What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll and Benefits Coordinator position at City of East Lansing?
This position will primarily be responsible for supervising the City’s payroll function, which includes review of the City’s complex bi-weekly payroll including over 500 employees, within eleven employment groups (union and non-union); as well as review and/or preparation of bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual payroll filings. This position will act as a backup to the payroll accountant position, processing the bi-weekly payroll in their absence. This position will provide support and train departments on the payroll time and attendance system. This position will also coordinate the integration of Human Resources and Payroll related functions to ensure the financial system accurately reflects employee benefits and wage information: maintains benefit component of financial system; performs annual back-end setup of new benefit rates/plans; monitors employee payrate update process; assists Human Resources with calculations related to union bargaining and contract negotiation. In addition, this position will provide responsible and complex technical support to the Chief Financial Officer including financial analysis, balancing, and reconciliation of financial data; responsible for performing a variety of technical financial duties involving payroll, general ledger accounting; assist with multi-year forecast and annual budget preparation; provide accurate information to other city departments.
Union Affiliation: Non-union
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent from an accredited college in human resources, personnel management, accounting, business administration, or a related field, with six years of increasingly responsible payroll and accounting experience. Experience with governmental accounting is preferred. Intermediate Excel skills are essential, including proficiency in using formulas (SUM, SUBTOTAL, SUMIF, XLOOKUP), as well as formatting and summarizing data. Ability to operate a variety of office and computer equipment.
Previous work record should reflect a good attendance and timeliness record. Attendance required during peak work periods throughout the fiscal year.
