West Coast Entry Level Payroll Auditor 2026

About the Role

This is a full-time entry-level position with a long-term career path.

Key Responsibilities

• Audit employer contributions made to trust funds (employee benefit plans) to verify employer compliance with contract requirements.
• Communicate directly with employers to confirm scheduled appointments, coordinate requests for records, and discuss findings.
• Travel to employer locations to conduct audits on site, or remotely, depending on client needs and travel constraints.
• Work independently and under supervision to perform compliance testing, analyze payroll data, and reconcile with trust fund data sets.
• Frequently work with managers and senior staff to resolve audit questions and challenges.
• Prepare payroll audit reports for senior and/or management review.
• Provide management with timely and accurate status reports on current work.
• As you progress, you will begin to provide training, coaching and guidance to new auditors and learn valuable leadership skills.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• MS Excel (logical formulas & pivot tables)
• MS Word
• Adobe Acrobat

Qualifications

• A 4-year college degree is required.
• No CPA or audit experience required.
• Positive Thinker: an organized self-starter with a strong work ethic and eager to learn.
• Effective Communicator: a professional in both written and verbal communication who can distill complex ideas into concise statements.
• Ethically Responsible: ability to demonstrate resilience under pressure and passion to do the right thing placing personal and Firm integrity above all else.
• Analytical: a resourceful critical thinker who can size up a situation, extract relevant information, and efficiently complete assignments.
• Flexible: comfortable traveling to employer locations, or performing audits remotely as needed (or hybrid of both).
• This is not a remote job.