Principal Accountant - ACO Payroll Unit

Currently, the position offers the opportunity to telework part-time, but is subject to business needs and is not guaranteed. Telework may change at any time and you will be expected to report to the office on a full-time basis.

The Riverside County Auditor-Controller (ACO), Payroll division seeks a Principal Accountant located in Riverside, CA.  The position will report to the Deputy Auditor-Controller.

This position will have general oversight of the Payroll division, which will Include primarily Payroll Tax and Reconciliations, and/or Payroll Operations, and the Employer reporting groups. The Payroll Division is part of the Auditor-Controller's Office and operates within People Soft Human Resource Management System/ Human Capital Management (HRMS/HCM) environment. Activities within the group will include, but not limited to processing bi-weekly county-wide payroll;

reporting payroll related tax Information to the appropriate Federal, Stole, and local government agencies; reconciliation of bi-weekly payroll for county departments, agencies, and special districts; reporting employer/employee contributions to the California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS).

The Principal Accountant will also monitor negotiated changes to employee benefits that Impact payroll and ensuring adjustments/corrections ore completed as needed; interview, select, train, assign, and evaluate staff; interpret lows, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, and regulatory updates; examine, analyze, and approve transactions involving the transfer of funds and charges between deportments; assist with the preparation of County payroll tax returns; monitor the People Soft HRMS Payroll North America and Time and labor Modules.

Additionally, the Principal Accountant will provide support and backup for general payroll activities, which include the processing of bi-weekly payroll (e.g., garnishments and tax/benefit related deductions); prepare training for and work collaboratively with payroll stakeholders; preparation of professional level correspondence and reports as well as the review and approval of payroll related documents; help to affect and implement strategic directives identified for the group.

Candidates must have the following:

* Extensive professional level accountant experience for payroll within a Public Organization or Non-profit Agency.

* A minimum of one year direct supervisory level experience over other professional level public accountants within a public agency.

* Knowledge and experience with 1937 Act County Retirement Systems. Defined benefit pension experience, such as CalPERS or CalSTRS.

Competitive candidates will possess the following:

* Experience in enterprise solutions, such as Oracle or People Soft is highly desired. Experience in SAP and/or another enterprise solution.

* Successful candidates will possess an American Payroll Association CPP designation or have the ability to obtain designation within a year of the position's start date.

This class has been deemed eligible for the Performance Recognition Plan as set forth under Article 3, Section 311(C) of the County Management Resolution. Program eligibility requires employees to be in a leadership position, manage other employees or programs, and have significant influence on the achievement of organizational objectives.

Meet the Team!

The Riverside County Auditor-Controller is an independent, nonpartisan elected office established to provide accounting, audit, payroll, and property tax administration services to County government, cities, K-14 schools and special districts. The Auditor-Controller is the chief accounting and disbursement officer of the County. Riverside County is the fourth largest county in California and the eleventh largest in the United States.

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* Plan, organize, direct, and coordinate through subordinate supervisors the establishment, review, revision, and daily operation of a departmental accounting function or a major division of the Auditor-Controller's Office.

* Determine how the departmental or division accounting management program should be structured and how accounting principles should be applied.

* Supervise specialized audits in the Auditor-Controller's Office of the fiscal records and accounting procedures in various County departments, divisions, and agencies.

* Participate in the selection, training, and evaluation of subordinate professional accounting and fiscal clerical personnel; coordinate accounting functions with data processing systems.

* Evaluate, develop, recommend, and coordinate implementation of computer applications to accounting systems and procedures.

* Supervise and participate in the development and maintenance of systems forms for fiscal transactions, recordkeeping and budgetary controls; supervise and perform analysis of complex fiscal recordkeeping systems and procedures.

* Provide technical guidance, direction, and training to subordinate staff performing complex accounting and auditing work, including…