Payroll Officer 1

State of Connecticut•Rocky Hill, CT

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Bring your payroll expertise to a role that supports accurate, compliant, and reliable services for the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs. The Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs ( DVA ) has an opening for a Payroll Officer 1 in the Payroll Unit in Rocky Hill . This position is full-time on first shift, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM until 4:00 PM.

Requirements

Current State of CT employee, who has worked for the state for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language
Five (5) years of experience in complex clerical work in accounting or payroll.
Two (2) years of the General Experience must have had payroll preparation as the principal responsibility.
Considerable knowledge of relevant agency policies and procedures
Ability to apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations
Knowledge of and ability to apply state payroll policies and procedures
Uses of office machinery used in accounting work
Governmental accounting as it applies to payroll
Considerable interpersonal skills
Oral communication skills
Skill in performing arithmetical computations
Supervisory ability

Nice To Haves

Experience with payroll software including, but not limited to, Peoplesoft (CORE) and UKG Pro
Experience processing payroll, medical, dental and group life benefits
Experience applying state and agency regulations to payroll including, but not limited to, human resources policies, procedures, bargaining unit contracts, and agreement terms
Experience compiling and analyzing benefits and payroll data
Experience preparing reports on benefits and payroll data
Experience independently managing assigned work responsibilities
Experience leading and training assigned staff
Experience identifying problems, researching solutions, and implementing corrective action
Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines
Experience providing customer service to diverse populations

Responsibilities

Reviews payroll for accuracy including shift differentials, increases, retirement calculations and workers’ compensation
Prepares or closely supervises complex payroll tasks such as retroactive payments and garnishments
Oversees reconciliation of payroll deductions and reviews coding of payroll expenditures
Supervises maintenance of time records and issuance of leave balances
Manages control and distribution of paychecks and responds to employee payroll questions
Compiles payroll expenditure data to support budget preparation
Provides information and processes paperwork related to employee fringe benefits
Performs related duties as required
Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff
Provides staff training and assistance
Conducts performance evaluations
Determines priorities and plans unit work
Establishes and maintains unit procedures
Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards
Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures
Prepares reports and correspondence
Reviews accuracy of payroll including shift differential payments, annual increases, collective bargaining increases, retirement calculations, workers compensation benefits and revisions for attachments
Prepares or closely supervises more complex portions of a payroll such as retroactive payments or garnishments
Supervises reconciliation of payroll deductions and coding of payroll expenditures
Supervises maintenance of time records including issuing semi-annual leave balances
Supervises control and distribution of paychecks
Answers employees questions relating to payroll
May compile payroll expenditure data for budget preparation
May provide information and process paperwork regarding employee fringe benefits