Payroll Accountant

About the role

The Payroll Accountant provides operational support for all steps required to deliver timely, reliable, and accurate payroll to University employees and student workers.

Responsibilities

• Providing operational support for all steps required for delivering timely, reliable and accurate payroll to University employees and student workers.
• Ensuring compliance and timely remittance of payroll, payroll tax and fringe benefits.
• Ensuring reconciliation of payroll related vendor accounts.
• Serving as a point of contact, providing backup to the Payroll Manager.
• Providing quality customer service to employee and student worker inquiries in a timely, professional manner with follow‑up communication as necessary.
• Validating financial reports and data integrity to ensure error‑free analysis and compliance.
• Reviewing, processing, approving, or rejecting financial transactions in alignment with university policies and systems.
• Executing timely, complete general ledger entries and performing routine ledger reconciliations.
• Processing payroll accurately and consistently, ensuring correct withholdings, deductions, and tax withholdings.
• Reconciling payroll files and generating accurate deliverables for taxes, garnishments, and fringe benefits.
• Delivering measurable results, owning operational decisions and outcomes, and incorporating feedback for continuous performance improvement.
• Communicating clearly across diverse audiences, collaborating on key information, and maintaining strict confidentiality for private data.
• Resolving operational challenges through prioritized problem‑solving, collaborative decision‑making, and alignment with organizational goals.
• Maintaining baseline performance and continuity during transitions, organizational initiatives, and evolving university procedures.

Requirements

• Experience with Microsoft Office applications, specifically utilizing Excel to analyze data, maintain records, and build functional spreadsheets.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with a focus on precision, clarity, and error‑free recordkeeping.
• Ability to engage professionally and respectfully with a broad, diverse higher education community, including faculty, staff, and students.
• Proven capability to handle sensitive payroll and personnel information while maintaining strict confidentiality protocols.
• Direct experience calculating complex payroll components, resolving missing documentation, and clearly explaining payroll breakdowns to employees.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree is preferred.

Pay

$60,000 to $68,000

Schedule

Full Time

Requisition Number: 2026S064 | Posted: 09/21/2026 | Open Until Filled