Accountant Payroll Focus
Eventide • Moorhead, Minnesota • Full Time
Posted on Sat, Jul 18, 2026
Eventide is hiring an Accountant with a payroll focus. This position will also provide accounting support to major financial accounting areas, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger accounting, and account reconciliation.
Ideal Candidate will have:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships with employees and managers.
- Proactive and independent with the ability to take initiative.
- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Familiarity with laws, regulations, and best practices applicable to payroll and benefits.
- Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn our HRIS system that manages the payroll and benefit functions.
Essential Job Duties:
Payroll
- Ensure accurate and timely processing of employee payroll.
- Reconciles payroll prior to payment and confirm report accuracy.
- Thoroughly examines and confirms timesheets, attendance records, and other pertinent documents to ensure precision and adherence to Eventide policies and legal obligations.
- Assists employees with any inquiries and promptly resolves any issues related to payroll in a professional and timely manner.
- Processes any necessary garnishment calculations to ensure compliance.
- Maintains confidentiality of employee information and payroll records at all times.
General Ledger
- Prepare and enter monthly payroll journal entries.
- Assist in the preparation of monthly workpapers, annual audit backup information and various cost report data.
- Review and process a variety of fiscal transactions.
- Ensure accurate and timely payment of payroll taxes including filing necessary tax forms.
Accounts Receivable
- Process the daily incoming cash payments for accounts receivable and scan to the bank.
- Work with the leaders at the campuses on security deposits/refunds.