"Senior Accountant"

Details

Posted: 16-Jan-26

Location: Rockville Centre, New York

Type: Full-time

Salary: $60,000 to $65,000

Categories: Financial, Staff/Administrative

Employment Type: Full-time

Organization Type: Higher Education Institution

Required Education: Bachelor’s

Internal Number: 1525

SCHEDULE: Monday - Friday, 9:00am to 5:00pm

Evening, holiday, or weekend work required: During year-end and quarterly closes and budget season.

HOURS/WEEK and MONTHS/YEAR: 35 hours/week and 52 weeks/year

FLSA STATUS: Exempt, Salaried

GENERAL PURPOSE

Support the processing of all the payrolls and be the payroll back-up. Review employee reimbursements and prepare the payroll journal entries. Run various payroll reports. Prepare, analyze, and fund TIAA contributions and employer match. Reconcile tuition remission.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review and process all employee reimbursement and provide support to employees.
• Cross trained in order to act as backup for processing the staff and faculty payroll. Prepare and enter all payroll related journal entries.
• Prepare, analyze, and fund TIAA contributions and employer match. Reconcile Flex spending account with third party schedules. Coordinator, track and reconcile tuition remission.
• Quarterly reconciliation of budget to actual for staff and faculty payroll.
• Prepare salary and fringe schedules for Form 990. Prepare necessary schedules for employee total compensation report.
• Perform special projects, analyses, and tasks as required.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree (Accounting).
• 3 to 5 years of work related experience
• Strong financial analytical skills
• Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word)
• Databases

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Statistical Software or similar accounting software
• Payroll system - ADP or similar

About Molloy University

Molloy University, an independent, Catholic university rooted in the Dominican tradition of study, spirituality, service and community, is committed to academic excellence with respect for each person. Through transformative education, Molloy promotes a lifelong search for truth and the development of ethical leadership.