Accountant and Payroll Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Summary :

The Accountant and Payroll Specialist is responsible for the processing of payroll data for CDS Life Transitions and all affiliates including the audit, oversight, and quality control for payrolls as well as accumulation and consolidation of all financial data necessary for an accurate accounting and reporting of consolidated business results.

Essential Job Functions :

Payroll Responsibilities :

• Process bi-weekly payrolls timely and accurately, setting up deductions, auditing payroll reports, processing tax forms, and resolving pay issues.
• Ensure compliance with payroll and time and attendance policies and procedures.
• Monitor and implement changing payroll regulations and reporting requirements.
• Administer payroll system updates as needed.
• Manage the agency’s time and attendance system and other related interfaces.
• Assist employees and management with issues and questions related to payroll.
• Actively manage key internal relationships with HR and other departments as appropriate.
• Keep up to date changes to the Union Contract.
• Foster continuous improvement in terms of efficiency, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Verify quarterly and year-end tax files and W-2 information.
• Manage deadlines of various audit and filing requests.
• Monitor and correspond quarterly on outstanding payroll checks and reissue when applicable.
• Provide all necessary payroll reports in a timely and accurate manner.
• Sort and separate all regular payroll checks for distribution
• Complete any wage requests as needed
• Issue manual checks (as needed) for payrolls
• Maintain payroll files and records.
• Ensure payroll records are archived or shredded timely and accurately.
• Prepare quarterly reports.

Accounting Responsibilities :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

Education and Experience :

All experience and education requirements, except when required by federal, state, or local laws or requirements, may be waived at the discretion of management with the approval of the Chief Executive Officer, in collaboration with Human Resources.

Physical Requirements / Working Conditions :

Corporate Qualifications / Expectations :

The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed but are not to be seen as a complete list of responsibilities, duties, skills, required of personnel so classified. Also, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the direction of the employer.