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Senior Payroll Accountant

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Compensation
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Location
Reading, PA
Work Authorization
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Accountant reviews financial statements and journal entries, completes variance reporting, and identifies cost recovery and process improvement opportunities. The role provides accounting expertise and support to field locations across the United States, with responsibilities involving 401k plans, benefit accounts, month-end close, and payroll-related questions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft WordMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointPower BIAS400ADPPayrollBenefitsCommunicationLifting 25 Lbs

Qualifications

3+ Years Accounting ExperienceBachelor's in Accounting

Full job description

Position Summary:

The Penske Senior Accountant position has responsibility for reviewing financial statements, journal entries, complete variance reporting, and identify cost recovery/process improvement opportunities. The successful candidate will be responsible to provide expertise and accounting support to our field locations throughout the United Sates.

Major Responsibilities:

  • Maintains accuracy of financial and employee records related to union and non-union 401k plans

  • Develop and maintain process measures to monitor 401k benefits

  • Provides financial data and support to Corp Finance, HR, the field and third party vendors

  • Prepare account reconciliations and adequacies for various benefit accounts

  • Prepare journal entries and analysis for month-end close

  • Identifies process improvement opportunities

  • Work with global teams on issues/questions related to payroll

  • Other projects and tasks as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

  • At least 3-5 years experience in the field of accounting required

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting

  • Proficiency in the use of Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint required. Experience in PowerBI preferered

  • Experience with AS400 and ADP system preferred

  • Payroll and / or benefits experience preferred

  • Strong communication skills required

  • Regular, predictable, full attendance is an essential function of the job

  • Willingness to travel as necessary, work the required schedule, work at the specific location required, complete Penske employment application, submit to a background investigation (to include past employment, education, and criminal history) and drug screening are required.

Physical Requirements:

  • The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • The associate will be required to: read; communicate verbally and/or in written form; remember and analyze certain information; and remember and understand certain instructions or guidelines.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the associate may be required to stand, walk, and sit. The associate is frequently required to use hands to touch, handle, and feel, and to reach with hands and arms. The associate must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25lbs/12kg.

  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Penske is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

About Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions

Penske Truck Leasing/Transportation Solutions is a premier global transportation provider that delivers essential and innovative transportation, logistics and technology services to help companies and people move forward. With headquarters in Reading, PA, Penske and its associates are driven by a dedication to excellence and a commitment to customer success. Visit Go Penske to learn more.

Job Category: Finance/Accounting

Job Family: Finance

Address: 100 Gundy Drive

Primary Location: US-PA-Reading

Employer: Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.

Req ID: 2613248

How this job compares

Set against the 3,595 open Accountant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Pennsylvania median$70–93K/yr25 salary ranges
  • Pennsylvania median$40–50/hr330 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 442 open Accountant jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,595 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Accountant postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (2,404 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 1,882 of the 3,595 open Accountant jobs (52%) 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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