Payroll Specialist

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts

Job Description

Join an amazing, mission-driven organization! For over 100 years, Girl Scouts has empowered girls to lead, break barriers, and create positive change. Girl Scouts’ powerful all-girl space fosters collaboration over competition, and inspires girls to go beyond dreaming to actual doing.

Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) has an opening for a PAYROLL SPECIALIST. This hourly, non-exempt position will report to GSEMA’s Controller. 

Work Environment: This is a full-time, hybrid position. Current hybrid work arrangement with work from home 2 days per week; 3 days per week in GSEMA's Andover office; occasional travel and work days in GSEMA’s Waltham office, or as directed.

As a Payroll Specialist, you will:
  • Have a primary focus on processing bi-weekly payroll, ensuring employees are paid accurately and timely with correct withholding taxes and deductions.
  • Have other payroll responsibilities to include accounting entries, preparing taxes and deductions, maintaining payroll records and preparing reports for management.
  • Communicate payroll deductions to retirement plan administrator for 403(b) plan and other pre-tax or after-tax savings plans.
  • Communicate with employees regarding escalated complex payroll and time and attendance inquiries/issues and work to resolve in a timely manner.
  • Have additional focus on performing financial department activities, including accounting, financial analysis and audit prep, while ensuring compliance with company and regulatory standards.
  • Perform accurate and timely completion of certain daily accounting functions utilizing an integrated accounting system (e.g. accounts payable processing, general ledger journal entries, etc.).
  • Perform reconciliations of general ledger accounts, analyze and investigate discrepancies to ensure accurate recording and reporting.

Here is what you will need to be successful in this role:
  • Five years of previous payroll work experience; familiarity using ADP Workforce Now is preferred.
  • Minimum of two (2) years of accounting experience. Accounting courses completed at the undergraduate /college level is preferred.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Windows and Office (Excel, Word).
  • Self-motivated and willing to learn new skills, processes and software applications.
  • Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
  • Possess high attention to detail; demonstrate accuracy and thoroughness; ensures quality of work.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate clearly orally and in writing.
  • Ability to handle high volume tasks (e.g., computer data entry).

 Amazing benefits of this role:
  • Hybrid working arrangement with work from home 2 days per week and 3 days in office; 37.5 hour work week.
  • Full benefits, including medical, dental, retirement savings, paid vacation, sick leave, paid holidays and more. Read more about our benefits.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

A full job description can be found on the application page.

Note: Girl Scouting is open to all youth members and adults by delivering the Girl Scout message of pluralism and diversity to members of the council. Diversity and inclusion is more than an initiative; it is a set of shared values that defines the fabric of our mission. Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts is an equal opportunity employer. 

Read more about our commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Racial Justice!

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Commitment to Health and Safety: COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
As part of GSEMA’s commitment to health and safety, all employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 per GSEMA’s COVID-19 Vaccination Policy. GSEMA will consider exemption requests from individuals with medical conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs that prevent them from getting the vaccine.