Paychex Looking for Client Accounting Specialist – Advance Partners at Rochester, NY  Full Time

Performs independently various financial or accounting duties of increasingly more complex functions. Provides support to clients and team members.

Responsibilities

Advance Partners is an entrepreneurial and rapidly growing specialty finance and business services company. Advance provides payroll funding, working capital, back office support and a variety of strategic services to independent staffing firms. Founded in 1998, and based in Cleveland, Ohio, we provide over $5 billion in annual financing to over 350 entrepreneurial staffing firms of all sizes. Our mission is to help staffing firms grow. In 2015, Advance Partners was acquired by Paychex, Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYX) a leading provider of integrated human capital management solutions for payroll, HR, retirement, and insurance services. Advance Partners is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Paychex, Inc. For more information about Advance Partners visit

Please note: The person who fills this role will work a hybrid schedule of at least 2-3 days in the office in Highland Hills, OH or Rochester NY.

The shift is Monday – Friday approx. 8:30 am – 5:30 pm ET.

• Processes, researches, reconciles and analyzes key data within designated group to ensure financial and quality standards are met.
• Helps maintain and train Accounting Specialists on procedures and procedure changes and reinforces current processes and procedures to ensure compliance with Sarbanes Oxley requirements.
• Verifies the completeness and consistency of accounting or financial transactions to ensure that controls and policies are being met.
• Acts as a resource for clients regarding processed transactions and reaches out to resolve cash posting exceptions.
• Generates, reviews and distributes reports to ensure accuracy of data and compliance with both Paychex policies and Sarbanes Oxley.
• Prepares, trains and engages in monthly team and department meetings to ensure continued technical and self-development.
• Evaluates transactions and alerts appropriate members of management of potential fraud or other financial risk factor promptly to ensure any impact on the business can be evaluated and appropriate action taken.
• Participates in meetings affecting area of responsibility to stay informed regarding risk factors that need to be monitored.
• Other duties and projects as assigned.

Qualifications