At St. Luke’s, we pride ourselves on fostering a workplace culture that values diversity, promotes collaboration, and prioritizes employee well-being. Our commitment to excellence in patient care extends to creating an environment where our team can thrive both personally and professionally. With opportunities for growth, competitive benefits, and a supportive community of colleagues, St. Luke’s is truly a great place to work.

What You Can Expect:

The Senior Shared Services Specialist is associated with a transaction-intensive, centralized operation that is designed to serve as a resource for management in preparing, reviewing, auditing, and processing accounts payable and payroll. Helps ensure compliance with company policies as well as applicable state and federal regulations.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Shared Services Specialist is associated with a transaction-intensive, centralized operation that is designed to serve as a resource for management in preparing, reviewing, auditing, and processing accounts payable and payroll. Helps ensure compliance with company policies as well as applicable state and federal regulations.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Individual incumbents may be responsible for a general overview or may specialize in one or more of the functional areas of Accounting/Finance listed below:

Payroll:
The Sr. Payroll Specialist duties are varied and require an extensive knowledge of various manual and computerized payroll systems and company practices and procedures.

• Supports Infor GHR Payroll System in the areas of tax rate updates, testing system upgrades, changes and tax audit reviews.
• Acts at technical expert level on one or more payroll process flows.
• Performs advanced and/or complex duties requiring independent decisions and extensive, diversified professional experience and knowledge.
• Works with projects and groups to develop or change existing payroll processes to accommodate changes in business model.
• May assist in new hire orientation.
• May assume lead responsibilities within assigned functional area.
• Acts as subject matter expert regarding employment tax and other payroll related issues with Benefits, Human Resources, and Accounting Departments.
• Responsible for duties related to the full cycle processing of payroll in accordance with company, state, and federal policies and regulations.
• Conducts special research that are unique in nature related to pay practices which may result in recalculation of pay history.
• Responsible for proper documentation/authorization to support transactions as related to physician compensation and “unique” pay situations.
• Processes employee withholdings including garnishments and levies based on state and federal law.

Accounts Payable:
The Sr. Accounts Payable Specialist aides in the application of principles of accounting and, with experience, may handle complex tasks.

• Utilizes knowledge of accounting principles related to classifying, recording, summarizing data and making computations to compile and keep financial records.
• Acts at technical expert level on one or more accounts payable process flows.
• Finalizes accounting reports.
• Studies and analyzes accounting records for purposes of preparing statements and reports.
• Works with projects and groups to develop or change existing accounts payable processes to accommodate changes in business model.
• Deals with multiple legal entities, set of books and various bank accounts.
• Prepares invoices and requisitions for payment.
• Processes, performs research, identifies errors/discrepancies and makes corrections to invoice.
• Research and resolve discrepancies with vendors and hospital departments.
• Maintains and reviews vendors' invoices for taxing requirements in order to maintain compliance with all IRS regulations.
• Reviews and prioritizes invoices according to contractual agreements with vendors.
• Under limited supervision, performs professional level support activities in one or more functional areas of accounting/finance. Uses established procedures to perform assigned tasks.
• May assume lead responsibilities within assigned functional area.
• Performs advanced and/or complex duties requiring independent decisions and extensive, diversified professional experience and knowledge.
• Provides reports that may be complex in nature to management, as requested.
• May act as backup to one or more processes outside of area of expertise.
• Resolves problems using advanced knowledge of procedures and policies.
• Analyzes and interprets company policies, procedures and state and federal regulations affecting the assigned functional area.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Education: High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience: 4 years relevant experience

At St. Luke’s, caring for people in the communities we serve is our mission – and this includes our own SLHS team. We offer a robust benefits package to support our teams both professionally and personally. In addition to a competitive salary and retirement plans, we ensure our team feels supported in their benefits beyond the typical medical, dental, and vision offerings. We care about you and have fantastic financial and physical wellness options, such as: on-site massages, on-site counseling via our Employee Assistance Program, access to the Virgin Pulse Wellness tool, as well as other formal training and career development offerings to ensure you are meeting your career goals.

St. Luke’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, religion, color, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by law.

*Please note: this posting is not reflective of all job duties and responsibilities and is intended to provide an overview to job seekers.