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Senior Payroll Specialist

Kindred At Home

Senior Payroll Specialist

Shawnee Mission, KS +1 location
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

     

    I BELIEVE THAT BETTER CARE BEGINS AT HOME. Compassionate care, uncompromising service and clinical excellence – that’s what our patients have come to expect from our clinicians. Kindred at Home, a division of Kindred Healthcare Inc., is the nation’s leading provider of comprehensive home health, hospice, and non-medical home care services.

     

     

     

    Kindred at Home, and its affiliates, delivers compassionate, high-quality care to patients and clients in their homes or places of residence, including non-medical personal assistance, skilled nursing and rehabilitation and hospice and palliative care. Our caregivers focus on each unique patient to deliver the appropriate care and emotional support to our patients and their families.

     

     

    • Prepares/reviews multi-state checks, researches/corrects errors and facilitates the accurate/timely processing of Caregiver and Administrative payroll. 
    • Issues manual checks as necessary. 
    • Maintains system files which impact gross/net calculations and general ledger transaction records. 
    • Reviews/maintains profiles which impact leaves of absences, terminations, severance, new hires, salary increases, cost center changes, etc.
    • Updates/enters/maintains multi-state employee/bonus/pre-tax and post-tax deductions and refunds correction information into Caregiver and Administrative payroll systems.  Works closely with HRIS on benefits, 401k (caregiver, administrative and per diem), ESPP, MetLife and group term life deductions, maintenance, reconciliation and payments.
    • Contacts employees/line management to obtain/provide additional information/clarification as needed. Researches information for branch audits and summons, subpoenas, and forgery/fraud cases.  Checks/audits timekeeping records for compliance with established standards.
    • Maintains direct deposit accounts, manual 401k input (balancing, entitlement pay, adjustments, bank wires and loans), relocations, profile set up, severances, enhanced severances, car allowances, incentive compensation/commission payouts, and related bank/tax information.  Inspects automated system reports/registers, corrects general ledger transaction codes.  Balances tax wage base report and differences.  Balances W-2 register for year end.  Assists with W2 phone calls, Care team Program etc.
    • Issues manual checks, voids checks, prepares stop payments/corrected checks and updates payroll system as appropriate.  Provides payroll information for employment verification.
    • Maintains direct deposit accounts and related bank/tax information on payroll systems.
    • Generates/reviews reports and audits/corrects information to payroll systems.  Notifies/forwards corrections to Finance/Tax Department managers as necessary.
    • Assists in the implementation, support and training for the Time and Attendance employee time card entry system, and other projects as assigned.
    • Works under general supervision.
    • Abides by and demonstrates the company Mission – Vision – Values through both behavior and job performance on a day-to-day basis.

    Required Skills

    • Associate’s degree in Finance or Business or the equivalent plus a minimum of five years automated multi-state payroll processing/bookkeeping experience generally required. 
    • Strong knowledge of payroll regulations (Department of Labor and multi-state) also required. 
    • Excellent communication, customer service and computer/software skills also required.
    • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 
    • The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 
    • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    Required Experience

     

    All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

  • Qualifications
    • Associate’s degree in Finance or Business or the equivalent plus a minimum of five years automated multi-state payroll processing/bookkeeping experience generally required. 
    • Strong knowledge of payroll regulations (Department of Labor and multi-state) also required. 
    • Excellent communication, customer service and computer/software skills also required.
    • To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 
    • The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. 
    • Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
  • Locations
    Shawnee Mission, KS • Overland Park, KS