THE NUEVA SCHOOL

Payroll and Human Resources Administrator

Closing Date: 3/20/21

The Position 

The Nueva School seeks an experienced financial professional with strong payroll, human resources, accounting, analytical, financial, and related business skills and experience.  This professional must have great people skills; a positive, friendly, and ‘can do’ demeanor; have excellent verbal and written communications skills; and be able to work collaboratively and independently.  Expected start date in mid-May.

Responsibilities

• Process complex and detailed payroll with accuracy and timeliness
• Initiate employee agreements, including all stipend, independent contractor, and athletics agreements. Maintain current and former employee personnel records with pertinent payroll, contact, and other related data
• Responsible for payroll related journal entries reporting, statistics, compensation studies, and analysis
• Key contact with payroll and retirement plan providers TriNet, Principal and TIAA-Cref
• Assist with employee on-boarding and termination processes and logistics
• Oversee annual ERISA audit; filing of 5500 and delivery of required annual notices
• Responsible for managing certain school programs billing and payments
• Support financial awards process

• Prepare and process related accounting transactions, reconciliations, analysis and reporting, including annual survey preparation
• Provide support for financial statement, benefits and program, audits

• Research and respond to inquiries in a timely and professional manner
• Other projects and responsibilities, as assigned

 Qualifications

• Minimum of ten years accounting, finance, human resources, payroll, and /or related experience and /or equivalent education
• Confidentiality, discretion, and excellent judgment a must
• Experience with third party payroll processors, such as TriNet, preferred
• Education, independent school, and/or nonprofit experience, a plus
• Must be highly organized and able to work collaboratively and independently
• Must have strong attention to detail, able to meet deadlines, and have flexibility in handling shifting priorities
• Able to take a creative and analytical approach to problem-solving
• Good customer service skills, excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills
• Must have strong PC skills, including intermediate Excel proficiencies

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter, résumé, and the contact information and job title for at least three professional references at https://nuevaschool.applytojob.com/apply. If you have questions about this position, please contact Brett Dyer, Director of Finance and Administration at bdyer@nuevaschool.org. 

The Nueva School is an Equal Opportunity Employer – we do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability or sex. We welcome applications from people of color and those with experience outside the education field. 

About The Nueva School

The Nueva School, an internationally recognized, nonprofit, independent day school, has served gifted learners since 1967. Today, Nueva serves nearly 1000 students PreK–12. Nueva is located in the neighboring towns of Hillsborough and San Mateo, equidistant between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, serving six counties throughout the Bay Area of Northern California.

A constructivist school, Nueva is known for its distinctive inquiry-based interdisciplinary studies, project-based learning, and pioneering work in social-emotional learning and design thinking. The Nueva community instills a passion for lifelong learning, fosters social and emotional acuity, and develops the imaginative mind. Our school has received the US Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Award and the American Institute of Architects Award for School Design and Sustainability, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program and appointed an Ashoka Changemaker School, co-founded the Common Ground Speaker Series, hosts the biennial Innovative Learning Conference, and was highlighted by the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author Thomas Friedman in his book That Used to Be Us in the chapter “Average Is Over.”