Payroll Accountant
LOCATION: Tulsa, Oklahoma
FLEXIBILITY: Hybrid/Onsite
SALARY: $80,000 - $83,000
SALARY: $36 - $40/hour
POSTED: October 13, 2026
JOB TYPE: Contract To Hire
JOB ID: 34348
I want more
jobs Like this in
My inbox.
Job details
To Apply for this Job Click Here
Position: Payroll Accountant
Compensation: $ 36 – 40 /hour, depending on experience
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Inceed has partnered with a great company to help find a skilled Payroll Accountant to join their team!
This is a strong contract-to-hire opportunity for a payroll accounting professional who enjoys detailed reconciliation work, journal entries, and process improvement. The team is navigating a period of change and needs someone who can step in quickly, support a lean accounting group, and make an immediate impact.
Key Responsibilities & Duties:
- Prepare, review, and analyze monthly journal entries
- Update payroll files and general ledger records
- Review payroll ledgers and resolve exception items
- Reconcile tax and unemployment liability accounts
- Prepare quarterly and annual payroll tax reports
- Research payroll and tax reporting issues
- Support audits with records and documentation
- Analyze payroll data for trends and anomalies
- Recommend process and control improvements
- Support payroll accounting projects and reporting needs
Required Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
- 5+ years of accounting experience
- Strong payroll accounting knowledge
- Understanding of wage and hour laws
- Knowledge of employer-paid benefit taxation
- Experience with payroll information systems
- Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
- High attention to detail and confidentiality
- Solid analytical and problem-solving skills
Nice to Have Skills & Experience:
- Experience with Workday, Oracle, or Kronos
- Multi-state payroll accounting experience
- International payroll experience
- CPP or CPA certification
- Experience at a large, complex organization
Perks & Benefits:
- 3 different medical health insurance plans, dental, and vision insurance
- Voluntary, Short-term and Long-term disability insurance
- Paid time off, 401k, and holiday pay
- Weekly direct deposit or pay card deposit
Other Information:
- Contract-to-hire opportunity with long-term potential
- Immediate need due to team backfill and increased workload
- Interview process includes virtual and onsite rounds
- Role supports a collaborative, detail-driven accounting team
If you are interested in learning more about the Payroll Accountant opportunity, please submit your resume for consideration. Our client unable to provide sponsorship at this time.
We are Inceed, a staffing direct placement firm who believes in the possibility of something better. Our mission is simple: We’re here to help every person, whether client, candidate, or employee, find and secure what’s better for them.
Inceed is an equal opportunity employer. Inceed prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
#LI-Onsite
#IND
#LI-EP1
To Apply for this Job Click Here
I want more
jobs Like this in
My inbox.
Share This Job
Share This Job
Apply Now
About Us
Inceed is a staffing and recruiting team full of people-loving people. Specializing in the IT and Finance & Accounting fields, we thrill at the opportunity to help you discover the next step in your career or, as we call it, your “something better”. And with the broad reach of our multiple branches, we’re able to do so nationwide.
It feels weird tooting our own horn, but we are super proud to be:
(same list awards and recognitions)
Once we synch up with you to discuss a job posting, we value connection above all else. After all, how can we know if it’s a culture fit, a lifestyle fit, a passion fit, if we don’t truly know the person behind the resume?