GENERAL ACCOUNTANT – PAYROLL

BARGAINING UNIT POSITION DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE: GENERAL ACCOUNTANT - PAYROLL
CLASSIFICATION: TECHNICAL
STATUS: NON - EXEMPT

Summary of Position: The General Accountant-Payroll is responsible for all aspects of the accounting relating to payroll and labor distribution. S/he is responsible for processing all employee payrolls, time sheets and related transactions for the Solidarity Center.

Basic Qualifications: The General Accountant-Payroll must have a basic understanding of accounting theory and have a good understanding of payroll taxes and related issues. S/he should be able to work independently and complete assigned analysis with limited supervision, be familiar with basic accounting techniques and tasks such as account analysis, preparation of journal vouchers etc. S/he must be detailed oriented and produce accurate work. S/he must have a bachelor's degree in business administration and/or clearly demonstrate an equivalent understanding of accounting theory and practice, and must have a working knowledge of Excel spreadsheet applications. Minimum of three years experience in payroll accounting is required.

Supervisor: Controller

Specific Duties:

• Establish new employees on payroll system and process all changes in current employees pay and deductions per instructions from Human Resources;
  
• Prepare and submit payroll input to the payroll service on a bi-weekly basis. Review payroll prepared by payroll service for accuracy;
• Serve as primary interface with payroll service to assure all payroll files are accurate;
• Prepare manual employee payroll check(s) when necessary;
• Review time sheets to insure that they have been filled out in compliance with Solidarity Center policies. Maintain employee schedule of un-submitted time sheets;
• Input labor distribution and paid leave from the time sheets and prepare the accompanying journal voucher to charge labor to projects;
• Analyze any variances between hours charged and payroll recorded;
• Review tax returns as prepared by payroll service, including year-end forms;
• Prepare all W-2 forms not prepared by the payroll service;
• Reconcile all general ledger payroll related accounts including salary, payroll deductions, federal and local tax withholding and liabilities and employee pension plan contribution invoices;
• Conduct research in response to correspondence from federal and local tax authorities regarding payroll related tax matters;
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

The duration of this position, as with all positions at the Solidarity Center, is contingent upon continued grant funding.

If interested, please send cover letter and résumé to:

Lisa Humphries
Human Resources Officer
Solidarity Center
888 16th Street, N.W. Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20006

E-mail: lhumphries@solidaritycenter.org
Fax: (202) 974-8340

The Solidarity Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

Only short listed candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Closing date of application: When filled.