Job Title: Senior Payroll Accountant
PVN ID: RF-2404-006228
Category: Managerial and Professional
Location: RESEARCH FOUNDATION OF C.U.N.Y.

Job Description

General Description

Reporting to the Associate Controller-Financial Systems Administration, the Senior Payroll Accountant is responsible for the processing of the RF Central Office payroll.  The primary focus of this position is to ensure accurate and timely employee payroll, including tracking employee time, issuing paychecks and performing end of payroll period reporting and filings. The Senior Payroll Accountant performs their responsibilities with minimum supervision, and as part of the Finance team, working across departments to problem solve payroll-related matters.

Other Duties

  • Process bi-weekly payroll for all Central Office employees, including but not limited to ensuring all hours and adjustments are entered, and proactively running reports to capture any potential errors before transmitting
  • Coordinate changes for in-house payroll (e.g., terminations, new hires, etc.) and data with salary or wage adjustments, compensation changes or deductions (e.g., annual bonuses, severance pay, taxes, worker’s compensation, garnishments)
  • Ensure accurate pay rates, adherence to multi-state tax laws; as well as accurate and timely tax rates
  • Ensure accurate processing of benefit expenses (e.g., transmittal of 403(b) funds to trustee), garnishments, union deductions, and other adjustments
  • Assist in generating and reconciling the bi-weekly RFCO payroll. Process tax payments and pension adjustments. Generate system reports and troubleshoot payroll issues.  
  • Create and maintain payroll journals and prepare payroll journal entries
  • Manage timecard approvals with RFCUNY supervisors
  • Answer employee questions related to payroll
  • Assist the Associate Controller with the registration of new State, local, and unemployment withholding taxes with the appropriate agencies, as necessary
  • Review periodic tax updates for relevance, accuracy and timeliness
  • Work with the team on NY State, Pension Plan and Workers’ Compensation audits by gathering all the requested information as well as corresponding with the auditors
  • Other assignments as delegated by supervisor

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent, and a minimum of four (4) years’ general accounting and payroll related experience
  • Kuali Financials or other mid-range accounting system experience required
  • Experience with Cyborg payroll system a plus
  • In-depth understanding of labor law rules and regulations
  • Thorough understanding of the importance of confidentiality with payroll
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel, ability to create and use mid-level Excel functions.
  • Ability to work well in a hybrid setting, while understanding team dynamics and deadlines
  • Good communications skills, with the ability to respond to common inquiries
  • Ability to define problems, collect data, and present information in an organized format
  • Efficient, detail-oriented, and able to work in a collaborative environment with a variety of stakeholders

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Finance
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$73,475.00 - $85,721.00
Closing Date
Aug 01, 2024 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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