Payroll & Accounting Specialist

Description Are you someone who likes to dig into details and problem solve? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced team environment? Do you have knowledge and experience working in Excel? If yes, Medical Associates is hiring a full-time Payroll & Accounting Specialist to join our Finance team! Schedule: Mon-Fri 8:00am-5:00pm, hourly position. Flexibility available! Benefits Package Includes: Single or Family Health Insurance with discounted premium rates for wellness program participation. 401k with immediate matching (50% on the dollar up to 7% of pay) + additional annual Profit Sharing Flexible Paid Time Off Program (24 days off/year) Medical and Dependent Care Flex Spending Accounts Life insurance, Long Term Disability Coverage, Short Term Disability Coverage, Dental Insurance, etc. Essential Functions & Responsibilities: Process bi-weekly and supplemental payrolls, including maintenance of miscellaneous earnings, deductions, coefficient overtime rates, and tax withholding information; process payroll checks and submit Automated Clearing House (ACH) file to bank; remit all federal and state payroll withholdings and employer taxes, as well as 401(k) and employee loan payments; process check requests for all other payroll withholdings and garnishments; maintain payroll system general ledger rules; process payroll entry import to the general ledger; maintain employee W-4 records and ensure appropriate withholding based on multi-state reciprocal tax rules. Perform payroll tax reconciliations; process and file all quarterly state and federal payroll tax returns; complete annual processing, filing, and disbursement of employee W-2s. Balance all payroll withholding and various other receivable and miscellaneous general ledger accounts monthly. Perform general ledger reconciliations for all bank accounts. Prepare daily deposit of non-accounts receivable (A/R) cash received; monitor insufficient funds checks, redeposits, and charge backs; process stop payment requests; perform transfers of Wisconsin and employee claim payments to Health Plan cash account; perform monthly transfers between satellite accounts and Clinic checking account; monitor all other cash transactions through online banking; process daily entries to the general ledger and cash management system for all cash transactions. Record and track uncashed checks by state; stop payment and apply uncashed check amounts to the recipients’ current patient account balance if appropriate; send correspondence to attempt to clear or reissue checks; process and file annual unclaimed property returns and remit balance of remaining uncashed checks as required by law. Miscellaneous monthly invoicing for outside contracts for non-patient care pay. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Experience : One to three years of similar or related experience. Education: Equivalent to a two‑year college degree or completion of a specialized course of study or certification at a business or trade school. Interpersonal Skills: Courtesy, tact, and diplomacy are essential elements of the job. Work involves personal contact with others inside and/or outside the organization, generally regarding routine matters for purposes of giving or obtaining information which may require some discussion. Physical Aspects: Reaching - Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Lifting - Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires the substantial use of the upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering - Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand or arm as in handling. Grasping - Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Talking - Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly or quickly. Hearing - Perceiving the nature of sound with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound, such as when making fine adjustments on machined parts. Vision - 20 / 40 or better in the best eye with or without correction. Repetitive Motions - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Sedentary Work - Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met. Environmental Conditions: None - The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions (such as in typical office or administrative work). Medical Associates Clinic & Health Plans is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, national origin, marital status, parental status, disability, veteran status, or other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status. Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP https://www.eeoc.gov/poster