Communicare is a community mental health center in North Central Mississippi that serves Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate and Yalobusha counties. Communicare offers specialized treatment services for adults with serious mental illness, children with serious emotional disturbances, individuals with substance abuse disorders and individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Communicare is currently seeking a Payroll Clerk to work at our Layette County Office in Oxford, MS.

The position requires a Bachelor’s degree preferred with experience in healthcare, data collection, medical billing, etc. A high school diploma or equivalent will be accepted with the appropriate experience.

The Payroll Clerk is a very flexible position with a wide range of responsibilities – ranging from general completing and filing of accounting and bookkeeping materials; assisting with the preparation of weekly Account Payable checks; assisting with daily/weekly deposits; to assisting in maintaining the company Electronic Accounting system.

Responsibilities:

Maintain accurate personnel records for all employees within the EHR payroll system.

Produce semi-monthly and monthly payroll for all employees of the Center in a timely manner.

Provide accurate reports for all semi-monthly and monthly payroll taxes and supplemental deduction for all employees.

Maintain all payroll ledgers and journals: posting each monthly.

Prepare accurate and timely monthly cash reimbursement request detailing all monthly expenditures and relating such to the grant award.

Produce monthly by-program payroll reports, as directed by the Executive Director.

Perform other duties as assigned by the direct supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)

Bachelor’s degree with at least 2 years of experience.

Excellent time management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.

Satisfactory completion of CPR prior to reporting to the work site.

Satisfactory completion of CPI or MANDT within 30 days of employment.

Requires completion of annual trainings in compliance with DMH standards.

Online records management and excellent word processing skills..

Acceptable criminal background check.

Because we are the people who care, Communicare offers competitive benefits for full-time employees, including health protection plans, income protection, and paid time off.

Our popular benefits:

· Medical Insurance

· Critical Illness Insurance

· Life/AD&D/Long-Term Disability Insurance

· Dental/Vision/Term Life/Cancer coverage available

· Retirement Plan

· 403-B

· 403-B matching

· 11 Holidays per year

· 15 Annual Leave days per year (18 days after 3 years of employment)

· 15 Sick Leave per year

· Professional Development leave

· Jury leave

· Military leave