Payroll Accountant Closed

Job Description

The range for this role is $58,000 - $79,500

Actual base pay will be determined based on a successful candidate’s work location, skills/abilities, experience, and education.

Interested applicants must be willing and able to work onsite minimum 4 times per week in our Melbourne, FL office.

The Mission

At Christian Care Ministry we believe that Christians can, and should, share in one another’s burdens. Through the use of Medi-Share®, a healthcare sharing ministry for Christians, we cultivate that belief. To that end, our Mission Statement is as follows: Connecting people to a Christ-centered community wellness experience based on faith, prayer, and personal responsibility.

The Team

Everyone at Christian Care Ministry is in agreement with our Statement of Faith, which outlines our core beliefs. Although we aren’t perfect people, we are serving our perfect God and our Members to the best of our ability.

The Job

The Payroll Accountant ensures accurate and timely payroll accruals and reconciliation of GL accounts.  This role plays a critical role in overseeing employee benefit payroll management, setting up and maintaining tax jurisdictions, auditing payroll tax reports, and ensuring accuracy of payroll processing.  The Payroll Accountant has a strong accounting background, is detail-oriented, and highly collaborative.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Handle a variety of complex accounting duties in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of payroll and benefit calculations
• Analyze and update payroll and benefit data on a monthly basis
• Design and maintain a database to organize, collect and retrieve data into required reporting formats
• Ready and maintain various accounting papers, schedules, statements, and records; aids payroll team in calculating accurate wages and depositing amounts or issuing checks
• Handle processing of payroll information associated with newly hired or terminated employees, including wage verification, withholdings, benefit deductions, COBRA payments, etc.
• Manage employee benefit deductions and contributions processes, reconciliation, and accounting, including COBRA
• Provide month end accrual and reconciliation of GL accounts
• Manage custom reports related to Finance, Accounting, and Payroll
• Set-up and maintain tax jurisdictions
• Ensure accuracy and compliance of calculations with established policies and procedures and federal, state, and local laws
• Schedule payroll audits and work with auditors on all inquiries
• Handle processing of employee status changes, analyze payroll and employee expenses, assures general ledger accounts
• Reconcile payroll deposits, tax withholdings, wage garnishments, and voluntary deductions
• Maintain knowledge of rules and laws governing payroll administration practices
• Identify and recommend corrective actions for risks related to payroll processes
• Prepare responses to notices from government agencies regarding tax filings
• Contribute to the exercise and expression of Christian Care Ministry’s Christian beliefs
• All other duties as assigned

Essential Skills & Abilities

• Advanced experience in automated payroll processing across a multi-state environment
• Advance skill in Human Capital Management/HRIS systems
• Strong Excel skill – able to perform advance excel calculations using formulas, pivot tables, lookups, etc.
• Excellent communication and customer service skills – able to communicate effectively in oral, written and digital formats
• Knowledge of accounting principles and processes – able to perform accurate reconciliation, audit, and accounting tasks
• Analytical skill – able to quickly identify data issues, find root cause, and work to resolution
• Microsoft Office Suite skill – moderate proficiency using Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, CoPilot, etc.
• Deep understanding of payroll tax rules and regulations and ability to stay up to date on changes

Core Competencies/Demonstrable Behaviors

• Manages complexity – making sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
• Plans and aligns – planning and prioritizing work independently to meet commitments aligned to organization goals
• Financial Acumen – interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better decisions
• Member First – exhibits full commitment to serving members and/or clients by prioritizing their needs first in alignment with our program’s purpose.  This commitment is demonstrated through understanding of the program(s), provided through quality and timely service while exercising empathy in every interaction.  Every CCM employee shares responsibility to steward resources faithfully, removing barriers to understanding, and creating accessible, connected, and Christ-centered experiences.
• Humble – demonstrates Christ-Centered humility by honoring others, accepting feedback, and prioritizing collective success over individual recognition
• Hungry – exhibits initiative, perseverance, and commitment to serving God through excellence. Demonstrates passion for personal and organizational growth while diligently advancing the mission of Christian Care Ministry
• Smart – shows relational and emotional intelligence, communicating effectively, collaborating harmoniously, and reading social cues with grace and discernment

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance or closely related field with 5+ years’ payroll experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience required
• Experience processing and reconciling payroll in a multi-state environment required
• Experience with Dayforce and ADP preferred
• Certified Payroll Professional, Certified Payroll Specialist, or Certified Public Accountant certifications preferred

Supervisory Responsibilities

• This job has no supervisory responsibilities

Incentives & Benefits

We work hard to serve our Medi-Share Members, but know we can only do that if we invest in our employees professionally, financially, physically, socially, and spiritually. We purposefully invest in our employees so that our employees can invest in others.

For full-time employees working 30 hours or more, some of our benefits include, but are not limited to:

• 100% paid Medical for employees/99% for family
• Generous employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contributions
• Employer-paid Life Insurance (3x salary) and Long-term Disability Insurance
• 6 weeks of paid parental leave (for both mom and dad)
• Dental - two plans to choose from
• Vision
• Short-term Disability
• Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity
• 401(k) – up to 4% match on ROTH or Traditional contributions
• Generous paid-time off and 11 paid holidays
• Wellness plan including Financial, Occupational, Mental/Spiritual, and Physical health incentives up to $50/mo
• Employee Assistance Program including no cost, in-person mental health visits and employee discounts
• Monetary Anniversary Awards Program
• Monetary Birthday Awards

Minimum Age Requirement: Due to the nature of the responsibilities associated with this position—including independent decision-making, access to confidential information, and potential exposure to regulated environments—candidates must be at least 18 years of age at the time of hire. This requirement is in accordance with applicable federal and state labor laws and is intended to ensure compliance with workplace safety and legal standards.