Payroll & AP Specialist

About Your Team
Your team is responsible for all aspects of managing agency finances to ensure we stay compliant with all applicable laws, and to continue the agency’s mission to serve local communities. 
What You’ll Be Doing
You will be responsible for the payroll function of the Finance department, compiling payroll data for entry into the payroll software system and ensuring timely and accurate payroll processing. Additionally, you will collaborate with agency departments to resolve any issues with payroll processing and expenses. 
Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
• Verify, prepare, and input payroll data accurately and efficiently. 
• Maintain updated general ledger for all payroll entries, including accruals. 
• Prepare and distribute payroll reports as needed. 
• In charge of AP processing for agency. 
• Ensure compliance with all applicable state and federal wage laws. 
• Oversee 401K/profit sharing deductions and ensure accurate uploads to 401K vendor. 
• Participate in grant related activities as necessary. 
• Act as back up for A/R processing. 
Who You Are
Requirements, Skills & Abilities:
• High school diploma or equivalent required; associate’s degree preferred. 
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in automated payroll processes required. 
• Experience with account payable processing required.
• Experience with accounts receivable processing strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of state and federal tax laws preferred. 
• Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
• Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
• Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
• Collaboration and teamwork. 
• The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position. 
Physical Requirements
Operational Staff:
This position involves work in an office setting. Tasks include operating a computer for extended periods, communicating with colleagues, and occasional lifting of office/department materials up to 25lbs. The role also requires the ability to sit for extended periods, bending, reaching, hearing and vision. 
Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ communities, and others.
• Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action 
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve. 
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
• Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races. 
• Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experiences by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities LGBTQ+ communities and others. 
o Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.