Senior Payroll Accountant

DISH Network is an innovative industry leader distinguished by its pioneering spirit.  Ever since our establishment in 1980, we’ve been the ideal workplace for people with adventurous spirit and creativity, smart risk takers and aggressive winners - all those for whom the status quo just isn’t enough.   Our Fortune 200 Company continues to define the curve in television entertainment.  We are always improving and extending our products and delivering greater value to people, including our workforce of 20,000 plus.   Come explore the big picture with us!

Intelligence.   Creativity.   Innovation.   These are the things you’ll find at DISH Network, the pioneer in television entertainment.   We offer flexible career paths for dynamic, talented individuals who are ready to be rewarded and recognized.   It’s our way of giving back to exceptional people who have kept us at the forefront of our industry.

DISH Network is looking for a Senior Payroll Accountant with corporate payroll experience and payroll tax experience.

• Analyze, resolve and document payroll taxes to payroll runs, invoices to bank statements, garnishments to employee withholdings, and other payments to deductions to ensure a balanced general ledger.

• Escheatment processing and reconciling outstanding issues on the payroll cash account, along with researching outstanding payroll tax issues and working with third party payroll processor to resolve.

• Payroll reconciliations on a per payroll basis.
• Clear outstanding tax issues from outside agencies and third party processor.
• Year end processing.
• Communicate with team members, managers, business partners, vendors, and field staff to obtain problem resolution, adding value to all interactions.
• Continuously seek opportunities to enhance product knowledge as it relates to accounting and financial matters.
• Demonstrate advanced technology skills with continuous expansion of knowledge as it relates to software applications.
• Collaborate with Manager in establishing personal performance and production goals, taking initiative in identifying specific development tasks for advanced problem resolution and analyses within specialization area.
• Adhere to departmental internal controls, escalating to management knowledge of variances from established work protocol.
• Comply with all company policies and departmental procedures, ensuring honest and ethical conduct at all times.
• Complete all assignments timely and accurately.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required
• 5-7 years of combined payroll and/or accounting experience required 
• Corporate payroll processing and payroll tax experience required