Accounts Payable/Payroll Clerk

Medical Center Barbour; Eufaula (AL); On-site; USD 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Medical Center Barbour in Alabama seeks an Accounting professional responsible for the preparation and maintenance of Hospital Payroll and Accounts Payable. The role supports financial operations and ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll and vendor invoices.

You will verify employee hours, match POs to invoices, assist auditors, and maintain payroll records and accruals. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented and comfortable handling sensitive payroll information in a hospital

Qualifications

• Experience with payroll processes and accounts payable.
• Ability to verify hours, process AP, and balance GL.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Prepares and maintains hospital payroll and accounts payable.
• Verifies punch detail reports hours worked and hours paid.
• Processes accounts payable timely and accurately according to corporate policies.
• Matches purchase orders to invoices and resolves discrepancies with Materials Management.
• Works with vendors and employees on questions about payables.
• Performs A/P month-end close and ensures balance with the Controller.
• Maintains payroll and accounts payable reports and files.
• Maintains employee status on the system and payroll records.
• Maintains employee accruals and distributes benefit status reports.
• Reports payroll tax withheld for deposit with the IRS and the State of Alabama.
• Assists auditors and employees with payroll information.

Job description

Responsible for preparation and maintenance of Hospital Payroll and Accounts Payable. Performs other Accounting duties as required.

• Performs duties relative to the facility's overall payroll and accounts payable functions.
• Verifies employees punch detail reports as to hours worked and hours paid as completed by department managers.
• Processes accounts payable timely and accurately, according to corporate policies.
• Matches purchase orders to invoices, with any discrepancies reported to and resolved with Materials Management.
• Works with vendors and employees on questions regarding payables.
• Performs A/P month-end close, verifying that the A/P system and the General Ledger are in balance with the Controller.
• Maintains all payroll and accounts payable reports and files as required.
• Maintains current employee status on the system, which is the complete payroll information earnings record for each employee.
• Maintains employee ETO and sick accruals; distributes biweekly benefit status reports to department managers.
• Maintains employee histories for pension plan.
• Reports payroll tax withheld for deposit with the IRS and the State of Alabama.
• Handles salary verification requests by lending institutions, SSA, etc.
• Assists auditors, including external and governmental, with review of payroll and accounts payable records.
• Assists employees in obtaining information concerning their payroll checks, deductions, overtime, etc.
• Updates facility statistics system daily.