Accountant

Description

The Senior Accountant & Payroll Administrator is a critical member of the Finance team responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of payroll processing, employee benefits administration, account reconciliations, regulatory compliance, and financial reporting support. This position serves as a key contributor to month-end and year-end close activities, audit preparation, tax reporting, departmental cost allocations, and financial systems administration.

Working closely with the Comptroller and broader Finance team, this role combines technical accounting expertise with strong analytical, organizational, and process improvement skills. The successful candidate will help maintain the organization's financial integrity by administering essential financial processes, strengthening internal controls, documenting procedures, and providing cross-functional support during system implementations and operational enhancements. This role directly supports the organization's mission through excellence in stewardship, accuracy, accountability, and service.

Requirement

Payroll Administration & Employee Benefits

· Manage and process semi-monthly payroll for exempt, non-exempt, and part-time employees, ensuring timely and accurate compensation in accordance with organizational policies and applicable federal and state regulations.

· Maintain payroll records and employee compensation data, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and confidentiality.

· Prepare, review, and record payroll-related journal entries, including salaries, wages, employee benefits, retirement contributions, payroll taxes, and other related expenses.

· Administer employee retirement plans, including 401(k), Roth 401(k), employer contributions, and related data uploads to plan administrators.

· Monitor retirement and Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions to ensure compliance with annual IRS limits and applicable plan requirements.

· Reconcile payroll deductions, retirement contributions, benefit withholdings, and employer-paid benefits to carrier invoices, third-party administrators, and the general ledger.

· Coordinate the annual distribution of employee W-2 forms and assist employees with payroll-related inquiries.

Accounting Operations & Financial Reporting

· Prepare detailed account reconciliations for payroll, benefits, credit card clearing accounts, and other assigned balance sheet accounts.