Senior Payroll Accountant, Finance and Records

Role Overview

• Ensure garnishments are calculated and withheld correctly for each court order and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• Initiate payments of withheld garnishments to the appropriate authorities or third-party vendor.
• Generate and/or validate interrogatories and employee documents to ensure on-time submission.
• Maintain documents in required repositories.
• Participate in and ensure processing for specific payroll groups.
• Participate in and ensure processing of non-standard earnings, taxable imputed earnings, and voluntary deduction elections.
• Prepare special studies and reports for departments and organizations as required.
• Prepare journal entries and other adjustments to correct errors.
• Review Canadian Retirement deductions and make necessary reconciliations, investigations, and correcting entries.
• Work closely with DMBA and third-party vendors to ensure accurate data is being sent and returned.
• Investigate, track, and respond to employee and bank requests for lost or miss-processed payroll checks in a timely manner.
• Participate in user testing for payroll related system implementations, upgrades and bug fixes.
• Stay up to date with rules and regulations concerning payroll and work with HR as needed to ensure compliance education, and employee support.
• Assist in evaluating and motivating employees under the direction of a supervisor.
• May coordinate accounting matters with other departments, locations, and divisions.
• Act as a resource for Accountant 1 and Accountant 2 incumbents being trained in Church accounting systems.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (or Finance or Business Management) is required.
• CPP or FPC certification preferred.
• Experience working with Oracle Fusion Cloud is preferred.
• A minimum of four to five years of professional accounting experience is required for this position with preference given to corporate payroll experience.
• Familiarity with Church accounting systems is preferred.
• A graduate degree in Accounting or Finance, MBA, or CPA, may be considered an equivalent of one year of this experience.
• Have the ability to analyze complex payroll accounting problems and propose changes in the payroll system.
• Incumbents must demonstrate a well-grounded knowledge of financial and accounting theory and a knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles.
• Should be conversant with and have familiarity with various standard accounting reports, financial policies and procedures.

Tech Stack

• C++
• Cloud
• Oracle

Benefits

• Only members of the Church who are worthy of a temple recommend qualify for employment.
• Equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on legally protected categories.