Sr. Payroll Accountant ( remote )

COMMUNITY NAME

JOB OVERVIEW

Summary:  Directs a team of professionals, including offshore personnel, responsible for conducting the financial close and reporting.  Prepares and reviews financial transactions and information to ensure that the accounting ledgers, financial statements, and other financial reporting is complete, accurate, and in compliance with applicable regulations, accounting and reporting standards, and internal policies.  Responsibilities also include establishing and maintaining direct relationship with other departments, overseeing offshore personnel and preparing audit schedules and support.

RESPONSIBILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS

As a part of the Sunrise team, supporting our Mission, Principles of Service and Core Values is a fundamental part of this job. Our foundational belief is the sacred value of human life. Every year, team members are assigned required training that applies to their role to ensure that these standards are always met. The unique responsibilities for this role include but are not limited to the essential functions listed below:

Job Duties:

• Performs general accounting activities, including the reconciliation and review of ledger accounts and financial statements.
• Reviews, analyzes, and reports accounting transactions and ensures the integrity of accounting records for completeness, accuracy and compliance with accepted accounting policies and principles.
• Trains, supervises, and reviews work prepared by offshore personnel including journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Provides financial support to other functional groups including forecasting, budgeting, and analyzing variations from budget
• Able to effectively translate technical accounting/financial concepts to non-technical audiences when needed.
• Addresses quality control deficiencies and data errors and works with supervisor to develop and implement process improvements.
• Assign work duties as required within the payroll accounting area.
• Upload and reconcile biweekly and weekly payroll entries ensuring they are accurate and complete for both US and Canada
• Create monthly payroll expense accruals for US and Canada
• Load and validate the monthly vacation expense entry balance entry vs vacation database totals.
• Create JEs related to ADP Adjust mate processes.
• Oversee all payroll related audit work assign tasks as required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed throughout this job description are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required.  

• Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably Accounting, Information Systems, or Data Analytics related.
• Minimum of Five (5) years of reporting related experience either in a financial reporting or Large Payroll Department
• Understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) is required.
• Significant experience working with large datasets and expert knowledge of various data analysis software packages and tools (e.g., MS-Excel, SQL, Access, Peoplesoft ERP) ADP GLA ADP EV5 is required.
• Experience in processing a large payroll.