Accounting and Payroll Specialist

🔥 19 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $20 - $25 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🧾 Payroll

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PETA

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

201 - 500 employees

Founded 1980

🍽️ Food & Beverage

💼 Consulting

⚖️ Legal

Food & Beverage • Consulting • Legal

PETA is People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization dedicated to animal rights in Asia and around the world. PETA advocates against using animals for experimentation, food, clothing, entertainment, and any form of abuse. The organization actively engages in campaigns and protests to expose animal cruelty in various industries, such as the use of animals in the food and fashion industry, and promotes veganism and cruelty-free living. PETA also collaborates with companies to eliminate unethical practices involving animals in their supply chains and works with governments to improve animal protection laws. With a focus on activism and education, PETA seeks to create a world where animals are respected and free from harm.

📋 Description

• Process bi-weekly payroll for the PETA Foundation, including updating payroll deductions, accruals, and ensuring proper tax withholding • Calculate final checks, including accrued vacation time, and update payroll records for terminated employees • Process internal payroll related to payables • Assist with timecard review for labor law matters • Assist with multi-state payroll tax matters • Stay current with payroll regulations and ensure compliance with Federal and State laws • Address employee payroll questions and resolve payroll issues • Perform bi-weekly and semi-yearly 401k tasks, including reconciling accounts and hosting enrollment meetings • Perform monthly general-ledger reconciliations • Provide reports for annual financial audits of the PETA Foundation and its supported organizations • Perform year-end reconciliations of employee data and supply information to third parties • Create and distribute payroll and ledger-detail reports • Train new PETA and PETA Foundation staff members in payroll procedures • Post payroll-related, correcting, and adjusting journal entries to the general ledger • Perform other duties assigned by the supervisor

🎯 Requirements

• Completion of college-level accounting coursework • Five years of industry or public accounting experience • Previous Paylocity or other payroll systems experience • Previous experience with multi-state payroll tax • Previous experience with Sage 100 or other accounting software • Proven Microsoft knowledge and proficiency with Excel required • Demonstrated self-motivation and the ability to work independently • Excellent attention to detail and good organizational skills • Proven ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines • Proven effective verbal communication skills and demonstrated comfort with speaking in public • Commitment to the objectives of the organization

🏖️ Benefits

• 401(k) tasks and enrollment meetings • A list of benefits available to qualified employees is available via the employer's benefits information