Executive Director, Compensation and Benefits

City of New York • New York City, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Assistant Commissioner, Human Resources Division, the New York City Police Department is seeking a detail-orientated and experienced individual to oversee auditing of various human resources and payroll transactions. The Executive Director will play a key role in conducting employee separation audits, processing time and leave transactions, and ensuring the accuracy and integrity of employee data across multiple human resources and payroll systems. In this role, the selected candidate will support the timely and accurate resolution of audit findings, system updates, and employee inquiries in accordance with applicable laws, rules, policies, and departmental standards.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting and auditing, and four years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience, at least 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing accounting or auditing work; or
• A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license and at least 18 months of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity or supervising a staff performing accounting or auditing work.

Responsibilities

• Conduct time balance audits for separating employees and military personnel to ensure accuracy and compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Process and update NYCAPS transactions, including the submission of system tickets as required to resolve discrepancies or processing issues.
• Review and implement DP-2001 submissions and process manual leave adjustment transactions in City Time in accordance with governing guidelines.
• Generate and analyze system reports in CHRMS, NYCAPS, and other applicable systems to support auditing and reconciliation activities.
• Research and resolve time and leave discrepancies.
• Ensure all activities are performed in full compliance with applicable laws, rules, and policies.
• Perform related duties as assigned or as necessary to support operations.
• Manage a large payroll staff working on Annuity, Welfare and Legal Payments, Civilian Salary and Longevity, Check Distribution, Personnel Data, and Uniformed Personnel.
• Oversee the generation of reports via the Welfare Benefits and Annuity System (WBAS) and ensure payments are contingent on reviewing Payroll Management System (PMS) and/or New York City Automated Personnel System (NYCAPS) and making any necessary corrections.
• Process payments using the Financial Management System (FMS).
• Respond to questions from the unions.
• Work closely with OPA processing the collective bargaining increases, including the additions to gross within the prescribed time.
• Prepare Radio Bonus payments, annual leave payments, holiday payments and collective bargaining increases, as well as salary merit and promotions.
• Process any step or level maturations.
• Work closely with the Overpayment unit.
• Respond to written and telephone inquiries.
• Work closely with the Leaves unit and the Overpayment unit to ensure checks are released.
• Pulling checks from old commands to new command.
• Ensure only authorized employees pick up checks for commands.
• Annual distribution of W-2 to commands.
• Ensure Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime payments to ceased members.
• Ensure check distribution is manned, checks are picked up, social conditions changes are processed and processes the City Waiver taxes.
• Ensure new recruits are entered into Payroll in a timely manner.
• Process annual steps, longevity differentials and night shift differential payments and processes collective bargaining increases.
• Annual calculation of departmental vehicle usage for taxable fringe to affect personnel for inclusion in W-2.

Benefits

• health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26
• union benefits such as dental and vision coverage
• paid annual leave and sick leave
• paid holidays
• a pension
• optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive