timely, ensuring full compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
Reconcile payroll accounts, investigate discrepancies, and support audits.
Maintain and update payroll policies, standard operating procedures, and controls documentation.
Create clear, detailed technical documentation on payroll processes, system usage, compliance requirements, and workflow changes.
Draft end-user training materials, process guides, and FAQs for payroll-related systems or software.
Collaborate cross-functionally with HR, finance, and IT teams to enhance payroll operations and rollout payroll system changes.
Respond to payroll-related inquiries and assist with reporting requests as needed.
Requirements
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related field.
Proven experience as a payroll accountant, payroll specialist/administrator, or related role.
Demonstrated technical writing experience, with ability to convey complex payroll processes in clear, concise language.
Strong knowledge of payroll systems (ADP, Workday, Paychex, SAP, Oracle NetSuite, or similar).
Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel) and familiarity with documentation tools.
Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
Ability to work independently and meet deadlines in a project-oriented environment.
Robert Half is the world’s first and largest specialized talent solutions firm that connects highly qualified job seekers to opportunities at great companies. We offer contract, temporary and permanent placement solutions for finance and accounting, technology, marketing and creative, legal, and administrative and customer support roles.
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