Staff Accountant

Staff Accountant – Summit Public Schools

Full-time, Health Benefits

• Coordinates semi bimonthly payroll for the district.
• Responsible for setting and maintaining deadline dates for payroll input.
• Data input of all payroll salaries and stipends based on Board of Education approval.
• Detail review of board minutes to verify proper compensation of employees.
• Checks all payroll vouchers for errors and omissions.
• Input of data submitted on all payroll vouchers.
• Processing of all payroll information for employee deductions (e.g., 403B, W4, loans).
• Analyzes and corrects any discrepancies in payments of employee deductions.

• Prepare funds for transfer to PR, Agency and Trust bank accounts based on payroll summaries.
• Assists Asst. BA and BA in preparing payroll excel spreadsheets for budget and other analysis.
• Work in tandem with Benefits Specialist to coordinate and manage employee data in Systems 3000 to ensure proper synchronization between personnel and payroll.
• Oversee and reconcile petty cash and student activities funds on a district wide basis.
• Responsible for annual audit of student activity records.

• Prepares paperwork and makes payment on all Federal & State Employment Taxes.
• Submits state share of FICA to NJDOE for state remittance.
• Prepares paperwork and makes payments on NJ Pensions - TPAF, PERS, DCRP.
• Prepares all Quarterly Reports – 941, WR30, NJ927, PA State.
• Prepares year end employee W2.

• Maintains employee payroll file for information pertaining to payroll.
• Manages and Processes
  • NJ Pension enrollments, retirements, etc.
  • NJ State Unemployment.

• Monitors and understands changes in NJ and Federal State Laws including:
  • Payroll deduction changes
  • NJ Pension Reform
  • NJ Healthcare Reform
• Spreadsheets and compilation of materials for negotiations.
• Yearly Audit preparation.
• Answers employee calls and walk-ins in a responsive and professional manner.
• Prepares, files and mails various State and Federal forms. Drafts and types letters, memos, and other payroll related documents.
• Perform tasks that are supportive in nature to the essential functions of the job, which may be altered or redesigned as necessary by the Assistant School Business Administrator and/or the School Business Administrator.

Reports To:

Assistant School Business Administrator

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or minimum 5 years related experience

To apply, please use the online application mit.k12.nj.us. We do NOT accept email, fax or paper resumes. You must fill out the online application to be considered.