Payroll Accountant

Roles& Responsibilities:

·Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.

·Runs payroll for various payroll cycles (Off-cycle’s, Weekly, Bi-weekly, and monthly)

·Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.

·Provide support for audits related to payroll.

· Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors and implements processes and procedures to improve payroll efficiency and accuracy.

·Provideoversight and direction to Payroll union staff in performing tasks.

·Participatesin the implementation and development policies and procedures tomaintain consistency, improve methodology and efficiency of accounting operations.

·Ensures accurate withholding of deductions from employee pay, in accordance with federal, state, and local regulations.

·Oversees Electronic Payments of employees pay, ensuring mandatory direct deposit participation for specified groups of employees. Handle employee account setup,payroll payment reversals and bank returned funds, as well as creating manual check (replacements).

·Responsible for accurate and timely disbursements and reporting to third parties, including processing the weekly and monthly interface files to Accounts Payable.

·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.

·Process in bound and outbound payroll interface files, while complying with required file layout specifications, troubleshooting errors, and reconciling data.

·Reviews and approves pension calculations, pension and deduction refunds, voluntary/nonvoluntary deductions, taxes, direct deposit, and address changes.

·Provides oversight direction to the clerical staff in the performance of specific tasks and responsibilities.

·Run Discoverer Reports and prepare detailed reports for third party payments, as well as all levels of management to facilitate the flow of Payroll information and resolve issues.

· Test for periodic system upgrades.

·Perform other duties and miscellaneous projects as requested by management

·Provide excellent customer service to all internal/external customers.

Education,Experience & Qualifications:

·Bachelor’sdegree in finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources orrelated area

·Three(3) to five (5) years of Payroll experience

·Any relevant combination of relevant educationand experience may be substituted for degree requirement.

·Experiencewith payroll processing

Knowledge& Skills:

·Knowledgeof payroll functions include preparation, balancing, timekeeping and accruals.

·Requiredproficiency in (MS) Excel, spreadsheets, macros, Access databases, and other MSapplications.

·Detailoriented with a high degree of accuracy.

·Stronganalytical and problem-solving skills.

·Ableto multi-task and prioritize meeting deadlines.

·Musthave excellent written and verbal skills.

·Preferred:Payroll HCM (Oracle) experience a plus.Discoverer or Orbit Report Writer experience a plus.