What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Clerk position at Central Office?
LOUISVILLE CITY SCHOOLS
JOB DESCRIPTION
Position: Payroll Clerk
Contract: 12 months (255 days)
Report to: Treasurer
Start Date: April 2025
Minimum Qualifications
- Associates degree in finance/accounting or equivalent work experience.
- Experience in payroll processing (preferably utilizing eFinancePLUS software).
- Detail oriented with strong organizational and analytical skills.
- Intermediate or Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Google or other comparable software packages.
- Skilled in, or demonstrates aptitude for accounting, data processing, and other related business procedures.
- Demonstrates punctual and regular attendance to work and quality of work, including accuracy, thoroughness, and neatness.
- Demonstrates maturity, showing ability to work independently and interdependently, and ability to receive/follow directions.
- Demonstrates ability to listen, to be respectful, to keep commitments, and embodies high ethical standards/personal integrity.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain effective rapport and good public relations with District employees and the general public. and handle any problems or concerns in a prompt and courteous manner.
- Demonstrates ability to maintain and work with confidential information in an appropriate manner.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Processes payroll.
- Ensuring new hire paperwork is completed and processed.
- Maintains personnel databases and leave records.
- Manages employee deductions and assists with health insurance program.
- Compiles data for the purpose of preparing reports or processing requests.
- Answer phones and assists in responding to department inquiries from staff and other interested parties.
- Maintains department files some of which must be kept confidential.
- Organize and maintain a functional filing system that ensures the safe retention and confidentiality of records.
- Attends appropriate professional development for the purpose of conveying and/or gathering information required to perform functions.
- Coordinates assigned projects and/or program components for the purpose of completing activities and/or delivering services in a timely fashion.
- Ability to work with administration to develop policies and procedures for office protocols.
- Maintains the confidentiality of privileged information.
