Payables and Payroll Accountant

We are looking for an organized and detail-oriented individual with experience in payables accounting to process our invoices and process our bi-weekly payroll. We are hiring a Payables and Payroll Accountant that will review and process invoice, employee reimbursement requests, and ensure accurate and timely processing of payroll. Reporting to our Controller, you will be the responsible for all payables and payroll actions. Additional duties will include assisting with month-end closeout as well as assisting with help tickets for customers with accounting issues. Ideal candidates will have 2-4 years experience in payables/payroll processing or a degree in accounting.

A typical day for this position involves monitoring emails and processing incoming AP invoices. Responsible for the entire AP process you will be responsible for keeping organized records and files of all vendors. You will be asked to process weekly check runs. You will also own our employee spend management system through the Visa Spend Clarity software. You will review reimbursement requests and receipts and ensure all transactions are properly coded to the GL. You will be responsible for preparing, generating, and maintaining payroll documentation including issuing and processing employee pay, including commissions and bonuses. Other tasks include processing ACH batches, reconciling and closing books and pushing payments via vendor websites. As part of a small accounting team, you will own the payables and payroll processing portions of the Accounting Department and will be asked to cross-train to assist in other areas as well.

After one year, you’ll know you were successful if:

• You process AP invoices accurately and timely.
• You maintain a highly organized system that maintains all of our vendors and their contracts.
• You are a self-motivated individual that can complete their tasks with minimal supervision and support our customers by completing help-tickets.
• Be responsible for processing bi-weekly payroll.
• Coordinate with HR to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll.
• Reconcile payroll related accounts for month end processes.
• Assist with research regarding payroll tax inquiries, penalties, and overpayments.
  
  
  

If you are ready for this exciting opportunity, we invite you to apply now!

Company Overview

GrowthZone believes that communities matter, and associations are often unsung heroes in allowing communities and industries to thrive. We put our energy toward empowering those associations so they can in turn propel their members. We do this by working together to invent, develop and support the world’s leading association/membership software platforms. We are nestled in mid-Minnesota where we are expanding an operationally excellent, high growth SaaS company that rivals those in traditional tech hubs. We do this by serving our customers with excellence, serving each other and caring more about our team success than our own.

Location

GrowthZone is headquartered in Nisswa, Minnesota – a town located within the beautiful Brainerd Lakes Area and noted for its scenic beauty, resorts, golf courses, and lakes. This position may work remote. Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Full time team members are eligible to participate in GrowthZone's benefit package:

• Medical – GrowthZone offers three plans, so you can choose the one that meets your needs best (two High Deductible plans, and a Traditional plan).
• Company contribution for Health Savings Account or Flexible Spending Account
• Dental
• Vision
• Company paid Life Insurance for Employee
• Company paid Long Term Disability
• The ability to purchase Short Term Disability and additional life insurance and accidental insurance for employee, spouse, children
• Employer Paid EAP (Employee Assistance Plan)
• Immediate accrual of paid time off
• 4 Floating Holidays
• 8 Paid Holidays
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Flexible / Compressed Work Schedules
• Bereavement Pay
• 401k with company match
• Community/volunteer involvement
• Fun working environment, including business casual dress, company office parties, fun incentive programs, etc.