Financial Reporting Director jobs in Newport, RI

Financial Reporting Manager

Duties: Plans, organizes, assigns and reviews the work of accounting, technical and clerical staff; reviews work in process and upon completion for accuracy, adequacy and conformance with law, policies and accepted accounting practices and procedures. Oversee daily payroll preaudit; financial reporting; accounting; and administration.

A thorough knowledge of the principles and practices of governmental finances, payroll, payroll taxes, benefits, retirement funds, union contracts, payroll preaudit, principles and practices of the state's accounting system; the ability to design, analyze and interpret complex accounting systems, procedures and financial reports; The ability to execute complex financial account reconciliations; the ability to plan, organize, supervise and review the work of a professional, technical and clerical staff engaged in governmental accounting work; and related capacities and abilities.

Intermediate level knowledge of Excel, databases, and word processing software

Ability to prioritize assignments

Focus on accuracy

Detail oriented

Education: Possession of a Bachelor or Master’s Degree from a college of recognized standing with specialization in finance, accounting, business management, or public administration; and Experience: Such as may have been gained through five years’ experience in finance, accounting, or public management, including some work at a responsible administrative or management level.

List of actual tasks

Manage/research/update ERSRI records

Manage/research/update TIAA records

Manage the bi-weekly Payroll Process

Manage Quarterly Tax Filing Process

Manage Annual Tax Filing Process

Manage/research/update PSW-Fidelity records

Reconciliations

Quarterly Co-Share Retro Calculation

Quarterly TIAA Forfeiture Calculation

Monthly NIC Invoice

Audit

Quarterly PayStub RI Admin and Service Center Users

Write/Post Public Payroll Notices as necessary

AdHoc

Track/sign Timesheets for Central Payroll

Bank of America Reporting as needed

APRA request as needed

Upload SSA verification files and distribute results

Write Procedures as needed

Minimum of intermediate skill level on Excel

Knowledge of Power Point, Adobe, Word

Strong understanding of the total Payroll process and how it interacts with Human Resources and the Financial Statements. Including, but not limited to:

Gross wage calculations

Deductions

Taxes

Retirement plans

Labor distribution

The ability to perform in depth analysis of payroll records

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $60.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Paid time off

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Work Location: In person