What are the responsibilities and job description for the Associate Manager Payroll position at Flex Employee Services?
Position: Associate Manager of Payroll
Department: Payroll
Start Date: 1/2025 – 6/2025
Location: Newark, NJ (Onsite)
Duration: 6 months
Hours: 8:30AM – 5pm
Responsibilities/Skills:
- Assist in the daily administration of assignments of payroll agreement and non-agreement staff and their related duties and performance.
- Ensure accuracy of employee setup in the eP Payroll System; including benefits enrollment, deduction setup and tax setup. Ensure accuracy of related deductions and timely processing of payments to third parties.
- Perform timely review and verification of various types of employee life-cycle events such New Hire, Transfer, Promotion, Reclassification, Termination and changes to demographic profile as it relates to accurate pay, deduction, tax and leave processing.
- Responsible for reconciling and transmitting payroll data to General Ledger, Accounts Payable, the bank and third-party vendors. Performs General Ledger account reconciliations, resolves payroll bank account reconciliation issues and prepares manual journal entries as needed.
- Responsible for all pension plans offered to employees, including Railroad Retirement, PERS, PFRS, defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans. Ensure accuracy of employee contributions, reporting and payments. Maintain payroll for retirees, calculate monthly pension benefits, and update deductions, taxes, direct deposit and addresses.
- Other duties will be discussed.
Education, Experience and Qualifications:
- Associate Degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or related area; four (4) years of applied progressive experience in financial management with at least two (2) years of recent experience managing payroll agreement and non-agreement staff.
- Proficiency using computerized payroll systems is required.
- Experience using ePersonality system and Oracle Discoverer strongly desired. Intermediate level proficiency or higher with MS Excel and PowerPoint is required. Must have excellent verbal and written communications skills.
