Grace Church - Eden Prairie
Full-time - 40 hours/week
Pay: $55,000 - $65,000/year
Salary - Exempt

The Accounting and Payroll Associate will assist the Finance department with accounting duties, including payroll, assisting in managing the general ledger for the church, and serving the other ministry departments of the church with their financial needs. The successful candidate will be nimble with Excel, have an innate ability to understand data flows and extract key data elements for reporting purposes. The candidate will also play a significant role in leveraging data to improve systems and processes.

• Implements, maintains, and reviews bi-weekly payroll processing for a 200+ team complement.
• Performs accounting system interfaces to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions, including salary, benefits, garnishments, taxes, other deductions and payroll journal entries.
• Ensure payroll updates, including new hires, terminations, and changes submitted by human resources, are processed correctly.
• Prepare and maintain accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Communicate with employees to answer questions about their paychecks and payroll deductions.
• Assist Finance manager in completing the payroll year-end checklist, including review of W2 Wage and Tax Statements.
• Reconcile assigned general ledger accounts and create month-end work papers, including the follow-up and reconciling of the business credit card program and the PayPal account.
• Calculates, files and pays monthly sales tax.
• Back up to both the Finance Assistant and the Accounting Specialist for selected finance functions.
• Document and maintain procedures for accounting processes.
• Other miscellaneous general accounting duties on an as-needed basis.