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Accounting and Payroll Specialist
PETAAccounting and Payroll Specialist at PETA responsible for payroll processes and compliance with regulations. Ensuring accuracy and addressing employee inquiries while training staff on procedures.
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Process bi-weekly payroll for the PETA Foundation, including updating payroll deductions, accruals, and ensuring proper tax withholding is established
- Calculate final checks, including accrued vacation time, and update payroll records for terminated employees
- Process internal payroll related to payables
- Assist with timecard review for labor law matters
- Assist with multi-state payroll tax matters
- Stay current with payroll regulations and ensure compliance with Federal and State laws
- Address employee payroll questions and resolve any issues that may arise
- Perform bi-weekly and semi-yearly 401k tasks, including reconciling accounts and hosting enrollment meetings
- Perform monthly general-ledger reconciliations
- Provide necessary reports for annual financial audits of the PETA Foundation and its supported organizations
- Perform year-end reconciliations of employee data and supply to various third parties
- Use discretion and knowledge of the accounting and payroll systems to create and distribute specific payroll reports and specific ledger-detail reports
- Train new PETA and PETA Foundation staff members in payroll procedures
- Post journal entries to the general ledger, including biweekly and end-of-month entries for payroll, correcting and adjusting entries
- Perform any other duties assigned by the supervisor
Requirements
What you’ll need- Completion of college-level accounting coursework
- Five years of industry or public accounting experience
- Previous Paylocity or other payroll systems experience
- Previous experience with multi-state payroll tax
- Previous experience with Sage 100 or other accounting software
- Proven Microsoft knowledge and proficiency with Excel required
- Demonstrated self-motivation and the ability to work independently
- Excellent attention to detail and good organizational skills
- Proven ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines
- Proven effective verbal communication skills and demonstrated comfort with speaking in public
- Commitment to the objectives of the organization
Benefits
Comp & perks- A list of benefits available to qualified employees is available here.
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Hard Skills & Tools
payroll processingpayroll deductionsaccrualstax withholdinggeneral-ledger reconciliations401k tasksjournal entriesmulti-state payroll taxaccounting proceduresfinancial audits
Soft Skills
attention to detailorganizational skillsself-motivationindependent workability to work under pressuremeeting deadlineseffective verbal communicationpublic speakingtrainingproblem-solving