Payroll & Accounting Specialist
Payroll & Accounting Specialist
San Francisco, California
|Direct (Permanent) Full Time
|$ 65,000 - $ 80,000 per year
San Francisco, California
Direct (Permanent) Full Time
$ 65,000 - $ 80,000 per year
January 26, 2026
|Job ID: TJ-NPOPayroll_1769456370
January 26, 2026
Job ID: TJ-NPOPayroll_1769456370
Job Summary
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Who We Are Tejay Segundino at Beacon Hill is partnering with a national advocacy organization focused on replacing ineffective criminal justice system policies with approaches that genuinely improve community safety. As key public safety stakeholders, we represent diverse crime survivors and individuals with past justice system involvement. Our organization brings members together with state leaders and coalition partners to advance reforms that interrupt cycles of crime, reduce costly incarceration, and strengthen community well‑being. We support a range of "shared safety" strategies, including crime prevention, community health, rehabilitation, economic mobility, and trauma recovery.
Who You Are We are seeking a Payroll & Accounting Specialist with strong technical skills and progressive accounting experience, particularly within nonprofit organizations. You bring excellent analytical abilities, a commitment to our mission, and extensive hands‑on experience coordinating and auditing core accounting functions such as payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger activities. You are a collaborative team player who is ready to dive in on day one, comfortable working with both direction and autonomy, and take pride in managing the day‑to‑day details of payroll and accounting. This is a sole‑contributor role with no direct reports.
Payroll (40%)
- Facilitate and optimize the bi-monthly (e.g., twice per month) payroll process, utilizing Paylocity:
- Process Coordination
- Lead the coordination of the bi-monthly payroll process to ensure the timely and accurate submission.
- Transfer time/labor data and generate the initial payroll batch at least four business days prior to the pay date; incorporate review notes from Human Resources (HR) and/or the Senior Accountant, as needed.
- Run the Payroll Register and Summary reports and securely document records.
- Annually update employee allocations within the Paylocity system.
- Investigate and resolve all instances of missing hours for hourly employees, notifying HR as necessary
- Review benefit coding in Paylocity during each payroll cycle to ensure pay codes are accurately reflected.
- Employee and Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary point of contact for all employee payroll inquiries and issues.
- Send and manage regular correspondences to employees (e.g., emails, monthly newsletter announcements, etc.) to ensure timely submission and approval of time worked and time-off requests by the 7th and 17th of each month.
- Conduct payroll training for new hires and/or supervisors.
- Collaborated with HR to assist with updating employee records and processing payroll.
- Partner with the People Operations Specialist to submit state and local tax reporting and registration (monthly, quarterly, annual), as required.
- Assist the Senior Accountant in resolving issues or other matters related to state withholding taxes.
- Reporting and Compliance
- Run requested reports for the auditor and executive team on an annual basis.
- Prepare the necessary payroll documentation to support annual insurance reporting or other applicable compliance requests.
- Stay up-to-date and ensure compliance with all state and federal payroll laws and regulations.
Purchase Cards / Corporate Cards (35%)
- Administer and streamline the p-card process, utilizing Navan and banking systems:
- P-Card Management Administration
- Partner with HR, throughout the employee lifecycle (i.e., new hire, job transition, supervision, etc.), to determine and manage p-card eligibility; coordinate and facilitate the p-card administration and management processes.
- Manage issues related to lost or stolen p-cards.
- Liaise with HR to ensure timely card closure and collection during the offboarding process.
- Transaction Review and Compliance
- Ensure that all p-card transactions comply with internal policies, specifically verifying adequate supporting documentation (e.g., receipts) and proper functional supervisor approval, resolving discrepancies with employees and divisional leaders as needed.
- Review transaction validity and conduct data analysis to identify and research unusual activity.
- System and Vendor Management
- Serve as the primary administrator and contact point for Navan.
- Maintain and ensure seamless integration between expense systems (i.e., Navan, banks) and the organization's financial and accounting systems.
- Expense Accounting
- Complete required period-end journal entries via our NetSuite accounting system.
Accounts Payable (A/P) (15%)
- Monitor and audit all 501(c)(4) accounts payable, utilizing NetSuite:
- Vendor Record Administration
- Administer vendor records in NetSuite, including record creation, system input, confirmation of contract and banking information, and accuracy review.
- Partner with the Grants/Contracts and Legal/Compliance departments to ensure vendor contracts are finalized prior to processing invoices.
- Invoice Processing and AP Reporting/Analysis
- Process vendor invoices for payment using the NetSuite system.
- Twice monthly, partner with the Finance/Accounting team to compile the AP Aging Report (as of the 15th and last day of the month), providing explanations for past-due vendor invoices when necessary.
- Contribute to quarterly and annual financial reporting for executive leadership and/or the board of directors.
- 501(c)(4) Mailbox Management
- Manage the dedicated 501(c)(4 financial )mailbox, handling approximately 20-30 emails per week and responding to inquiries as necessary.
Other Items As Assigned (10%)
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