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Payroll Specialist/Accountant

📍 💰 70,000 – 80,000 USD / yr 🕒
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📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities

JOB TITLE: Accountant/Payroll Specialist

DEPARTMENT: Human Resources

CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt

RESPONSIBLE TO: Human Resources Director
HOURS: Full-Time (Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm)

SUMMARY:

The Payroll Specialist position will be responsible for supporting the day-to-day payroll and accounting functions.

Qualifications

· Must possess personal qualities of integrity, respect for others, good judgment, and good communication skills/ both verbal and written

· Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality

· Demonstrates initiative and self-direction

· Strong time management skills

· Ability to identify errors and solve problems

· Attention to detail and accuracy of work

· Able to prepare, review and process payroll and financial statements

EDUCATION:

· Bachelor’s degree in related field preferred

· Minimum 5+ years of payroll processing experience required

· Required 3+ years of ADP Workforce Now experience

· Strong knowledge of general accounting principles

· Experience with QuickBooks preferred

· Proficient in Microsoft Office Software

essential duties:

  • Administration of companywide payroll system
  • Accurately and Timely delivery of payroll related records and reporting
  • Processes the company payroll biweekly
  • Sets up new hires on ADP workforce Now
  • Prepare and process off-cycle terminations
  • Verify all payroll entries including deductions, earnings and changes, review and reconcile payroll data and resolve any discrepancies as necessary
  • Ensure garnishments are processed in accordance with federal/state laws
  • Organize and verify any additional data for final payroll runs prior to processing of W-2s, and process W-2 corrections as appropriate
  • Provides all the payroll information for our yearly 403(b) payroll testing/audit to our 403(b)-plan provider
  • Comply with the ACA monthly reporting requirements to our Health Insurance plan provider
  • Update employee plan election information on ADP after annual open enrollment
  • Create payroll invoices (billbacks) to various entities and ensures that the receivables are collected in a timely manner
  • Post all necessary payroll journal entries to the general ledger
  • Keep up with current federal and state payroll regulations and update accordingly
  • Other duties related within the scope of this position

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job:

· Work is performed in an office environment

· Ability to sit for long periods of time

· Ability to tolerate long periods of time working on a computer

· Ability to lift and carry objects weighing up to 15 pounds

· Ability to do some lifting, bending, stooping, and reaching for supplies, files and packages, etc.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance

Physical setting:

  • Office

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift
  • Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Mask requirement

Education:

  • Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

  • Payroll: 5 years (Required)
  • ADP Workforce now: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: In person

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