Payroll Specialist II

County of Kauai•Montpelier, VT

1d•$4,961•Onsite

About The Position

Independently coordinates, leads and performs professional payroll processing activities, including generation, reconciliation and recording of the County's semi-monthly payroll; serves as a resource and performs responsible administrative, technical and reporting functions for the County's payroll system; and performs other related duties as required.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in accounting, business administration, or related field
Two (2) years of specialized work experience
Professional work experience in payroll processing and payroll pre-auditing and analysis

Responsibilities

Ensures the accuracy of the County’s payroll from verifying and auditing timesheet entries through the processing and printing of payroll checks and reports
Ensures compliance with all applicable methods and techniques, standards, guidelines, and regulations relating to payroll law, etc.
Reviews and analyzes payroll claims for payments to ensure accuracy, completeness and legality of all earnings and deductions
Reviews, analyzes, and verifies the accuracy of the adjustments and documentations
Makes inquiries, interprets, and processes payroll actions from data through database and information systems
Reviews and reconciles source documents and perform audits of transactional data for changes made to employee profiles for certain employee benefit elections
Researches, analyzes, and gathers information for the preparation of detailed procedures, methods, and milestones for payroll projects, such as FLSA, time and attendance, etc.
Ensures accurate tracking of exceptional pay situations and follows-up as needed to resolve discrepancies
Files reports and payments to appropriate agencies or financial institutions for retirement, medical, Federal, and State taxes withheld, flexible spending, bank deposits, etc.
Reviews and reconciles employee pay data due to payroll corrections or retroactive adjustments
Participates with the development, recommendation, and implementation of payroll processing procedures for the County ensuring required actions are made within deadlines
Performs complex office automation duties required different approaches and methods from one assignment and/or program to another
Maintains variety of programs on personal computers
May provide training as necessary to employees on payroll applications and may supervise and/or provide guidance to lower-level employees
Keeps abreast of changes in State and Federal laws and collective bargaining provisions that affect payroll processing
Recommends changes in procedures as needed
Determines best solution and makes recommendation to supervisor on corrective measures
Executes office automation functions such as storing and retrieving electronic documents or files, using electronic mail and information systems
Prepares statistical and operational reports
Attends and participates in meetings involving payroll processing and related matters
Performs other related duties as assigned