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Payroll Accountant Meridian, ID | Direct Hire | $75K–$100K + Bonus Are you the person everyone turns to with payroll questions, and do you also love closing the books? This role lets you do both. CV Resources is hiring a Payroll Accountant for a growing, employee-owned organization in Meridian. You'll own payroll for a 600-person, multistate workforce and support the corporate accounting team with close, reconciliations, and reporting. It's a great fit for someone who wants to be the payroll expert while still staying sharp on the accounting side. Why this role stands out • Make your mark: You'll play a lead role in a payroll system upgrade and help shape how payroll runs going forward. • Build ownership: Employees can earn an ownership stake over time, in addition to a 401(k) match and profit sharing. • Grow your career: Mentorship, education reimbursement, and a collaborative team that invests in your development. A day in the life • Running weekly and biweekly payrolls across several states, from validating hours and deductions to final approval • Keeping the company compliant with federal, state, and local payroll tax and wage and hour rules • Handling certified payroll and prevailing wage reporting • Reconciling payroll tax filings at quarter-end and year-end, including W-2s • Booking journal entries, reconciling accounts, and helping the team through month-end and year-end close • Maintaining fixed asset schedules and preparing sales, use, and excise tax returns • Spotting opportunities to streamline payroll processes and controls You might be a fit if you have • 5+ years of hands-on multistate payroll experience • A solid accounting foundation, with experience in journal entries, reconciliations, and close support • Strong knowledge of payroll tax and compliance requirements • A detail-oriented, deadline-driven approach and the discretion to handle sensitive information • A degree in accounting or finance (preferred, not required) Extra credit: payroll system implementation experience, certified payroll, Paylocity, or Deltek.

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Payroll Accountant
Are you the person everyone turns to with payroll questions, and do you also love closing the books? This role lets you do both.
Why this role stands out
Make your mark: You'll play a lead role in a payroll system upgrade and help shape how payroll runs going forward.
Grow your career: Mentorship, education reimbursement, and a collaborative team that invests in your development.
A day in the life
Running weekly and biweekly payrolls across several states, from validating hours and deductions to final approval
Keeping the company compliant with federal, state, and local payroll tax and wage and hour rules
Handling certified payroll and prevailing wage reporting
Reconciling payroll tax filings at quarter-end and year-end, including W-2s
Booking journal entries, reconciling accounts, and helping the team through month-end and year-end close
Maintaining fixed asset schedules and preparing sales, use, and excise tax returns
Spotting opportunities to streamline payroll processes and controls
You might be a fit if you have
5+ years of hands-on multistate payroll experience
A solid accounting foundation, with experience in journal entries, reconciliations, and close support
Strong knowledge of payroll tax and compliance requirements
A detail-oriented, deadline-driven approach and the discretion to handle sensitive information
Extra credit: payroll system implementation experience, certified payroll, Paylocity, or Deltek.

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Meridian, ID | Direct Hire | $75K–$100K + Bonus
A degree in accounting or finance (preferred, not required)

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401(K)