What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Manager position at Community Memorial Health System?
Overview
Community Memorial Health System is a community-owned, not-for-profit organization that consists of two hospitals and 15 community clinics including family-practice, urgent care, our residency program, and several specialties within Ventura County. We are fully accredited by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), licensed by the California Department of Public Health and ISO 9001:2015 certified.
Located close to the beach, just 60 miles north of Los Angeles, is Community Memorial Hospital. Our 242-bed, acute care facility, is committed to providing quality patient care in an environment that promotes clinical excellence and innovative leadership.
Ojai Valley Community Hospital, an affiliate of Community Memorial Hospital is a 25-bed general acute care facility designated as a Critical Access Hospital with a distinct part 66 bed skilled nursing facility. OVCH provides inpatient, outpatient, and skilled nursing services for mostly primary and secondary care needs. In addition, we operate a 24-hour standby emergency department.
CMHS offers some of the best benefits in the industry, along with great career choices, training, and leadership development. At our facility, our employees share their enthusiasm for life as well as for helping others. As you balance your work life with your other passions, we're there for you every step of the way.
CMHS offers excellent benefits, such as Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and AD&D insurance. We also offer a comprehensive 403(b) retirement plan, flexible spending accounts, paid time off, and a variety of other great benefits.
If you are interested in joining teams that meld quality care and compassion to create an environment of excellence, please take a moment to discover more about what it's like to work at Community Memorial Health System.
“We are an AA/EEO/Veterans/Disabled Employer”
Responsibilities
The Payroll Manager is responsible for overseeing the payroll function, time and attendance, and the daily workflow of the department. Duties include management of payroll processes, timely and accurate completion of employee pay, coordinating federal and state tax reporting, audits, managing filing and legal requirements, and ad-hoc reporting. Demonstrates strong people management skills, the ability work on a team, and creates and maintains a positive and collaborative work atmosphere. Provides a customer service focused approach to all internal employee payroll issues and deliberately communicates sensitive information. Exhibits a positive can do attitude and comfortable working in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment with the ability to confidently interact and communicate with all staff levels within the organization. Demonstrates detail oriented and exceptional organization skills with the ability to prioritize, multitask, and meet deadlines under minimal supervision.
Supervisory Responsibilities:This position supervises and directs the payroll team and is responsible for recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and training new staff in the department. Oversees the daily workflow of the department. Provides constructive and timely performance evaluations.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
- Five (5) years of experience calculating and processing in-house payroll, including payroll tax reporting
- Three (3) years of progressive supervisory or management experience in payroll
- Three (3) years of experience working with payroll software
- Three (3) years of payroll function experience, including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes
- Proven ability to interpret payroll procedures and policies, CA Employer’s Guide, and the IRS Employer’s Tax Guide
Preferred:
- Master’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or related certification
- One (1) year of prior work experience with Kronos, Meditech and/or ExpressNet software
- One (1) year of Healthcare experience
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, Access, Excel and Outlook
