Posted 1w ago

Senior Account & Payroll Clerk

@ Carlton County
Carlton, Minnesota, United States
$66k-$79k/yrOnsiteFull Time
Responsibilities:Manage payroll, Process accounts payable, Reconcile accounts
Requirements Summary:Two years of post-secondary accounting education and 2+ years accounting/clerical experience; valid driver’s license; bondability; strong MS Office skills.
Technical Tools Mentioned:Microsoft Office, Accounting software, Payroll system
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Job Description

CLOSES: 5/5/2026



 



 



Healthcare Benefits:



Family Health Insurance - Monthly Premium of $350.58



Single Health Insurance - Paid in Full by Employer



**HEALTH INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLES COVERED IN FULL WITH A VEBA ACCOUNT FUNDED BY EMPLOYER



 



BASIC FUNCTIONS: 




  • Audit and process bills and claims, post transactions, and balance and reconcile accounts to issue and receive payments and maintain appropriate accounting and bookkeeping records relating to departmental and countywide accounting activities, process personnel and payroll transactions.



 



ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Payroll Support




  • Manage the payroll process; conduct preliminary review and approve upon certification all bi-weekly payroll processing; maintain payroll registers and reports.

  • Review, approve and submit all payroll benefit, deduction and tax payments. Research and reconcile payroll and benefit account discrepancies.

  • Perform payroll aspects of employee benefits administration in coordination with Human Resources.

  • Create and maintain all payroll and benefit system codes in compliance with federal and state tax laws to execute pay transactions, coordinate the integration of outside time keeping, labor costing and accounting systems with payroll, and create and maintain all employee payroll system files. Provide payroll system information to other departments. 

  • Audit timesheets and related documents by recalculating and reviewing to ensure accuracy and conformance with relevant payment conditions, including approval compliance, appropriate coding, related editing. Research and correct discrepancies.

  • Edit and process bi-weekly payroll, generating checks, reports and associated documentation. 

  • Edit revisions to employee master payroll files.



Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable




  • Prepare, enter, edit, update, and maintain accounts payable, accounts receivable and payroll transactions, records, accounts, registers and ledgers.

  • Audit bills, claims and related documents by recalculating and reviewing to ensure accuracy and conformance with relevant payment conditions, including approval compliance, appropriate coding, 1099 identification, sales and use tax compliance and related editing. Research missing documentation, notify department supervisors and/or staff of incomplete or incorrect documentation and monitor responses to ensure payment deadlines are met.

  • Research past-due outstanding invoices, including contacting vendors and affected departments, obtaining necessary documentation and finalizing transactions.

  • Generate, edit, and process payment vouchers, generate warrants, reports and associated documentation.

  • Edit and process ACH and direct payments, generating bank uploads, vendor notifications and associated documentation and reports.

  • Maintain accuracy and completeness of vendor records, including establishing vendor file records, updating files and purging duplicate or discontinued vendors.

  • Prepare and initiate electronic payments and receipts according to policies and procedures.

  • Generate, review and edit monthly and annual reports, including ledgers and 1099 reports.



Accounting Support




  • Monitor balances and generate reports for various county funds and accounts. Balance accounts by computing totals and comparing results to external controls to ensure accuracy. Research and reconcile account discrepancies by identifying errors, tracing errors to their sources, obtaining correct data and entering and processing corrections.

  • Maintain general, control and subsidiary books of account by posting and monitoring transactions.

  • Prepare, edit and process expense and receipt corrections, creating warrants, required reports, updating associated records and voiding warrants as needed.

  • Provide technical assistance to all departments for account record keeping, reconciliation, billing, manual checks, voiding checks and other accounting services.

  • Provide quality control for general/revenue fund by auditing documentation submitted by staff.

  • Complete further processing of documentation submitted by Public Health & Human Services and Transportation accounting staff.