FordHarrison provides first-class service to our clients, which means we are always seeking staff professionals who are high performers, entrepreneurial, and ready to thrive in our rewarding work environment. It takes communication and trust to function efficiently as a national firm, and a collaborative staff to make it all run seamlessly. We value cultural differences and we are committed to maintaining a diverse workforce and developing an inclusive environment. Our employees enjoy generous benefits, competitive pay and a comfortable working environment.
Payroll & Benefits Administrator, Atlanta, GA
FordHarrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, currently seek, a Payroll & Benefits Administrator to join the Accounting/Finance team in Atlanta, GA. Under the supervision of the Controller, this position will manage the firm’s compensation and benefits system and ensure the smooth operation of employee payment and implementing employees’ benefits package.
Responsibilities:
- Compile, analyze and prepare both bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll in a multi-state environment.
- Main point of contact with payroll provider.
- Ensure timely processing of new hires, promotions, terminations, time off, and benefit related payments (including 401(k) contributions, medical benefits deductions), etc.
- Prepare termination, off-cycle, and special payments as required.
- Manage leave policies including Vacation, Sick and Holiday within the payroll system, including available balances, roll-overs and forfeitures.
- Manage the set-up and closure of state withholding accounts as needed.
- Keep accurate records regarding State Unemployment Assessment rates, updating payroll with applicable changes.
- Serve as the subject expert for payroll including recommendations for payroll related-processes and policies to ensure efficient and accurate administration of employee benefits and compensation.
- Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed timely and accurately.
- Execute time and attendance processing and interface with payroll.
- Provide excellent customer service to employees: in areas of compensation, benefits, and use of the payroll system including training managers and employees in payroll and timekeeping processing.
- Fulfill financial ad hoc reporting requests as required.
- Assist with forecast of budget projections as needed.
- Assist with reporting for 401(k) and Worker’s Compensation audits.
- Process ACA and EEOC reporting as required.
- Support implementations of payroll initiatives and projects including development, maintenance and improvements of the payroll system.
- Process answers for proof of employment requests.
- Reconcile quarterly and year-end tax liability reports.
- Orchestrate end-of-year reporting to include validation and distribution of W-2s.
- Manage an on-going schedule to participate in the learning portal within our payroll software staying on top of upcoming changes as well as ensuring that the most efficient processes are being utilized within our payroll system.
- Coordinate benefits (medical, dental, FSA, HSA, LIFE, STD and LTD) including enrollments, employee changes, system administration and compliance.
- Facilitate disability claims between employee and insurance company, ensuring appropriate codes are assigned within the compensation process.
- Work with HR team and benefits broker to create an annual electronic open enrollment process within our payroll system.
- Maintain the new-hire benefit electronic enrollment process within our payroll system.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Candidate must possess 3-5 years of experience processing multi-state bi-weekly and semi-monthly payroll.
- Strong knowledge of federal and state regulations
- Impeccable work ethic, positive attitude, flexible, confident, diplomatic, possess a sense of humor, and must be a team player.
- Ability to deal with difficult, sensitive, and confidential information.
- Strong organizational, time management and prioritization abilities.
- Meticulous record-keeping and accuracy in payroll and benefit expenditures.
- Excellent interpersonal (written and oral) communication skills as well as tact and diplomacy sufficient to gain the respect of attorneys and employees.
- Outstanding customer service skills.
- Handle telephone calls and emails within established Firm etiquette and professionalism.
- Advanced usage of MS Excel.
- Working knowledge of UKG (formerly UltiPro) software a plus, but not required.
Disclaimer: The above duties are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by the individual assigned to this position. The list is not to be construed as exhaustive of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the employee. The Payroll/Benefits Administrator may be asked to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities as requested.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: No direct reports
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
Qualified employees should forward their resume to staffcareers@fordharrison.com.
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Senior Accountant, Atlanta, GA
FordHarrison LLP is currently seeking a Senior Accountant to join the Accounting/Finance team in Atlanta, Georgia. This position supports the CFO/Controller in all areas of general ledger, month-end close activities, preparing financial statements, forecasting and budgeting as well as other financial related activities. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with +/- 5 years accounting experience. Financial experience in the legal industry is preferred but not required.
Responsibilities:
- Participate in the preparation of monthly financials statements and management reporting package for the Firm’s Executive Committee.
- Provide in depth variance analysis of budget vs. actual results.
- Financial Analysis – statistical information, annual forecast and budget processes, compensation and benefits, attorney new hire profitability studies, occupancy costs and modeling of real estate (lease) options, etc.
- Responsible for monthly process of sending actual spending information to the firm’s key administrative managers to drive discussions to understand spending (actual vs. budget and prior year). Evaluate expense variance explanations as communicated by the responsible key administrative managers.
- Reconcile Dynamic AI dashboard to Aderant financial system during month-end process.
- Participate in annual revenue budget calculations.
- Perform monthly reconciliation of assigned balance sheet and bank accounts.
- Prepare month-end journal entries as needed.
- Process semi-monthly employee expense reimbursements.
- Calculate and process monthly Of Counsel payments.
- Process retired partner payments.
- Provide detailed support for annual attorney compensation calculations.
- Participate in preparation of required annual audit and tax return deliverables.
- Prepare annual insurance renewal packages.
- Document procedures.
- Payroll – G/L Interface and monthly reporting.
- General Ledger – Generic Importer.
- Back-up to payroll administrator.
- Prepare ad hoc analysis and other duties as assigned by the Controller or CFO.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- Candidate must possess the ability to keep privileged information confidential.
- Knowledge of general accounting.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Handle telephone calls and emails within established Firm etiquette and professionalism.
- Professional demeanor and strong customer service orientation.
- Able to work proactively as a self-starter and multi-tasker to add value to the team with limited supervision.
- Assesses and interprets customer needs and requirements.
- High level of attention to detail in producing work product.
- Strong focus on quality and accuracy.
- Advanced usage of MS Excel.
- Ability to effectively meet timelines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communications skills, as well as tact and diplomacy sufficient to gain the respect of attorneys and employees.
- Assertive, positive, flexible, confident, diplomatic, sense of humor, team player.
- Constantly look for areas of opportunity to add value to their position.
- Knowledge of Aderant Expert (or similar financial system) a plus but not required.
- Professional services experience a plus but not required.
- Employee will be expected to perform any other duties that may be assigned with regard to this position and ability.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: No direct reports
FLSA STATUS: Exempt
Resumes should be sent to Dawn Moseley, Controller, at dmoseley@fordharrison.com.
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.
Immigration Paralegal
FordHarrison LLP, a national labor and employment law firm, headquartered in Atlanta, GA, is in search of a mid-level, Business Immigration Paralegal. In this role, you will be part of our Business Immigration practice and will support client accounts by preparing and filing employment-based nonimmigrant and immigrant matters including H-1B petition, L-1 individual petitions and visa applications under a blanket, TN petitions, visa applications, and border applications, E-1 and E-2 visa applications, EADs, APs, PERMs, I-140 Preference Petitions, and Adjustment of Status Applications. The ideal candidate enjoys and are comfortable using technology and various systems to organize yourself and make your work and the work of the team more efficient. You are a professional who can confidently interact with our diverse clients, whose industries include healthcare, manufacturing, airlines, consulting, construction management, food production, and others. Our primary client contacts are HR representatives or in-house counsel.
We are looking for someone who is resourceful and constantly growing as a professional and who continuously seeks ways to improve the group’s processes and procedures. Our paralegals are vital to our team and highly valued.
The Day-to-day
From a subject-matter perspective, you will handle:
- Case preparation: Independently prepare a broad array of nonimmigrant immigrant case types (such as H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, H-4, L-2, EAD, AP, I-140 and I-485 AOS applications) for review by senior paralegals or attorneys.
- Labor certifications: Conduct intake process and develop comprehensive draft strategy for PERM labor certifications, driving PERM process from start to end; monitor all PERM milestones and deadlines.
- Practice Management: Enjoy and be very comfortable using technology to organize yourself and monitor case deadlines. Use various technologies and immigration database to monitor case deadlines and prepare expirations reporting (document expirations, max-out dates, PERM deadlines) for the immigration team on a monthly and ad hoc basis to inform group-wide case prioritization.
- Issue-spot potential “red flags” or case questions that must be resolved and present them to attorneys in a timely manner.
- Effectively manage client relationships with minimal attorney oversight.
- Explain sophisticated immigration concepts and present strategic solutions to clients.
- Manage complex projects under strict deadlines.
- Understand the interplay of immediate case deadlines and their impact on a foreign national’s short-term and long-term prospects.
From a teamwork perspective, you will:
- Lead peers and junior teammates in the support of a client accounts and in the completion of projects.
- Train and mentor junior team members.
- Collaborate with several attorneys both in the local office and in other firm offices.
You will:
On any given day, you will be working with our Business Immigration Group’s attorneys and other team members.
- Demonstrate strong time management and organizational skills.
- Multi-task in a deadline-driven environment.
- Navigate complex technology platforms.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally, as appropriate for the needs of the audience (clients, governmental agencies, and co-workers).
- Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems.
- Record billable and non-billable time on a daily basis into the firm’s timekeeping system.
You have:
- A Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience), with a solid 3-5 years of business immigration experience.
- A strong desire to work in a close-knit, collaborative, team-oriented environment to meet our clients’ objectives related to their foreign national employees.
- Strong writing skills.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Proficiency in client communication, teamwork, and office technology.
Please forward your resume and cover letter to: vlane@fordharrison.com
FordHarrison LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristic protected by law.