Payroll Accountant - (San Francisco, CA)

You will be responsible forsupporting the Accounting department by recording all payroll related transactions and by serving as the primary liaison between the Accounting department and Human Resources. In this position, you will have an understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) audit controls and payroll processing procedures.Responsibilities: Prepare monthly journal entries to record payroll and related transactions from the payroll administrator (Dayforce) to the general ledger account. Calculate and prepare accruals for payroll and related transactions for pay cycle cut-off. Calculate and prepare monthly benefit, bonus and PAID-TIME-OFF accruals. Record payroll cash transactions (payroll, flex spending account activity, employee expense reimbursements). Perform monthly reconciliation and analysis of salary expenses, group benefits, bonus expenses, payroll taxes, PAID-TIME-OFF, flex spending accounts, manual payroll checks and employee deductions.