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Payroll Specialist - Troy, VA

The Caton Companies

Troy, VAFull-time$70–80K/yrSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$70–80K/yr
Location
Troy, VA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

CATON CONSTRUCTION GROUP is seeking a Payroll Specialist for its corporate office in Troy, Virginia. The specialist compiles and maintains construction payroll, processes payroll cycles, reconciles payroll and accounting records, and prepares certified payroll and compliance reports. The role also supports onboarding, audits, and payroll-related inquiries. The ideal candidate is meticulous, resourceful, and approachable, with strong analytical and mathematical abilities.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Payroll AdministrationIssue ResolutionPayroll AccountingGAAP ReportingAnalytical AbilityMathematical Ability

Qualifications

3+ Years Payroll Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

Troy, VA, US

Requisition ID: 2179

Salary Range: $70,000.00 To $80,000.00 Annually

CATON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, one of The Caton Companies, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join our accounting team at our corporate office in Troy (Zion Crossroads), Virginia!

(This is an in-person role at our corporate office in Troy, Virginia.)

Summary

The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for compiling and maintaining all construction payroll, providing weekly and bi-weekly gross pay reports to our parent company, and reconciling to final payroll reports. Assists with new hire onboarding, and works with our Human Resources department to a ddress all payroll-related inquiries and issues.

Responsibilities Include (but are not limited to):

  • Assist and support operations with timely and accurate payroll time reporting

  • File and maintain employee data, payroll related documents and records in a timely and orderly manner

  • Process weekly payroll cycles, helping to ensure correct hours reporting across all jobs.

  • Export and import data between payroll systems, reconciling between the two in order to maintain proper accounting and data integrity

  • Record and reconcile payroll cash transactions and maintain reconciliations of all payroll GL accounts. Recommend and prepare journal entries as needed

  • Prepare and provide weekly certified payroll reports for all jobs subject to Davis Bacon Act, using a combination of electronic and manual reporting with government agencies or project owners

  • Collect, review and provide certified payroll reports required from subcontractors

  • Monthly reporting of subcontractor payments to required governmental agencies

  • Organization and monitoring of compliance with all EEO, OJT and DBE requirements for each job

  • Creating and submitting all monthly, quarterly, and other certified payroll reports to required agencies.

  • Maintain knowledge and system setup of multi-state compliance, including taxation and reciprocity rules

  • Maintain knowledge and system setup of Davis Bacon reporting requirements in general, as well as wage determinations at the job level

  • Collect tax filings from parent company, review and reconcile

  • Assist with audits as necessary, including, but not limited to, insurance audits and outside independent audit

  • Assist operations with inquiries related to expenses posted to jobs, provide weekly reporting of job cost details or summary as required

  • Assist with the employee onboarding process, ensuring required documents are complete and submitted appropriately.

  • Assists accounting with ad hoc requests as required

  • Perform other duties and tasks as assigned

  • Participation in all company EEO trainings

Knowledge

  • 3-5 years of experience working payroll administration, preferably in a construction/government contract and multi-state environment.

  • Proven ability to resolve issues related to earnings, taxes, and payroll-related inquiries.

  • Understanding of payroll-related GL accounts and GAAP reporting.

  • The ideal candidate is meticulous, resourceful, and approachable with great analytical and mathematical abilities.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Normal work hours are Monday through Friday – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., with time provided for lunch, hours may vary.

Company Benefits

  • Competitive Compensation Package

  • Comprehensive Health, Vision and Dental Insurance

  • FSA Program

  • 401K Program with 4% company match

  • 8 Paid Holidays plus personal floating holiday

  • 120 hours of accrued Paid time Off (PTO) the first year

And more…

Why you should apply:

  • Excellent working environment

  • Working for a company that cares about your success

  • Working for a growing company

Employment is conditional on satisfactorily completing all pre-employment requirements including background and drug screen. Starting salary depends upon prior work skills and experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities and females are encouraged to apply.

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How this job compares

Set against the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$70–80K/yr
  • US median$65–90K/yr87 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $75K, is 3% below the US median midpoint ($78K) — in the middle half of Payroll Specialist salary ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 22 open Payroll Specialist jobs in Virginia and 616 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Virginia
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Payroll Specialist postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (429 postings).
Education
35 of the 616 open Payroll Specialist jobs (6%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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