Payroll/Tax Technician

Located in North Carolina's third largest city, UNC Greensboro is among the most diverse, learner-centered public research universities in the state, with 18,000 students in eight colleges and schools pursuing more than 150 areas of undergraduate and over 200 areas of graduate study. UNCG continues to be recognized nationally for academic excellence, access, and affordability. UNCG is ranked No. 1 most affordable institution in North Carolina for net cost by the N.Y. Times and No. 1 in North Carolina for social mobility by The Wall Street Journal - helping first-generation and lower-income students find paths to prosperity. Designated an Innovation and Economic Prosperity University by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, UNCG is a community-engaged research institution with a portfolio of more than $67M in research and creative activity. The University's 2,600 staff help create an annual economic impact for the Piedmont Triad region in excess of $1B.

The UNCG Accounting Services Payroll/Tax unit provides operations administration and processing of all payrolls for UNCG and is responsible for the general accounting functions relating to payroll. The Payroll/Tax unit is responsible for timely and accurate payments of salary to faculty, staff and students as well as the monthly reconciliation, reporting and remittance of withheld taxes and employee payroll deductions. The Payroll/Tax unit also performs data control duties and provides accounting transactions for general ledger posting. Payroll/Tax accounting involves reconciling numerous Banner Finance clearing accounts related to payroll withheld taxes and deductions and preparing re-allocations entries, which ensure that labor cost for wages and benefits are expensed to appropriate Banner Finance accounts. In addition, the Payroll/Tax unit is responsible for all state and federal tax reporting related to payments made to foreign visitors (Nonresident Aliens), currently about 300 employees in 2017; including the formal interview process of each potential employee ensuring the appropriate visa documents are sufficient to qualify the applicant to work at UNCG.

An average of 5,400 employees are paid monthly with applicable tax remittance, reporting and filing to various State government and the federal government (i.e. quarterly/annual Form 941). In addition, the NC quarterly state unemployment is filed based upon applicable employee basis. Annual payroll totals are in excess of: $189 million in gross wages, $41 million in federal/fica taxes, $9 million in NC state taxes and 7,500 Form W-2s, with applicable maintenance of mandatory W-2 and NC-4 tax form documents and direct deposit information.

It is necessary for the person in this position to establish a satisfactory means of prioritizing work responsibilities in order to support the business affairs, financial management, assist other administrators, faculty, staff and students as needed and as assigned by the supervisor. The individual will serve as the - Payroll/Tax Technical Specialist - to administer, process and remit the University monthly payroll taxes to the federal and NC State governments and assists the Operations Manager with the reporting of the quarterly and annual tax returns. Also, the position will coordinate the day to day payroll/tax operations administration duties; provide guidance and collaborates with the campus departments, four human resource offices (Students, Human Resources, Faculty Personnel Services, and Graduate School) concerning payroll/tax related inquiries, employee pay issues and monthly payroll/tax administration and operations processing inquiries; and ensure that all payroll/tax administration and operations processing procedures are documented, maintained and updated continuously.

* Associate Accounting Degree and Certified Payroll Professional ( CPP) certification with 3 - 5 years of payroll/tax experience, practicing knowledge of complex pay calculations, account analysis and reconciliations in a fast pace Payroll/Tax - Accounting Operations Administration and Payroll Operations processing environment using a relational data base such as Banner HR.
* Detailed oriented, organized, problem solver, and team player with excellent communication and customer service skills.
* Proficient in Excel spreadsheet design creation with data comparisons.
* Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
* Experience in Higher Education.

If no applicants apply who meet the required competency level and training & experience requirements, then management may consider other applicants. Salary would be determined based on competencies, equity, budget, and market considerations.