Payroll Senior Accountant

The Opportunity Alliance is looking to fill our Payroll Senior Accountant position with our Finance department.  

As a Payroll Senior Accountant, your primary focus is the proper recording of ledger entries, journal entries and account reconciliations for timely and accurate reporting of monthly financial statements in order to provide financial decision support to senior management.  This position will support requests from other Administrative Departments as needed and assists the Controller and/or CFO as needed, including completion of special projects and analysis’.  There is substantial involvement with the annual audit.  You will interact with many departments and employees and will be responsible for analyzing and maintaining automated payroll and accounting systems, including communication and training for end users.  In this position you will be required to express professionalism in both written and oral communications and have strong customer service skills.

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week, hourly paid position.

Regular business hours M – F.

Location: Opportunity to work remotely in Maine. Onsite orientation is required. Office is located in South Portland, ME.

*Position can also work remotely in ME, MA, AZ, CO, or NY

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and eight or more years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required in accounting and payroll processing for an organization with over 400 employees.
• Knowledge of generally accepted principles and practices and laws related to payroll, taxes, and benefits.
• Demonstrated, high level, knowledge of relational databases and MS Excel required.
• Experience administrating a payroll software system required, experience with ADP highly preferred.
• Excellent interpersonal skills needed.
• Outstanding attention to detail required.
• Must be able to successfully pass a criminal background, child protective service check & sex offender check.
• Must not be on the state or federal suspension and disbarment list.
• Normal office conditions such as sitting, with occasional standing, walking, reaching, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, typing and lifting up to 10 pounds.
• Driving may be necessary to attend meetings and trainings but is not a primarily and essential job responsibility.

Benefits: Our benefits include but are not limited to:

(offered to full-time and part-time employees)

• Generous paid time off accrual
• 9 paid holidays per calendar year and up to 3 floating holidays per calendar year 
• Excellent medical benefits at very reasonable cost 
• Dental and Vision insurance options 
• Agency paid basic life insurance and STD & LTD disability insurances 
• 403(b) retirement with a generous agency match (all employees are eligible)
• Tuition Reimbursement – offered once per year through an application process
• The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a qualified employer under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.

To learn more about our benefits please visit, https://www.opportunityalliance.org/explore-our-benefits

Who we are…

The Opportunity Alliance is “Helping People Reach for a Brighter Future”.

Mission: The Opportunity Alliance works with people to build better lives and stronger communities. We provide advocacy, leadership, and support to identify the goals and address the needs of individuals, families, and communities.

The Opportunity Alliance (TOA) is a dynamic, results-focused Community Action Agency providing approximately 50 integrated community-based and clinical programs serving more than 20,000 people annually throughout the state of Maine. With over 50 years of experience, TOA draws from a comprehensive set of programs which address issues such as mental health, substance use, homelessness, lack of basic needs, and access to community supports. Through an extensive array of services, TOA provides opportunities for individuals to stabilize fragile situations and then works with them to achieve self-sufficiency. TOA is client-focused with extensive experience working with diverse client populations. TOA programming includes four key sectors of service:

• Mental Health & Wellness
• Community Building
• Family & Early Childhood Education
• Economic Resources

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The Opportunity Alliance is an affirmative action / equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you are viewing this posting on a third-party site, please visit our website at https://opportunityalliance.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Careers to apply.

Please submit a cover letter and resume along with your application.

Thank you!