Accounting Officer - Payroll Lead

About the role

The Payroll Lead job class provides lead work direction of the payroll department and serves as a subject matter expert for payroll services for the Minneapolis Veterans Home campus.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily payroll operations to ensure all employee payments, deductions, and business expense reimbursements are processed with precision and consistency.
• Provide support to the Assistant Finance Director and Finance Director in strategic planning, process improvement, and system enhancements to make payroll services more efficient and responsive to evolving needs.
• Perform finance department tasks such as audit, review and present findings of finance reports; review and oversee process; and audit of all payroll related transactions, employee expense documents, departmental scheduling and timekeeping software (EST) review and editing; and other payroll associated tasks for the Minnesota Veterans Home-Minneapolis campus.
• Serve as a super user for EST software and a liaison between campus payroll staff and central office.

Requirements

• One (1) year of entry level accounting experience OR two (2) years of experience providing support for accounting-related functions.
• An associate degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related program may substitute for 6 months of experience; a bachelor's degree in the above may substitute for 1 year of experience; and a master’s degree in the above may substitute for 18 months of experience.
• Knowledge of SEMA4 or comparable payroll software and collective bargaining agreements sufficient to process payroll transactions and business expenses.
• Mathematical skills sufficient to compute and reconcile numerical data.
• Budget terminology and principles sufficient to assist in preparing a budget.
• Ability to interpret and analyze fiscal reports.
• Skills in computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, Power Point, Word; Share Point and Teams.
• Ability to be highly organized and determine priorities, while balancing a variety of duties simultaneously.

Qualifications

• Accounting principles and a thorough knowledge of the statewide accounting system (SWIFT) or other comparable accounting system.
• Knowledge of SEMA4 or comparable payroll software and collective bargaining agreements sufficient to process payroll transactions and business expenses.
• Mathematical skills sufficient to compute and reconcile numerical data.
• Budget terminology and principles sufficient to assist in preparing a budget.
• Ability to interpret and analyze fiscal reports.
• Skills in computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, Power Point, Word; Share Point and Teams.
• Ability to be highly organized and determine priorities, while balancing a variety of duties simultaneously.

Skills

• Accounting principles and a thorough knowledge of the statewide accounting system (SWIFT) or other comparable accounting system.
• Knowledge of SEMA4 or comparable payroll software and collective bargaining agreements sufficient to process payroll transactions and business expenses.
• Mathematical skills sufficient to compute and reconcile numerical data.
• Budget terminology and principles sufficient to assist in preparing a budget.
• Ability to interpret and analyze fiscal reports.
• Skills in computer applications such as Microsoft Outlook, Access, Excel, Power Point, Word; Share Point and Teams.
• Ability to be highly organized and determine priorities, while balancing a variety of duties simultaneously.

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care