Payroll Technician

DEFINITION

Works Under supervision to perform a variety of complex clerical work involving the maintenance of various financial, payroll, statistical records, and prepare documents on a computer system.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES

· Prepares school payrolls, reports, and related documents

· Posts, assembles, tabulates, computes, compares, and files financial data, applying standard formula and using predetermined guides

· Monitors adherence to laws, policies, and good accounting practices relating to payroll accounting

· Applies both classified and certificated rules and regulations in determining payments and maintaining records

· Adheres to rules of the state retirement systems to prepare reports and transmissions

· Reviews and analyzes payroll data including computer listings and printouts

· Computes and initiates adjustment for correction of salary payment and deductions

· Maintains sick and vacation leaves, oversees industrial leaves, payroll and other records

· Operates a variety of office machines including data terminal, calculator.

· Prepares, changes, and audits payroll data retained in computer

· Answers correspondence and inquiries regarding assignment data, time-reporting methods, and rules and regulations regarding payroll matters

· May contact other agencies, schools, and businesses to arrange and discuss matters relating to payroll

· Works under considerable or extreme pressure of deadlines and work volume

· Exercises independent judgment with regard to financial matters

· Provides discrete payroll information, as authorized by supervisor, to loan companies, courts, public agencies, and other units of the district

· And other duties as assigned

SALARY RANGE: $ 21.00-$23.00 AN HOUR

This is a fully remote position.  Training may be a hybrid version of in-office and remote training, depending on demographics. Qualified applicants will need to have the ability and technical skills to work independently while staying connected to their team.

KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS
Knowledge of: Basic methods, terminology and practices of payroll, bookkeeping and financial record keeping; State Retirement programs; general office practices, computerized office automation systems and office machines, Microsoft Excel.
Ability to: Follow oral and written instructions; complete routine tasks willingly; perform general and statistical clerical work; make arithmetical calculations with speed and accuracy; work with a minimum of supervision; operate computers and office machines; remain flexible under the pressure of a heavy workload and critical deadlines; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Skills: Keyboarding at a rate of 35 words per minute from clear, legible copy; ability to operate adding, calculating and other business machines including computers.

Paycom experience preferred.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Education: Graduation from high school, including supplemented courses in financial record keeping.
Experience: Three years of experience in a position requiring a basic knowledge of accounting, payroll and/or fiscal record keeping procedures and terminology, school district experience a plus.