Payroll Specialist

King County•Chinook Building 401 5th Avenue Seattle, WA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community. The DCHS Finance Section is seeking a skilled, knowledgeable, and highly motivated team player to serve as the Payroll Specialist to support the department's payroll processing and position control functions for over 700 staff. The Payroll Specialist will process payroll and timekeeping actions to collect, organize, edit, and report data from multiple systems (including PeopleSoft and Tableau) to Central Payroll operations for production. This position will also assist in other payroll related activities; support agency-wide position control, maintain human resources and payroll related records; and provide information to management and employees regarding compensation and employment.

Requirements

A minimum of (2) years of recent experience using PeopleSoft Payroll and PeopleSoft Time and Labor modules or comparable HR/Payroll systems.
Strong mathematical skills.
Good communication skills, both oral and written; effectively using discretion, patience, etiquette and professionalism.
Strong attention to detail.
Excellent customer service, people management and interpersonal skills, including ability to work with all levels of management and staff across organizational lines and outside agencies under challenging conditions.
Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality with sensitive and personal information.
Ability to effectively plan, organize and prioritize work on a daily basis.
Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills.
Ability to process HR transactions using an enterprise – wide software Payroll/HR system program compliance with policies, procedures, program requirements.
Excellent organizational skills, and the ability to prioritize work assignments and adjust priorities in a multi-task environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience using PeopleSoft system (or a similar system)
Experience using Tableau Software

Responsibilities

Prepare, process, code, maintain and verify accuracy of payroll, benefit and personnel information.
Ensure payroll and related documents are in compliance with County Personnel Guidelines, union bargaining agreements, state and federal statutes, and Department policies.
Respond to telephone inquiries, correspondence, requests for information and questions regarding payroll, benefits and contract administration (as it pertains to payroll/benefits) from employees, peers, supervisors and other County agencies in a timely, courteous and professional manner.
Investigate and resolve payroll issues and discrepancies in a timely and accurate manner.
Use queries, spreadsheets and word processing software to analyze and calculate payroll data including retroactive calculations, create correspondence and develop forms.
Assist with gathering, summarizing, analyzing payroll and position data from multiple systems for special projects, as requested.
Support and audit position control for the agency.
Solve technical problems related to the PeopleSoft system.
Organize, update, and maintain the hard copy and electronic files.
Act as the payroll subject matter expert for DCHS.
Perform other related duties as assigned.