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The position provides confidential administrative payroll support.\nScope of Responsibility\nThe incumbent will perform recurring processes with occasional variations from the norm involving a high degree of complexity and will be responsible to operate within established procedures. Contacts contain some discussion about confidential/sensitive matters necessitating discretion at all times.\nWork is performed under moderate supervision from the Manager of Accounting and considerable judgment is expected to be exercised in the execution of duties. Errors in account coding could result in inaccurate reporting of C-TRAN’s financial condition.\nEssential Functions\nThe following summarizes the essential or key responsibilities/attributes of the position the incumbent will be required to perform with or without reasonable accommodation:\nCollects and audits individual payroll time sheets to be used as source documents for data input to payroll.\nVerifies vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours used and accrued. Ensures that required documentation has been received and approved.\nApplies Union Contract terms as they pertain to payroll issues.\nSets up and monitors garnishments.\nAssists with confidential payroll correspondence, which frequently contains confidential/sensitive information necessitating discretion at all times.\nCoordinates the payroll process including inputting payroll information into the computer, proofing of and processing payroll, and preparing checks for distribution.\nAssists employees with payroll questions to include researching historical payroll transactions as needed.\nPrepares monthly, quarterly, and year-end payroll reports such as workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, FICA, retirement system, credit union, union, deferred compensation, and W-2 statements, etc.\nReconciles monthly payroll related general ledger accounts.\nMaintains all payroll related records and monthly payroll checklist.\nProcesses accounts payable as it relates to payroll processing each month. Invoice for employee time and benefits accrued while conducting union business.\nPrepares recurring monthly journal entries and other journal entries as needed.\nOther Functions\nPerform transaction and account analysis to ensure correct account balances and prepare well-documented journal entries.\nCoordinate processing of accounts payable (including purchase cards), accounts receivable, cash, etc. in a timely manner. Assist with preparation of documents, data entry, and problem research and reconciliation as required. Provides support to other Finance Staff as needed.\nPerform other duties as assigned.\nKnowledge, Skills, and Abilities\nKnowledge of\nPolicies, procedures, and regulations of various financial record keeping systems.\nGeneral accepted accounting principles and the significance of account codes and classifications, accounts payable, and accounts receivable functions required.\nGovernment accounting methods, principles, and practices.\nModern organizational office methods, practices, and procedures.\nPayroll functions preferred.\nSkill in\nProficiency in 10-key, Microsoft Word, and Excel is highly desirable.\nResearch, compile, and analyze data and form sound conclusions.\nProcessing accounts receivable and/or accounts payable.\nAdvanced in Microsoft Office Suite and computerized financial applications required.\nAdvanced mathematical skills, with the ability to make accurate calculations rapidly.\nStrong in problem solving and critical thinking. Excellent verbal and written communication skills required in order to explain complex information in a clear, concise manner.\nAbility to\nWork effectively with all levels of staff and vendors with varying levels of expertise.\nExhibit tact and diplomacy to achieve desired results.\nMaintain confidentiality.\nSet up and maintain an accurate filing system.\nEducation and Experience\nBachelor’s Degree with related course work and emphasis in business administration, finance, or accounting.\nRequires at least three (3) years progressively responsible experience or experience sufficient to demonstrate complete competency and knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting.\nAny equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that proves the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.\nWorking Conditions\nResponsibilities of this position may result in frequent, abrupt, and unexpected changes in work assignments, goals, deadlines, and length and irregularity of work hours to complete assignments before or after the normal workday.\nAdditional Requirements\nRegular, dependable attendance required.\nA valid driver’s license from state of residence and a good driving record are preferred.\nMust be able to comply with C-TRAN’s nonsmoking policy and work in a nonsmoking work environment.\nMust maintain a physical condition, which, either with or without accommodation, allows completion of all essential duties.\nMust promote and model safety within the department and agencywide through reporting and addressing safety issues, supporting safety campaigns, maintaining a safe work area, assisting in safety training documentation, and certification record keeping.\nImmigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.\nIf selected for the position, documentation that you are a United States citizen, or an alien lawfully authorized to work in the United States will be required to establish your identity and work authorization in accordance with the employer’s obligation under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.\nCriminal Background Investigation.\nIf selected for this position, employment will be conditional, pending completion of a criminal background investigation.\nPublic Disclosure Policy No. 510\nAll employees are required to retain public records, in accordance with C-TRAN’s Public Disclosure Policy No. 510. A public record is defined in RCW 42.56.010 (3) as any writing that is prepared, owned, used, or retained by any state or local government agency, and which contains information that relates to the conduct of government, or the performance of any governmental or proprietary function. The term “writing” is broadly defined in the Public Records Act, to include not only traditional written records, but also photos, maps, videos, voicemails, webpage and social media content, emails, text messages and tweets (RCW 42.56.010 (4)).\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nThe statements contained herein reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal functions of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility, but should not be considered an all-inclusive list of work requirements. Individuals may perform other assigned duties, including work in other functional areas to cover absences or relief, to equalize peak work periods or otherwise to balance the workload.\nOur EEO Policy\nCTRAN is an equal opportunity employer (Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans).We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.","description_format":"text","description_chars":7783,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":[],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-15T18:08:49Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":30,"band":"fade","label":"Fading","p_open":1,"p_active":0.657,"p_room":0.45,"age_days":40,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:2","win:tail"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/c-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/c-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T13:59:36Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19108,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":2589536},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=2589536"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fc-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fc-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fc-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/c-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fc-tran-payroll-accounting-specialist"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":2638688}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"c-tran.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":2638688},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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