Payroll Coordinator

City of New York•New York, NY

5h•$62,868 - $72,298•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Design & Construction’s Human Resources and Staff Development unit seeks a highly motivated Payroll Coordinator reporting to the Executive Director. The role supports biweekly payroll processing, payroll reconciliation and inquiries, payment processing, employee benefit applications, and coordination with Personnel and Timekeeping Units to ensure paycheck accuracy. The position is full-time and has 35 hours of work. The work location is 30-30 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101. The posting also lists qualifications under the title “COMMUNITY COORDINATOR - 56058.” Candidates must meet one of the listed education and community-work experience combinations, or an equivalent combination, with at least one year of qualifying experience. Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution; foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

Requirements

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community-centered activities related to the described duties; or high school graduation or equivalent and six years of such experience; or equivalent education and/or experience.
All candidates must have at least one year of qualifying community-work or community-centered-activities experience.
Educational credentials must be from a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accredited institution. Foreign credentials require independent equivalency verification from an approved evaluation service.

Responsibilities

Assist with biweekly payroll, including detailed review of reports in RMDS and Pi (including reports 160, 161, 700, and 320) and use of employee-level approvals and holds, stop payments, reversals, manual offsets, and recoupments.
Reconcile payroll and respond to payroll inquiries.
Prepare the biweekly payroll summary and send it to the Office of Payroll Administration (OPA) for approval and release.
Pick up biweekly paychecks at OPA, sort them, and distribute paychecks and stubs.
Generate or approve supplemental, retroactive, and one-time payments.
Run and review biweekly pay-to-pay reports.
Process commuter benefits, direct deposits, and 529 applications.
Assist with processing quarterly differentials and workers’ compensation claims.
Review and process license reimbursements in Pi.
Assist with preparation of managerial lump sums and quarterly differentials or additions to gross pay.
Coordinate with Personnel and Timekeeping Units to ensure paycheck accuracy.
Handle special projects as needed.