Accounting Specialist

Adult Correction; North Carolina; On-site; USD 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance options

Retirement Plans

NCFlex Supplemental Benefits

Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community In-

Paid Parental Leave

Job summary

NC Department of Adult Correction is seeking an Accounting Specialist to oversee payroll and benefits processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with state laws, GAAP, and Office of the State Controller requirements.

The role emphasizes resolving salary overpayments, maintaining accurate records, and coordinating with employees, management, and vendors while protecting confidential data within the Controller's Office.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAP Payroll module and related tools.
• Ability to interpret salary overpayments and apply standard accounting practices.
• Experience coordinating with state agencies and vendors to resolve payroll issues.

Responsibilities

• Analyzing salary overpayment issues and collecting funds owed to the State.
• Maintaining records to track the balance of salary overpayments after each payroll cycle.
• Ensuring accurate processing of payroll transactions, deductions, benefits, and withholdings.
• Coordinating with employees, management, state agencies, and vendors to resolve payroll and benefits issues.
• Protecting confidential data and supporting financial accountability within the Controller's Office.

Tools

SAP Payroll

Employee Self Service

ACT (DAC)

Queries & Online Reports

Job description

Agency Adult Correction Division COO - Administration Job Classification Title Accounting Specialist (S) Position Number 60058579 Grade NC11

About Us

The NC Department of Adult Correction is one of the largest state agencies with more than 14,000 employees. It is responsible for safeguarding and preserving lives and property through prevention, protection, and preparation as well as the care, custody, and supervision of all adults sentenced for violating North Carolina laws. This department includes state prisons with custody, healthcare, and facility operations staff as well as probation/parole officers who supervised sentenced people in the community. Other divisions include Administration, Health Services, Rehabilitation & Reentry, Special Operations and the Post-Release Supervision & Parole Commission. We have a mission that matters!

Description of Work

The primary purpose of this position is to oversee the Department of Adult Correction's payroll and benefits processes, ensuring accuracy, integrity, and compliance with State and Federal laws, GAAP, and Office of the State Controller requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyzing, identifying, communicating and resolving salary overpayment issues by working to collect funds owed to the State.
• Maintaining records on an ongoing basis to track the balance of all salary overpayments processed after each payroll cycle.
• Ensuring accurate processing of payroll transactions, deductions, benefits, and withholdings.
• Coordinating with employees, management, state agencies, and vendors to resolve payroll and benefits issues.
• Protecting confidential data and supporting financial accountability within the Controller's Office.

Salary Range

Salary Range: $45,431 - $79,504 NC 11

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in SAP Payroll module and its functionality, Employee Self Service, and system reporting tools such as queries and online reports.
• Experience interpreting and analyzing salary overpayment data in DAC Accounting System (ACT) and explaining and applying the provision of standard accounting practices.
• Experience combining multiple data sources such as online transactions, reports, queries to find the root cause of salary overpayments and make appropriate resolutions.
• Experience maintaining effective working relationships with representatives of related contact agencies, departmental staff, team members, and the public.
• Experience working independently and managing competing priorities.

Posting Will Close At

The Posting Will Close At 11:59 P.M. The Night Before The End Date

State Benefits Information

• Health Insurance options
• Retirement Plans
• NCFlex Supplemental Benefits
• Paid Vacation, Sick, and Community Service Leave
• Paid Parental Leave
• Visit the State Benefits website for additional information.

Internal Posting

Internal Posting- this is an internal posting open only for current North Carolina state government employees, and eligible state government Reduction In Force (RIF) candidates from North Carolina state government, or current temporary employees.

Controller's Office Purpose

The primary purpose of the Department of Adult Correction Controller's Office is to ensure that all department financial resources and funds are received, disbursed, recorded, and accounted for in accordance with all applicable State and Federal laws and regulations, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Department policy and procedures. The Controller's Office at the agency level has oversight responsibility of the North Carolina Financial System (NCFS) regarding transactions which affect the financial responsibility of this department and is accountable to the office of the State Controller for the integrity of that data.