Senior Payroll Accountant
- San Diego Association of Governments - SANDAG
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Job Description
Annual Salary Range: $83,970.66 - $130,154.52
First Review of Applications: April 21, 2024
Expected Start Date: June 2024
Role
The department supports the day-to-day business operations of SANDAG through a team organized into two functional areas: Accounting & Finance and Revenue & Project Control. As part of the Accounting & Finance group, this position will supervise a small team of employees with a focus on payroll duties. The department has a role in supporting all agency programs. The team is highly regarded for their ability to maintain an exceptional level of accuracy and for providing outstanding customer service.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree with major course work in accounting, finance, business administration, or a related field. A combination of education and recent work experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
- Five years of recent full-time payroll, finance, and accounting operations experience; recent experience as a supervisor or lead.
- Experience with payroll calculations, deductions, accounting, reporting, and reconciling accounts;
- Experience with multi-state and in-house payroll, knowledge of and experience with CalPERS or a similar defined benefit plan is preferred.
- Experience with Tyler ERP (formerly Munis) or implementing a new payroll or accounting system is preferred.
- The final candidate selected for this position must successfully pass a pre-employment criminal background check and credit check.
Benefits
SANDAG offers comprehensive benefits, to include health, dental, and vision insurance as well as employee assistance, wellness, and work/life balance programs. Additionally, SANDAG offers the following:
- Hybrid work options
- 9/80 flexible work schedule
- Pay-for-performance merit increases
- Retirement - Defined Benefit Plan with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
- Retirement - 457 Defined Contribution Plan with Voya
- Excellent health insurance options for employees and their eligible dependents
- Free dental and vision insurance for employees and their eligible dependents
- Education Assistance of up to $5,250 a year for regular employees
- Free transit pass for use throughout the San Diego region, bus, Rapid Express, Trolley, and COASTER
- Paid time off including 12 paid holidays, 2 floating holiday days, generous paid time off (PTO) per year, depending on length of service
Call (619) 699-1900 or visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sandag? for information. First review April 21, 2024. EOE.
Education Requirements
SANDAG is one of the most recognized regional agencies in the nation with responsibilities that cover a broad range of complex, interrelated program areas connected by a Quality of Life theme. We are best known for our efforts related to transportation and this role continues to expand as we push beyond traditional boundaries to deliver a state-of-the-art transportation system for the region. In recent years SANDAG???s leadership in areas such as comprehensive land use and environmental planning, public safety, and state-of-the-art modeling and data systems, also have earned us much acclaim. With an employee group about 200 strong, we work for our Board of Directors - mayors, councilmembers, supervisors, and other leaders representing the jurisdictions within the San Diego region and neighboring areas. They play the important role of making policy decisions that shape the future of the region. Our collaboration with stakeholders, partners, and the community, the precision of our data, the completeness of our reports and studies, and our sound recommendations are essential components of the regional decision-making process.
