Accounts Payable, Payroll, Benefits Specialist

QUALIFICATIONS:

High School diploma, some relevant college level work preferred.Knowledge of computers and programs, i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, State of Connecticut Teachers’ Retirement Software, Tyler ERPRO Accounting Software; record keeping skills; ability to adhere to legal requirements of confidentiality; must be able to function under strict timelines; must possess strong interpersonal skills.

JOB GOAL:

To maintain anaccurate set offinancial transactions for the Board of Education.

To organize payments to school vendors on a timely basis

To ensure staff are paid on time with requisite deductions and to make timely payments for health insurance, payroll taxes, other deductions

To provide clerical support and administrative assistance to the Superintendent, principal, school secretaries and faculty and staff as needed.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Payroll, Benefits and Human Resources

• Maintain confidential payroll records
• Provide information and assistance to employees in processing applications for health benefits, State Teachers’ Retirement Board, town pension plan, life insurance,annuities, credit union, and union dues.
• Receive and calculate time sheets, review employee online time and correct for errors.
• Prepare, compute, and reconcile payroll for the administration, faculty and staff
• Prepare, compute, draw and reconcile payroll deduction accounts, i.e., taxes, tax sheltered annuities, State Teachers’ Retirement Board contributions, AFL/CIO Union dues, National, State and Local Education Association union dues, Federal Credit Union contributions, and Pension
• Create, distribute and maintain reports for deduction accounts
• Prepare and file monthly and annual Federal, State, and Audit reports
• Reconcile and distribute W-2’s
• Serve as Compliance Officer; HIPPA, OSHA, COBRA, Teachers’ Retirement regulations
• Prepare Worker’s Comp reports and file with Connecticut Worker’s Comp.
• Verify earnings for loan applications, insurance and unemployment
• Perform other duties and assumes responsibilities as requested by the superintendent
• Coordinate BOE Expenditures with the town treasurer
• Onboard all new employees to ensure compliance with state and federal expectations and guidelines including fingerprinting and DCF background checks

Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable

• Maintain a complete set of financial transactions of the district
• Maintain an internal audit program for all funds
• Maintain ledgers on an encumbrance basis and reconcile with the town hall
• Prepare monthly reports to administrators concerning the status of budgetary accounts
• Assume responsibility in the processing of the accounts payable
• Oversee annual Workman’s Comp Audit
• Support annual audit of Board of Education accounts
• Prepare annual CR5500 report of the IRS Section 125 now OBAMA Care 1095s
• Enroll and prepare the annual pension report of classified staff
• Prepare annual state Teachers’ Retirement report
• Reconcile accounts with administrative assistant to the superintendent

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25