Payroll Accountant

Reporting to the Director of Finance (DOF), the Payroll Accountant is responsible for managing the overall payroll process for a 300+ employee non-profit organization, and performing the general ledger accounting, technical research, and compliance duties associated with the payroll function. Payroll processing includes, but not limited to calculations of wages, vacation/sick accruals, insurance and benefits, taxes and other payroll items, certain benefit reporting submissions, and employee reimbursement document review/processing.

The Payroll Accountant closely collaborates with the Human Resources (HR) team with the bi-weekly payroll processing, compliance reporting support, and other projects as needed.

Status: Full-time, Nonexempt, Regular
Location: Chinatownneighborhood, San Francisco
Hours: Work from home eligible, Monday through Friday, 9:00a.m.

- 5:30p.m.
Salary: $42.70 - $44.00 per hour;
Comprehensive benefits

A private non-profit founded in 1977, Chinatown Community Development Center believes in a comprehensive vision of community. We own and/or manage approximately 36 affordable housing buildings serving over 4,500 low-income seniors, single adults, formerly homeless adults, and families of diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Tenderloin, Western Addition, and Polk Gulch neighborhoods. We also build housing, develop grassroots leadership, and engage low-income residents and youth.

Our employees are passionate about the mission; thrive in a family organizational culture; and embody values of empowerment, teamwork, and compassion. Chinatown CDC serves a diverse population and is committed to hiring practices that provide culturally competent services. We encourage people of color to apply.

Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.

• Responsible for preparation, accounting, and processing of payroll functions of the organization, ensuring pay is timely processed, accurate, and in compliance with local, state and federal regulations
• Responsible for learning and keeping current with changes in payroll regulatory environment (e.g. catch-up rules, IRS for changes, etc.), to further professional development and organizational knowledge support, partnering with HR team on any policy, regulation updates as needed
• Clear and concise communication with staff for payroll-related inquiries.
• Responsible for general ledger, time allocations to projects and programs (e.g. contract billing, property and development projects), reconciliations and allocations to filed compliance reports, and provide other analytical support as needed.
• Assist with designing and implementing process improvements for efficiency and accuracy in payroll workflow and continual strengthening of internal controls

• Audit timesheets and address any discrepancies with supervisors. Send reminders to employees to complete timesheets and supervisors to approve relevant timesheets.
• Monitor employee expenses submitted via the Paylocity module to ensure adherence to the expense reimbursement policy, and review chart of account coding to ensure cost is allocated to the appropriate cost centers.
• Review all changes to salary, W4 with holdings, voluntary deductions and mandatory deductions. Verify accuracy of all employee related benefits, check deductions compared to monthly invoices of various insurances and benefits, reconcile financial data with payments.
• Prepare calculations based on personnel action forms for HR to submit for new hires, terminations, and garnishments for accuracy and in compliance with labor regulations. Also, prepare, review, and ensure the accuracy of garnishment payments and other with holdings.
• Generate and transmit payroll journal entries into accounting systems with verification of proper coding, with a strong understanding and ability to identify and payroll-specific items for intercompany-related journal entries and reconciliations.
• Responsible for processing transactions relating to Section 125 accounts (FSA, Transit, Parking, Dependent Care plan, etc.), ensuring the appropriate amounts have been reflected in the biweekly payroll processing, and reconciling accounts against internal financial records.
• Prepare and ensure the accuracy of all 403(b)…