Payroll Clerk

City of New York • New York City, NY

11d • Onsite

About The Position

The NYC Law Department is currently seeking a qualified candidate for a Full Time Clerical Associate Level 3 position as Payroll Clerk for its Administration Division’s Payroll Unit. This position encompasses responsible work of varying degrees of difficulty and responsibility performed under supervision of the Payroll Supervisor and Chief of Payroll and Timekeeping.

Requirements

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
• Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Data Entry Processing - one time payments/deductions, such as Attorney Reimbursements, DOI Fingerprint Processing Fees, Personnel Processing Fees and Managerial Lump Sum payments.
• Data Entry Processing of Employee Elected Deductions – this includes applications/cancellations/changes to TransitCheck/Edenred transportation spending accounts, Direct Deposit, combined municipal contributions, and college savings.
• Payroll/Paycheck Verifications – EFT (Direct Deposit) stop payment requests and bank reversals, supplemental payroll requests and the processing of undistributed/lost/stolen checks.
• Payroll Reports and Verifying Information – includes the review of pay detail reports for retro and current payments, prepare/process retro pay triggers, approval of payments and review of current and previous pay cycle event detail reports. Request/send transfer of employee time and leave information. Ensure all employees receive their entitled payments and paychecks. Batching and distribution of paychecks/stubs. Collection of Agency property - Employee ID, Court ID, etc. Batch and distribute/mail pay checks, pay statements and other payroll documents. Assist employees with payroll inquiries.
• Employee Verifications – responsible for processing verifications for NYCERS/NYS Pension Buy backs, NYCHA Wage and Employment, Mortgage/Loan verifications and employment verifications for child care applications. In addition, this person will also process No-Fault Insurance - Employer's Wage Verification Reports, Higher Education Loan verifications, Child support collections verifications and Union/Non-Union disability verifications of employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED