Payroll Specialist

Johns Hopkins; Great Falls (MT); On-site; USD 59,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship program

Flexible benefits

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Johns Hopkins in Great Falls, MT is seeking a Payroll Specialist with 5 years of experience to drive accurate payroll processing, support investor reporting, and mentor mid-level teammates. You will streamline month-end close, analyze financial data, and safeguard payments with strong AR results.

The role emphasizes collaboration with a remote team, flexible benefits, and growth opportunities as the organization scales its finance operations in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates.
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a deadline-driven remote team.
• Proven leadership experience guiding mid-level-level initiatives.
• Proven Accounts Receivable results, ideally seasoned in Great Falls, MT.

Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail.
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and wildly-collaborative financial narratives.
• Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks.
• Analyze financial data using Stress Management to surface trends and risks.
• Spot the duplicate payment before it leaves the account.
• Stand in for the Great Falls controller when close cannot wait.

Skills

Mentoring

Team leadership

Deadline-driven

Accounts Receivable

Job description

The right Payroll Specialist sees a balance sheet and immediately spots the story it is trying to tell. For someone with 5 years and a sharp-but-gentle edge, this Payroll Specialist job offers $59,000 - $91,000 and real upward mobility.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep capital-expenditure approvals flowing without losing the paper trail
• Assist with quarterly investor reporting and wildly-collaborative financial narratives
• Sharpen month-end close until it runs in days, not weeks
• Analyze financial data using Stress Management to surface trends and risks
• Spot the duplicate payment before it leaves the account
• Stand in for the Great Falls controller when close cannot wait

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated capacity to mentor or support mid-level teammates
• Familiarity with the rhythms of a deadline-driven remote team
• Proven leadership experience guiding mid-level-level initiatives
• Proven Accounts Receivable results, ideally seasoned in Great Falls, MT

Operating out of Great Falls, Johns Hopkins designs the tools that power thousands of businesses in the finance sector. At Johns Hopkins we hire people we can trust with real decisions and then give them the room to make them.

The bottom line: $59,000 - $91,000, mentorship, benefits, and flexibility, wrapped into a Payroll Specialist role that grows as fast as you do.

Applications are flowing in for this finance role, and we are reviewing each one promptly.