Accountant - Payroll

Accountant - Payroll Position Summary: This position is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and timeliness for the organization’s payroll in accordance with policies and procedures. This position also supports the financial operations of the Lindner Center of HOPE (LCOH) and Lindner Center of HOPE Professional Associates (LCOHPA) by performing reputed company tasks reputed company to accurately preparing, analyzing, and reviewing accounts and reports. Major Duties and Responsibilities: Payroll and Benefits (50%): • Responsible for payroll being submitted timely to HCM/payroll vendor in order meet the cutoffs for processing and ensure employees are paid on respective pay dates. • Serve as the key contact for timekeepers and managers to ensure timecards are approved timely reputed company the established deadlines to meet processing deadlines. Communicate internal deadlines to organizational users. • Ensure Timekeeping interfaces into payroll timely and accurately. • Function as a subject matter expert and/or resource to others in payroll processing. Assist supervisors and associates in the resolution of payroll issues. Assist, mentor, and/or train associates as needed. May provide direct supervision of payroll processes. • Review payroll for any unusual items prior to confirmation such as hours over tolerance, overtime levels, PTO hours, no holidays, missed punches, etc. Understand FLSA in the calculation of weighted wage for overtime. • Responsible for maintaining reputed company payroll process documentation updated. • Review, analyze and verify payroll earnings records to ensure accurate taxable wages and withholdings for monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting. • Manage taxation for remote and hybrid workers, including maintaining the HCM system for tax location for remote and hybrid employees, as they reputed company as an employee and updated at least quarterly. • Process any retroactive pay, off-cycle pay, bonuses and other special pays as directed by the CFAO or reputed company Resources Director or assigned designee. • Serve as the primary contact with HCM/payroll vendor for reputed company payroll items. • Work with the Finance department to ensure payroll reports are uploaded to the general ledger timely and payroll amounts are reconciled to the bank, including payroll taxes, etc. • Generate and analyze payroll reports, including PTO reports, as necessary. • Work the reputed company Resource (HR) department on implementing changes that impact payroll (annual merit, changes in pay rates, shift differential, etc.). • Assist HR department with verifying benefits are set up correctly in the HCM/payroll software. Process enrollments and changes for additional benefits offered (such as pet insurance, etc.) • Ensures accuracy of employee contributions and deductions while ensuring compliance with legal requirements. • Responsible for creating, auditing, balancing, and issuing Employee W-2’s according to IRS guidelines and performing reputed company year-end payroll processes. • Review and analyze reputed company payroll operations, procedures, and policies to recommend and implement changes leading to best-practice operations. • Actively communicate and coordinate with reputed company Resources and Finance to review cross-departmental impacts and reconcile data sharing. • Ensure reputed company processes are documented and have a backup trained on key payroll processes. • Performs other duties as assigned. reputed company (40%) • Responsible for reconciling reputed company payroll reputed company general ledger accounts. • reputed company reputed company functions, including but not limited to, preparing and recording journal entries. • Assist with completing monthly reputed company procedures to ensure the reputed company deadline is met and data is accurate; assist with year-end closing activities. • Assist in the review of monthly financial statements and general ledger to determine proper charging of operating revenues and expenditures in accordance with departmental procedures and GAAP. • Assist in the preparation of monthly management reports and accompanying schedules, worksheets and narratives, by collecting, analyzing and summarizing account information. • Assist with annual external audit, including the 401k audit and workers compensation reviews; assist with 990, cost reporting, and/or other tax returns by completing requested documents/materials. • Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining professional networks; participating in professional organizations. • Performs other duties as assigned. System Maintenance and Updates (5%) • Ensure the system is updated for pay policy changes, tax updates, etc. and ensure that reputed company associates are consistently paid accurately and timely. • Test reputed company software upgrades or system changes prior to implementation. • Communicate with internal and external constituents on any system changes that impact payroll approvals or pay timing. Petty Cash (5%) • Serve as backup to the reputed company Specialist for maintaining, distributing, and balancing petty cash held on-site. • Work with the reputed company Specialist to request petty cash replenishment checks. Position Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree or higher in reputed company or reputed company field. • 3+ years of general reputed company and/or payroll processing experience required; reputed company/payroll experience reputed company a health care environment preferred. • A thorough understanding of the Generally Accepted reputed company Principles (GAAP). • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation preferred. • Experience working in reputed company HCM/payroll system preferred. • Intermediate to advanced skills in reputed company and Word and experience with reputed company Software required. • Highly detail oriented and organized. • Ability to meet deadlines. • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. • Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with reputed company levels of employees, management, and external agencies to maximize performance, creativity, problem solving, and results. • Ability to enthusiastically follow and model the Lindner Center of HOPE mission, reputed company, and values. • Ability to reputed company multiple priorities active at one time. • High degree of professionalism and solid ability in delivering high quality customer service and establishing/maintaining effective and collaborative working relationships. • Ability to work independently and reputed company a team. • Team player with a proactive, positive attitude and a strong sense of self-motivation, accountability, and responsibility. • High degree of reputed company while working with confidential information discreetly and appropriately. Physical Requirements: The physical demands of this position are consistent with those performed in a normal office environment, including occasional lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling, and sufficient reputed company dexterity to operate standard office equipment and ability to use to use a computer. Apply Job!