Senior Accounting Consultant

Skills
BusinessBusiness DevelopmentDatabasesEasily AdaptableIRSOracle DatabasePayroll Processing
Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree
  • Minimum two years professional experience in an accounting human resources or payroll office
  • Demonstrated experience in payroll and payroll processing
  • Demonstrated computer skills including spreadsheet database management query and word processing
  • Demonstrated analytical skills
  • Demonstrated strong verbal and interpersonal communication skills
  • Demonstrated proficiency in written communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as a team player
  • Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities
  • Demonstrated ability to interpret institutional policies plans objectives rules and regulations and communicate the interpretation to others
  • Demonstrated ability to work with diverse groups and populations

Nice to have

  • Supervisory experience
  • Foreign tax compliance
  • PeopleSoft or Oracle ERP

Day to day

  • Lead and manage daily payroll office operations with a focus on accuracy timeliness and policy compliance
  • Supervise internal and state payroll data flow payroll adjustments exceptions reconciliations and contract or hourly payment audits
  • Support PeopleSoft payroll functionality testing upgrades updates and new implementations while advising clients in higher education and nonprofit settings