The posting
Job Title: Trust Accountant
Location: On-site
Shift: Night Shift
Compensation: Up to 44,900 MBS + Benefits
A detail-oriented and organized Trust Accountant is needed to manage and support trust fund reporting and benefit-related accounting tasks. This role includes responsibility for complex trust fund transactions, premium remittances, reporting, employee benefit inquiries, and support functions within payroll and benefits systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and report on complex division-level trust accounts, including payments and remittances.
- Provide guidance to divisions on trust-related matters and ensure compliance with trust policies.
- Validate data for Total Compensation Statements and support trust fund audit processes.
- Act as team lead for clerk-level functions and assist with cross-training.
- Handle document filing, mail distribution, and retrieval of important records.
- Track benefit issues manually and ensure accurate recordkeeping.
- Ensure accurate and timely remittance of premium deductions to carriers and trust funds.
- Investigate and resolve Health & Welfare deduction discrepancies.
- Maintain a solid understanding of the PeopleSoft Payroll System.
- Respond to employee inquiries regarding trust benefits and point them to the correct fund contacts.
- Calculate and process retroactive pay rate adjustments as needed.
Qualifications
- Strong customer service orientation and interpersonal communication skills.
- Proficient in Windows and Microsoft Office; advanced PC skills required.
- Excellent attention to detail and analytical thinking.
- Proven leadership abilities; ability to lead by example.
- Self-directed with sound judgment and decision-making capabilities.
- Effective at prioritizing and organizing tasks to meet deadlines.
- Skilled at managing difficult situations with internal and external stakeholders.
- Clear and professional verbal and written communication.
- High integrity and commitment to ethical practices.
- Speed and accuracy in 10-key data entry.
- Preferred: 12 years of experience in Health & Welfare Benefits Accounting.
- Preferred: 12 years of Payroll experience; recognized as a go-to person for payroll-related queries.



