Position Accountabilities and Essential Functions:

• Perform review of stipends input by Payroll staff each pay period, providing vital control function in the payroll process.
• Responsible for annual W-2 reconciliation and preparation, and the related reporting to the Social Security Administration, the State of Michigan and the City of Saginaw, and others that may arise. Preparation of audit workpapers relative to payroll liabilities and expenses.
• Remittance of ORS and Friend of the Court payments on a bi-weekly basis, and review of the payroll tax liability worksheet prepared by the Payroll Manager.
• Requires knowledge of employee positions, job classifications and fringe benefits, as well as the related laws and regulations.
• Understanding of the Colleague payroll software and how it integrates with the other Colleague modules is also required.
• Also requires the ability to prepare various SSRS reports.
• Calculate President's farmhouse stipend and gross up payment to cover taxes.
• Also responsible for year-end payroll accrual journal entries and summarizing this information in workpapers for the annual financial statement audit.
• Financial accounting and reporting for the Delta College Foundation. Includes full responsibility for all general ledger activity and the related reconciliation between the Foundation's Blackbaud and Colleague general ledger systems.
• Involves working closely with Foundation staff and Controller to ensure that all transactions are properly recorded in accordance with FASB accounting principles and reconciled with contributions recorded by Foundation staff in the Raiser's Edge benefactor database.
• Provide internal control and procedural guidance to Foundation staff to ensure accuracy of accounting for contributions.
• Perform second level review of pledge reports prepared by Foundation staff for accounting accuracy and general ledger recording.
• Analyze and prepare Foundation transfers to the College for review and approval by the Foundation Executive Director.
• Prepare financial reports for the Foundation's Executive Director and Board of Directors.
• Requires comprehensive understanding of Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and general ledger software and related system maintenance/upgrades.
• Prepare Foundation's year-end audited financial statements, audit workpapers, annual IRS Form 990 and State of Michigan License to Solicit.
• Provide support to independent auditors during annual audit.
• Monitor Endowed Teaching Chair (ETC) award accounts and calculate ETC stipends using models in Colleague to ensure stipend plus associated benefits does not exceed funds available in the award.
• Prepare scholarship funding spreadsheet for Foundation staff to use when awarding scholarships to stay within budget. Accounting for all College capital assets (equipment, building and infrastructure) relative to GASB 34/35 requirements, including purchases, disposals, gains/losses and depreciation.
• Involves working closely with Facilities Management, Purchasing and others in the College to maintain accuracy of reporting and control over capital assets. Compile year-end audit work-papers and work closely with Controller and independent auditors relative to audit of capital asset activity.
• Review, reconcile and record all Endowment Fund investment activity handled through Morgan Stanley, the contracted investment manager, and maintain appropriate supporting documentation and work-papers.
• Calculate investment returns to verify reasonableness of those provided by the investment manager, as well as to compare with the established investment objectives.
• Prepare schedule that unitizes the pooled investment activity among the individual endowments within the Endowment Fund.
• Calculate and record annual distributions from the Endowment Fund based upon the approved distribution policy.
• Financial administration of the tax-sheltered annuity (IRS Section 403(b)) activity.
• Also responsible for uploading bi-weekly payroll deduction data to the College's third party administrator for the Flexible Spending (IRS Section 125) and Health Savings Account plans and performing the monthly reconciliation of the bank account for these plans. Requires an in-depth understanding of these College benefit programs and the regulations governing them and on-going communication with the College's Benefit's Manager in the Human Resources Office.
• Other miscellaneous accounting duties as assigned. This category includes various bank account reconciliations, remittance of monthly sales tax payments and preparation of the annual sales and use tax report, reconciliation and deposit of designated scholarship checks, providing assistance to the Controller with various projections needed for preparation of the College's annual budget.

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree with accounting major, or equivalent knowledge and skills with concentration or experience in accounting is required
• Experience working with computerized payroll and general ledger systems is required
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office software is required, particularly Excel
• Minimum of three years of position-related experience is required
• Strong analytical skills are required

Additional Experiences Considered:

• Bachelors degree with accounting major, or equivalent knowledge and skills with concentration or experience in accounting is preferred.
• Previous experience with employee benefit plan administration, including Flexible Spending and 403(b) Tax Sheltered Annuity plans.
• Payroll related experience preferred, including preparation of IRS Form W2

Application Deadline:

Status:

Open Until Filled: Yes

About Delta College

Successful candidates must demonstrate experience, skills, and commitment to fostering an environment of diversity in student, faculty and staff.Delta College, established in 1961, offers 150 transfer and career certificate and associate degree programs, and enrolls nearly 11,000 students each semester at its main campus and three learning centers.Delta College enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’s leading community colleges. Contributing factors to this achievement are its enduring commitment to excellence, passion for innovation and focus on people. Those values can be seen in its AQIP Higher Learning Commission accreditation, charter membership in the National League for Innovation, Achieving the Dream participation, environmental stewardship and unique shared governance system.The College’s service area is comprised of Bay, Midland and Saginaw counties, each with its own appealing personality and features, located adjacent to Lake Huron in mid-Michigan. Delta College - one of America's leading community colleges!

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