Accountant - Payroll

Company: US WorldMeds
Location: Louisville
Posted on: June 14, 2019

Job Description:

JOB BRIEF

We are recruiting a Payroll Accountant responsible for the day-to-day accounting activities assigned to the payroll function, while ensuring compliance with internal controls, policies, procedures and GAAP.

General Responsibilities of this Accounting based role focused on Payroll:

* Act as a system administrator in ADP Workforce Now (ADP) for multiple entities.

* Monitor and validate ADP Time & Attendance system data and upload to payroll module.

* Enter payroll data for multi-state bi-weekly processing and ensure that the calculation of earnings and deductions are accurate and completed in a timely manner, in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.

* Incorporate and document special pay actions (e.g., bonus, salary adjustments, retro-pay, deduction changes, transportation allowances, relocation, awards and special pay gross-ups).

* Validate Excel cross-reference payroll sheet to ADP payroll register.

* Import expense data from ADP Payroll to Microsoft Dynamics GP.

* Review, verify and ensure proper accounting and accuracy for all payroll transactions, benefits, and accruals, including preparation of associated balance sheet reconciliations.

* Verify that payroll-related statutory reports and payroll tax returns filed by ADP are accurate and filed timely.

* Responsible for review of the W-2s, W-3, Form 940, and other year-end reports prepared by ADP.

* Responsible for calculating and uploading file to fund quarterly or annual employer contributions and employee bi-weekly contributions to employee HSA accounts.

* Responsible for annual 5500 filings.

* Serve as a member of Investment Committee for 401k Plan and schedules quarterly meetings.

* Prepare audit schedules for and interface with the external auditors during the year-end financial audit and annual 401k audit.

* Acts as an administrator in Budget Maestro and is responsible for ongoing updates of all payroll-related data by employee for use in budgets and forecasts.

* Acts as the day-to-day administrator and contact for the Enterprise Fleet program and WEX fuel card program.

* Acts as an administrator for the company Corporate AMEX credit card program.

* Reconciliation of benefit invoices.

QUALIFICATIONS:

* Bachelor's degree required in Accounting or related discipline

* Minimum 3 years of accounting experience

* Minimum 3 years of multi-state payroll processing experience using ADP Workforce Now or another automated system

* Certified Payroll Professional a strong plus, but not required

* Proficient computer skills in Microsoft Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUPS), Word, PowerPoint and Outlook

* Ability to multi-task, work under pressure and meet deadlines

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US WorldMeds' is an equal opportunity employer. US WorldMeds' does not discriminate in any aspect of its employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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