Payroll Accountant

Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas, and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

The Payroll Accountant will be responsible for leading the day-today operations for processing payroll and related admin duties in ADP, the organization’s cloud-based payroll system. The Accountant will work closely with HR as well as ADP staff to ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll and 401K transmissions. This position with also be responsible for creating specific reoccurring journal entries in the organization’s general ledger accounting system, Financial Edge. Further, the Accountant will be responsible for reconciling certain expense and balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis working closely with the Senior Accounting Manager to resolve any discrepancies.

This position is based in Washington, DC. Range for offers: $65,000-$68,000.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Process payroll semi-monthly for Share Our Strength and Community Wealth Partners (Share Our Strength subsidiary).
• Maintain electronic payroll reports each pay period and other administrative duties in ADP.
• Work closely with HR staff to ensure 401k transmission reconciles each pay period with payroll records.
• Work closely with our payroll company, ADP, on all issues related to payroll.
• Track and reconcile employee accrued leave balances each pay period.
• Participate in the financial monthly close process by performing balance sheet and expense reconciliations, preparing benefit allocation calculations and preparing the monthly shared service invoice for Community Wealth Partners.
• Review and approve Out of Pocket reports monthly in Chrome River, the cloud-based expense reporting system.
• Partner with colleagues to support Share Our Strength's work to be a diverse and inclusive organization, and ensuring this value is embedded in the organization and throughout our work.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Associate degree in accounting or equivalent education/experience; payroll certification preferred, but not required.
• Minimum of three to five years of previous accounting experience, and at least three to five years of previous payroll processing specific experience, preferably using ADP software.
• MS Office proficiency and at least two years of experience using accounting software, Financial Edge preferred.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills, including the ability to identify and work through challenges, underscored by strong judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently on multi-step, detail-oriented projects in a fluid environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience presenting to high-level audiences.
• Interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives. A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to end hunger and poverty in the U.S. and abroad. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results. This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that every individual can live a healthy and productive life.