West Coast Entry Level Payroll Auditor 2026
Withum
Irvine, CAFresher18m agovia LinkedIn
About the Role
Entry Level Payroll Auditor (Full-time)
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
- 4-year college degree required.
- While business administration backgrounds are typical, candidates from social sciences with honed critical thinking and communication skills are also encouraged to apply.
- Positive Thinker: Organized self-starter with a strong work ethic and eagerness to learn.
- Effective Communicator: Professional in both written and verbal communication, able to distill complex ideas into concise statements.
- Ethically Responsible: Ability to demonstrate resilience under pressure and a passion for doing the right thing, placing personal and firm integrity above all else.
- Analytical: Resourceful critical thinker who can size up a situation, extract relevant information, and efficiently complete assignments.
- Tech Savvy: Proficient in specified software.
- Flexible: Comfortable traveling to employer locations, or performing audits remotely as needed (or hybrid of both).
- No CPA or audit experience required.
- Training for success, professional development, and career growth will be provided.
- The training program is several weeks, conducted in person when possible, and delivered remotely as needed.
- This is not a remote job.