Payroll Manager

POSITION OVERVIEW

NBME's Finance unit is currently seeking to hire an experienced and knowledgeable Payroll Manager to manage all aspects of the payroll function. This position will own and manage the payroll process, including oversight of all payroll policies and procedures, reporting, internal controls, and compliance with payroll tax laws across multiple state and local jurisdictions.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Statement

At NBME, we continue to innovate and improve how we fulfill the evolving needs of the health care community. This commitment starts and ends with the people at NBME. By recruiting and empowering talented individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds, which includes professionals with diverse life experiences, abilities, and perspectives, NBME can take a well-informed, robust approach to advancing medical education and assessment for years to come. We also continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, workplace culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community and the broader medical education landscape.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all payroll functions for NBME and the NBME Retirement Income Plan
• Process bi‐weekly multi‐state payroll for approximately 500 employees
• Process monthly NBME Retirement Income Plan payroll for approximately 200 pensioners
• Work closely with Human Resources to ensure all new hires, terminations or changes to active employees are reflected accurately and timely in the payroll system
• Ensure proper payroll taxes are setup and process deductions and garnishments
• Oversee the payroll functions associated with the NBME 401(k) Plan and ensure the appropriate employee and employer contributions are processed accurately and timely
• Prepare payroll reconciliations and journal entries
• Run periodic payroll reports as needed; develop new reports to support business needs if necessary
• Support or lead new or emerging changes to the payroll function including working with colleagues both internally and externally to register for state income tax withholding and/or state unemployment contributions in new states
• Continually assess the internal controls associated with the payroll function and implement improvements as required
• Act in the capacity of a subject matter expect for payroll‐related matters within the organization
• Perform special projects associated with payroll as needed

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Abilities

• Experience with ADP WorkforceNow
• Experience with Oracle ERP
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, etc.)
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) preferred
• Hands on payroll experience required
• Supervisory experience not required

Experience

• 5 years of progressive payroll experience

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in accounting, business administration or related field preferred

About NBME:

NBME offers a versatile selection of high-quality assessments and educational services for students, professionals, educators, regulators and institutions dedicated to the evolving needs of medical education and health care. To ensure our assessments meet the highest standards of quality, stay relevant and align to the current curriculum in medical schools and training programs, we rely on a wide network of collaborators. These include the volunteers who help develop our exam questions, the committees and panels who represent various groups within the medical education community, external researchers and health profession organizations.

We are committed to meeting the needs of educators and learners globally with assessment products and expert services such as NBME® Subject Examinations, Customized Assessment Services, Self-Assessments, the International Foundations of Medicine® Program and Item Writing Workshops. Together with the Federation of State Medical Boards, NBME develops and manages the United States Medical Licensing Examination®, which measures the ability to apply knowledge and skills that form the basis of safe and effective patient care. Our Competency-based Assessment unit is focused on new methods as well as the optimization of assessment in the workplace and education.

As a result of leadership in ongoing research, innovative measurement practices and the exploration of forward-thinking assessment modalities and improvements, NBME advances assessment science. Our grant and funding opportunities further support this dedication to medical education and assessment science. We help develop the next generation of assessment professionals through our Summer Psychometric Internship Program. Through the Stemmler Fund, Strategic Educators Enhancement Fund and Latin America Grants Program, researchers and educators can continue to improve the assessment of health care professionals around the world.

NBME views diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as foundational and enduring to our strategy and vision. We continue to focus on ensuring that our DEI work is impactful and ingrained in everything we do, including with our staff, culture, products and services, the Philadelphia community and the broader medical education landscape. Our commitment manifests in our hiring and staff development, recruitment for committees, grants programs, design and review of our assessments, and involvement in our local and national communities.

Learn more about NBME at NBME.org.

The NBME offers competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a rewarding work environment. Excellent Benefits include: Healthcare, Dental, Prescription, and Vision plans; 401(k) w/match, Tuition Reimbursement Plan, Commuter Benefit: Public Transit or Parking options. Remote Friendly Workplace.

COVID-19 Considerations:

Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be a condition of employment, subject to potential reasonable accommodations for legitimate medical or religious reasons which prevent such vaccination. Applicants who have received a conditional offer of employment will be requested to provide information about their COVID-19 vaccination status.

NBME is an equal opportunity employer as defined by the EEOC.