Accounts Payable & Payroll Assistant (Temp-to-Hire Contractor)

About Us

Scorpion is the leading provider of technology and services helping local businesses thrive. We do this by helping customers understand local market dynamics, make the most of their marketing, and deliver experiences their customers will love. We offer tools to know what’s going on with marketing, competitors, and customers. We offer a unique blend of AI support and teams of real human people with local expertise committed to customer success. At Scorpion, we are ready to do whatever it takes to help our clients reach their goals. Our technology and personalized tools bring everything together to help local businesses easily understand their unique business, market, and customer needs. We put SEO, Reviews, Advertising, Email Marketing, Chat and Messaging, Social Media, Website, Lead Management, Appointment Scheduling, and more to work for local businesses. We’re a technology-led service with a human touch.

About The Role

The Accounts Payable & Payroll Assistant (Temp-to-Hire Contractor) functions within the Accounting team, providing support to the Payroll Manager, Accounts Payable Specialist, and other members of the team. This role begins as a temporary contract position with the potential for full-time hire based on performance and business needs.

Expected Hours: 720 hours over 24 weeks (approximately 30 hours per week)

Application Deadline: Friday, November 21, 2025

Hourly Range: $26.44 – $31.25

What Your Success Will Look Like

• Maintain and verify timesheet records for all employees and make necessary weekly corrections
• Support the Payroll Manager in the preparation and processing of biweekly payroll, including collecting pay data, communicating with other team leaders, entering data into ADP
• Independently process payroll (at least quarterly) with supervision of the Payroll Manager
• Run ad hoc earnings and related reports for management
• Assist with state payroll tax correspondence, make calls to agencies as needed
• Handle physical paychecks
• Handle physical mail, i.e. payroll, tax, checks, & AP related
• Support Accounts Payable team with weekly tasks
• Work with vendors, collect key data, handle invoice coding
• Interdepartmental communication surrounding expenses, reimbursements and related items
• Prepping reconciliations and workbooks as needed for month-end close
• Support the accounting team by assisting with basic accounting tasks, including entry-level journal entries, reconciliations, and other general ledger activities as needed
• Work with the Controller on calculating monthly rebate data for our partnered agencies and customers
• Annual audit support
• Assist with special projects including but not limited to system implementation testing, accounting projects, acquisitions, and working with other departments on new processes
  
  

Who You Are And What You Bring

• 2 years of relevant payroll, accounts payable and accounting experience
• Highly detail oriented, analytical, and a desire to work with numbers day in and day out
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office including Excel, Google Sheets & Docs
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Strong prioritization and multitasking skills
• Experience with ADP Workforce Now a plus
  
  

Our Scorpion Values

• Winning Mindset: When our clients win, we win.
• Genuine Care: We only succeed when we are truly invested in our clients and each other.
• Unmatched Results: We deliver more than expected–and then some–driving the best results and impacting lives.
• Constant Improvement: We believe there is always a better way. We learn we ask “What if?” we build and then do it again.
• Unbeatable Teamwork: We come from different backgrounds but have the same vision. We only get there by doing it together, as a team.
  
  

Our Benefits

We invest in our employees by offering them diverse benefits from best-in-class carriers. These benefits provide enough choice and flexibility to keep our employees and their families healthy and happy—today and tomorrow.

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible paid time off, so you can rest, relax, and recharge away from work
• Paid parental leave
• Paid cell phone and service
• Remote office allowance
• Professional development and development courses
• Regular manager check-ins to drive performance and career growth through Lattice
  
  

Scorpion is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, or physical or mental disability. We believe in creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion.

Reasonable Accommodations

Scorpion participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment authorization of all newly hired employees. The E-Verify process is completed during new hire onboarding and completion of the Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification, at the start of employment. E-Verify is not used as a tool to pre-screen candidates. For more information on E-Verify, please visit www.uscis.gov.