Payroll Technician - 40 Hours Per Week; Benefited Position

Encinitas Union School District
Payroll Technician

Under direction, performs accounting and clerical functions in connection with District payroll matters.

DUTIES:

Assembles, tabulates, calculates, verifies, posts and files payroll data; performs record keeping functions related to the District's payroll activities; assists in the revision, formulation and implementation of payroll record keeping systems and procedures; arranges, posts and balances payroll data; calculates employee absences and maintains the District's employee attendance accounting; serves as the District's liaison for employee benefits, and interacts with employees, insurance representatives and brokers, and health care providers; completes employee benefits reports and maintains all records related to employee benefits.  Establishes and maintains employee ledger cards and other payroll records; prepares quarterly and annual related payroll reports; verifies the accuracy of various payroll reports; prepares payroll analyses as required; makes complex arithmetical calculations and verifies computations.  Tests Instructional Aides; performs employee orientation.  Performs other related work as assigned.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS:

Knowledge of:

.  purpose, methods and practices of school district compensation programs
.  payroll record keeping and accounting    
.  District and county policies, rules and regulations, and laws relating to payroll matters
.  the San Diego County Office of Education Payroll system and procedures

Ability to:

.  perform payroll functions with minimal supervision
.  maintain, prepare, review payroll reports and summaries
.  make complex arithmetical calculations with speed and accuracy
.  operate office machines and computers
.  understand and carry out oral and written directions
.  type at a net corrected speed of 40 words per minute
.  establish and maintain cooperative working relations

Experience:

.  three years of increasingly responsible experience in financial record keeping systems and calculations
.  one year of responsible experience in payroll activities

Education:

.  equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade, supplemented by courses in bookkeeping, accounting or payroll procedures.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit. The employee frequently is required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Range: 14.5  6/22/06