Payroll & Financial Reporting Specialist - Career Ladder

State-of-Missour; Lee's Summit (MO); On-site; USD 53,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

State-of-Missour in Lee's Summit, MO is hiring a financial services specialist to perform routine entry-level accounting, reporting, and payroll support under moderate supervision. The position is available at entry, intermediate, or senior level, with salary bands posted as $52,511.52 (entry), $56,712.48 (intermediate), and $61,249.44 (senior).

This CAREER-LADDER role offers career advancement without a separate competitive interview, with opportunities to learn new skills, receive training,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, planning, public administration, or related field.
• OR four years’ experience in payroll processing.

Responsibilities

• Reviews documents, forms, and reports to determine payroll coding and transactions, verifies timesheet coding, makes payroll corrections, prepares deductions and reimbursements.
• Processes forms to enroll, maintain and update employee direct deposit and benefits.
• Performs various accounting functions, including reconciliations and leave payouts.
• Utilizes SAMII, TRS, PeopleSoft, MMS, Cognos for reporting.
• Compiles information for financial reports and communicates actions to multiple departments.
• Uses Microsoft Office to prepare formatted reports.
• Embraces new software and learning opportunities; assists in payroll training.
• Assists with research and report preparation for special requests of financial and statistical information.
• Assists with accounts payable and other financial services duties.

Education

Bachelor’s Degree: Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, Planning, Public Administration, or related field

Four years of experience in positions related to payroll processing

Job description

State-of-Missour in Lee's Summit, MO is hiring a financial services specialist to perform routine entry-level accounting, reporting, and payroll support under moderate supervision. The position is available at entry, intermediate, or senior level, with salary bands posted as $52,511.52 (entry), $56,712.48 (intermediate), and $61,249.44 (senior).

This CAREER-LADDER role offers career advancement without a separate competitive interview, with opportunities to learn new skills, receive training,