**Essential Duties and Responsibilities** + Reviews, calculates, and reconciles payroll for termed Advisors and Branches and provides detailed reporting to support payment or collections of outstanding payroll entries. + Works closely with the Legal Department to support the demand and collections process including overseeing collections and/or write-off transactions. + Establishes contact and discussions with termed Advisors and/or Branch Managers to facilitate payments or collections. + Creates, reviews and/or audits reports on a regular basis. + Provides detailed reporting on collections, loan defaults, and held balances to business unit senior management. + Identifies potential process improvements to increase efficiency in processing or analyzing financial information. + Works with other areas of the firm on projects related to building and maintaining tracking systems. Participates or handles various projects as assigned. + Resolves or recommends solutions to complex problems. + Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned. **Knowledge of** + General office practices, procedures, and methods. + General payroll processing. + Intermediate accounting concepts, practices and procedures. + Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office applications. + Accrual based accounting practices. + Intermediate cost allocation concepts and practices. + Principles of banking and finance and securities industry operations. **Skill in** + Analyzing financial information. + Performing mathematical calculations. + Operating standard office equipment and using required software applications, including word processing, spreadsheets and databases. + Preparing, processing and maintaining transaction documentation, files, and records. + Organizational and time management sufficient to prioritize workload, handle multiple tasks, and meet deadlines. **Ability to** + Identify, recommend and justify changes to standard procedures when required by specific situations and circumstances. + Work independently, make decisions and resolve or recommend solutions to moderately complex accounting problems. + Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, with all organizational levels. + Organize, manage and track multiple detailed tasks and assignments with frequently changing priorities in a fast-paced work environment. + Demonstrate efficiency and flexibility in performing detailed tasks in a fast-paced work environment with frequent interruptions, changing priorities, and multiple deadlines. + Provide a high level of customer service. + Maintain strict confidentiality of associate records. **Education/Previous Experience** + Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or equivalent and a minimum of two (2) years of Payroll or Accounting experience. + OR ~ + Any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training approved by Human Resources.