Payroll Clerk
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
Position: Principal AccountantDepartment: Finance Start Date: ASAPPay Rate: $27.00 - $34.00/hourLocation: Maplewood, NJ (Hybrid)Duration: 6+ months' contractHours: 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Responsibilities: • Monitors the accounting, reporting and control of financial data to ensure the accurate maintenance and reporting of expenditures in accordance with client policy and procedures, federal and state regulations, and GAAP.• Ensures accurate withholding of deductions from employee pay, in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.• Performs and reviews analyses of selected general ledger accounts; identifies and resolves reconciling items and accounting issues on a timely basis.• Responsible for all pension related deductions, payments, and reporting. This includes defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans and NJ State pension plans (PERS and PFRS).• Process inbound and outbound payroll interface files, while complying with required file layout specifications, troubleshooting errors, and reconciling data.• Oversees client Pension Payroll. Reviews and approves pension calculations, pension and deduction refunds, voluntary/nonvoluntary deductions, taxes, direct deposit and address changes.• Other duties will be discussed.
Requirements:5 years of applied accounting experience, preferably in Payroll.Payroll (not just ADP, but hands on) as this payroll is processed “in house”.Advanced MS Excel skillsTax reporting and Deductions experience.Discoverer or Orbit report writer experience a plus.
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