Accounting associate serp_jobs.h1.location_city

Duties :

Job Responsibilities :

• Process changes, corrections, and updates to employee payroll, time and leave records and vendor records.
• Provides customer service by answering employee / vendor inquiries and resolving any discrepancies in payroll or vendor records.
• Process employment verification based on requests received from Federal, State, and local governments and financial institutions.
• Computes garnishments and other court-ordered payments each pay period. Prepares documentation to initiate deductions.
• Reconciles deduction registers and initiates check requests to disburse funds.
• Maintains records of military leave, jury duty, disability, and workers' compensation to ensure receipt of proper documentation, determines amount to collect for dual payments. -Reviews payroll reports, documents and audit trails for completeness and accuracy, correcting any noted discrepancies.
• Processes payroll; receives, sorts, and distributes reports received as a result of payroll processing.
• Opens, stamps, sorts, delivers mail within General Accounting Department.
• Matches, codes, and key vendor invoices / credit memos with purchase orders.
• Follows through with Materials Management to resolve discrepancies.
• Matches vendor checks to documentation, prepares checks for mailing or other disbursement.
• Prints and disburses accounts payable, payroll, and refund checks.
• Processes adjusted checks, stop payment orders and replacement checks.
• Files all check documentation.
• Accurately interprets and applies Hospital and Departmental policies as they relate to employee / vendor issues and inquires.
• Processes Accounts Receivable for outside services.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills :

Required Skills & Experience :

Sufficient manual dexterity to operate adding machine by touch at 250 strokes per minute. Ability to operate a computer.

Ability to effectively communicate and interact with others. Patience, ability to maintain composure in stressful situations. Effective problem solving skills and a genuine caring approach to the needs and feelings of others.

Basic computer knowledge, analytical and reasoning skills, aptitude for numbers, high level of mental concentration on multiple tasks performed simultaneously with frequent interruptions and stressful conditions.

Must maintain strict confidentiality of A / P and P / R data.

Must be able to hear, see, verbally communicate, and tactile sense.

Education :

Work requires knowledge generally acquired through a high school education or GED