Financial Analyst - Payment Specialist

Join our team as a Financial Analyst - Payment Specialist and play a pivotal role in our payroll and AP operations. Responsible for ensuring precision in monthly union payments, verifying accuracy, and adeptly coordinating and reconciling transactions while maintaining meticulous payment records. We seek a team player known for their factual accuracy, calm demeanor, and attentive listening skills. With a strong process-driven approach and consistency, you'll navigate financial complexities with caution and fairness.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Liaison with Payroll admins and accounts payable to make union payments and update the tracking tool
• Work with accounting to reconcile union accruals against payments and implement corrective actions
• Liaison between internal teams and unions to address employee and company-level changes (i.e., union roles, increases, rate increases, contact changes, payment type changes, etc.)
• Responsible for handling union-related physical mail and logging issues and outcomes within the monthly union checklist file
• Assist with auditing coding sheets for accuracy
• Collect the necessary information from each union to properly set up new accounts and payments within accounting and accounts payable
• Log and track union payment discrepancies each month
• Collaboration with payroll to maintain the union folder structure organized and keep track of all agreements and pension filings
• Collaboration with payroll in maintaining checklists for expired wage sheets
• Responsible for compiling year-end audit reporting requirements related to unions for the annual financial statements including headcount, union pension funding status, contract expiration, and contributions needed for disclosures.
• Create and maintain union-related reports.
• Assist with monthly model creation for electrical and carpenter union
• Assisting with union audits
• Other duties as assigned

Please note that this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

Desired Skills, Certifications, and Education:

• Advanced excel skills
• Highly organized with Excellent written and oral communications
• Knowledge of unions +
• Knowledge of ADP +
• Ability to handle large volumes of data
• Experienced in reconciling data between multiple systems
• Minimum of Associate degree in accounting or 3-5 years’ experience in union remittance processing