Payroll Technician

Rowland Unified School District•Los Angeles, CA

1d•$23•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of an assigned supervisor, performs complex technical payroll accounting and payroll-system work in the preparation, auditing, reconciliation, and maintenance of classified and certificated payrolls, including monthly, semi-monthly, hourly, supplemental, adjustment, and retroactive payroll transactions. Ensures accurate and timely employee compensation and resolves payroll, system, and data-integrity discrepancies. Positions in this class are assigned to the payroll unit within the Fiscal Services Department. Incumbents work within rigid time schedules requiring accurate, detailed work. Knowledge of the overall payroll system is required. Employees exercise judgment in applying rules, policies, and guidelines; establish work priorities; and independently resolve a variety of payroll-related issues. Incumbents perform journey-level technical payroll accounting and payroll-system work requiring independent judgment to audit, verify, reconcile, and correct payroll and related data; apply laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, District procedures, and LACOE requirements; and resolve payroll and system-related issues within established guidelines. The class of Payroll Technician is distinguished from the class of Senior Account Clerk in that incumbents perform specialized payroll accounting, payroll-control, and payroll-system functions rather than primarily general accounting duties. The Payroll Technician is distinguished from a Payroll Supervisor or higher-level payroll classification by the absence of full supervisory responsibility, payroll-unit workflow responsibility, and final responsibility for Districtwide payroll compliance and payroll-department operations.

Requirements

Graduation from high school or its equivalent.
Two years of increasingly responsible experience in payroll preparation, payroll accounting, or financial recordkeeping.
Experience using computerized payroll, payroll/HCM, timekeeping, or financial systems.
Ability to provide a copy of High School Diploma or equivalent.
Ability to provide a copy of College Transcripts on letterhead/watermarked paper if supplementing education for experience.

Nice To Haves

Courses in bookkeeping or accounting are desirable.
Supplemental coursework, training, or certification in accounting, bookkeeping, payroll administration, business administration, public administration, or a related field is highly desirable.
Experience in a California public school district, governmental agency, or other public-sector environment is highly desirable.
Two years (48 semester or 72 quarter units) of college-level coursework including coursework in accounting, payroll preparation, taxation, business administration, or a closely related field may be substituted for up to one year of the required experience.

Responsibilities

Performs complex technical payroll accounting and payroll-system work in the preparation, auditing, reconciliation, and maintenance of classified and certificated payrolls.
Handles monthly, semi-monthly, hourly, supplemental, adjustment, and retroactive payroll transactions.
Ensures accurate and timely employee compensation.
Resolves payroll, system, and data-integrity discrepancies.
Audits, verifies, reconciles, and corrects payroll and related data.
Applies laws, rules, collective bargaining agreements, District procedures, and LACOE requirements.
Resolves payroll and system-related issues within established guidelines.