Wage & Contribution Data Analyst(Treasury Retirement)

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: This position is responsible for data processing activities related to the wage and contribution transactions and assisting the Wage & Contribution Manager in the maintenance of databases for the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island; for ensuring the accurate and timely reporting of member data to the Employees' Retirement System of Rhode Island by employers; for handling data analysis, validation, and correction to support retirement processing and to do any assigned work as required. 

To professionally, courteously and respectfully treat all contacts with customers of the General Treasurer’s Office including the public, other government agencies, the business community, fellow employees and any other customers, both in person and when answering incoming calls, emails, letters and any other form of contact, and to project a customer-friendly attitude committed to provide high quality customer service.

To perform duties as directed to support the operations of the General Treasurer’s Office during times of increased departmental workloads, including but not limited to working on a temporary basis (not to exceed 3 months, which may be extended by mutual agreement) in the Crime Victim Compensation Program, General Administration, Business Processing, Employees’ Retirement, Unclaimed Property and/or the Investment Division.  Designated managers within each division will review work for conformance to established procedures and regulations.  Employees will not be disciplined for their inability to meet job requirements which are specific to a position to which they are temporarily transferred.  Experience, including working in other departments, may be considered as a factor in selecting employees for promotions and/or transfers to new positions.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the supervision of the Wage and Contribution Manager and the Director of Retirement Business Systems.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: None

• To ensure accurate and timely payroll submission from employers.
• To provide technical assistance and training to users of the employer portal. 
• Responsible for the overall data processing of day-to-day wage and contribution activities and maintenance of the retirement line-of-business and associated systems.
• To work closely with the Finance Department with research and analysis of wage and contribution data posted to the employer portal.
• To submit and validate post-retirement reporting data and optional service credit payments. 
• To process and validate data and review suspended records and follow-up with employers as necessary.
• To work with the Wage and Contribution Manager in coordinating activities in electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
• To maintain the log of records that are stored at an off-site facility within the guidelines of the records retention policy of ERSRI and Treasury, and coordinate the scheduling for retrieving and storing documents.
• To serve in a back-up role generating reports from the payroll system to be distributed to external parties and the electronic transmission of data to vendors. 
• To serve in a back-up role for the associated processes (e.g. cash receipts, cash disbursement, refund etc.) as required by the Finance Department.
• To back-up other related duties as assigned such as: imaging and indexing, monthly reconciliation of various retirement system reports.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, CAPACITIES:

• Must possess excellent communication, quantitative and analytical skills. Must be detail oriented and have a working knowledge of the principles and practices of accounting. 
• Must have a thorough knowledge of computer spreadsheet application usage and related capacities and abilities. Must be proficient in using Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office suite, as needed.
• A working knowledge of the principles, practices and techniques of data processing and automated systems. Must have knowledge and understanding of retirement systems, specifically defined benefit and contribution plans. 
• Must have knowledge of structured database functionality as may be gained from programs such as Microsoft Access or equivalent. The position will require the incumbent to have or gain comfort with query tools such as ListPro or SQL to use as a basis for research and analysis.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Must have a degree from an accredited 4-year college with a concentration in business administration, mathematics, accounting, or computer science.
• Experience such as may have been gained through employment in a fiscal management or payroll capacity, or in an information technology field as an information systems, business, or database analyst.

• Or, any combination of education and experience that shall be substantially equivalent to the above education and experience.

• If any applicant is unable to perform any essential job function because of his/her disability but can achieve the required results by means of REASONABLE ACCOMODATION, then the individual shall not be considered unqualified for the position.

Salary : $65,937 - $73,855