Treasury and Payroll Manager

World’s Finest Chocolate does more than make delicious chocolate. Since 1949, we’ve helped our fundraising customers raise over $4,! These funds are used to buy playgrounds, pay for reading specialists, purchase musical instruments, fund field trips, and more. Our employees work as a team to support our company’s mission:
To Deliver Extraordinary Value with Fun & Purpose.

• This role will report to the Controller and will oversee cash outflows of the organization, specifically Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Sales and Use Taxes. The role will manage a team that processes and prepares a majority of the day-to-day activity in these areas. This role will serve as the primary point of contact for our banking partners. We are seeking a candidate who can effectively maintain and support existing processes while bringing a continuous improvement mindset to identify opportunities for greater efficiency and enhanced collaboration both within the department and across the organization.

• Oversee the daily/weekly/monthly treasury needs of the company; monitoring daily cash and line of credit levels based on information updated by others, preparing required borrowing base certificates, approve excess check refund requests
• Maintain the relationship with our banks, including monthly/sometimes weekly borrowing base certificates, coordinating bank audits during the fiscal year, monthly revolver hedging, coordinating bank agreement renewals every few years, and other ad hoc items.
• Cash flow modeling at certain times of year

• Process accurate and timely biweekly salary payroll
• Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validate confirmed reports
• Manage and ensure deductions and with holdings are correct and submitted
• Ensure outside vendor completes quarterly and year end reporting requirements
• Work with outside provider to make sure time off accruals are correct
• Investigate and respond to employee payroll inquiries and discrepancies
• Support direct report that processes hourly payroll
• Ensure compliance with legal requirements and government reporting regulations and documentation
• Provide any needed payroll information related to renewals or special projects

• Review and verify invoice data entered by direct report and scheduling next check run based on due dates and other requests
• Approve and release purchase requisitions daily
• General Ledger related account reconciliations
• Develop, implement, and maintain AP systems, procedures, and policies

• Oversee sales and use tax by month performed by a direct report
• Review any sales tax legislation change yearly with our tax consultant
• Work with our tax consultant to make sure we are compliant in sales and use tax
• Ensure we have proper jurisdictional licenses

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting strongly preferred
• Experience managing payroll processing and compliance
• Advanced Excel skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and ERP systems (e.g. SAP, Oracle, JD Edwards); SAP a plus
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a sense of urgency and capable of thriving in a fast-paced environment marked by constant change
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to communicate financial data and information
• Experience managing payroll processing and compliance
• Sales and use tax experience a plus

• Self motivated – Ability to complete tasks and communicate to others effectively, especially in a remote environment
• Attention to Detail
  - Ability to achieve thoroughness, accuracy, and consistency when completing tasks
• Nimble Learning
  - Actively learning through experimentation when tackling new problems, using both successes and failures as learning fodder. Has the curiosity to learn and ask questions.
• Courage
  - Stepping up to address difficult issues, saying what needs to be said.
• Drives Engagement
  - Creates a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives.
• Ensures Accountability
  - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.
• Collaborates
  - Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared…