Payroll Technician - Emergency Hire Pool

CSU Careers • Long Beach, CA

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About The Position

Join the vibrant community at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB)! Located just three miles from the Pacific Ocean, CSULB offers an inspiring workplace and an exceptional Southern California lifestyle. Our 322-acre campus—one of the largest in the CSU system—serves more than 42,000 students and is known for its commitment to student success, innovation, and impactful academic and research initiatives. As a member of the CSULB community, you’ll experience a dynamic environment filled with cultural landmarks, collaborative energy, and opportunities to make a meaningful difference. Work-life balance thrives here. Long Beach blends coastal relaxation with urban vibrancy, offering miles of beaches, year-round sunshine, a thriving arts and food scene, and convenient access to both Los Angeles and Orange County. It’s an ideal place to grow your career while enjoying everything Southern California has to offer. Job Summary This is an Emergency Hire position to support Payroll Services. Emergency appointments are normally used to cover a peak workload period, an extended absence, or a vacant position during the recruitment process. Under immediate supervision of the Supervisor, Payroll Services, this position follows general instructions and well-defined procedures and practices to perform standardized payroll and personnel transactions for specific actions, categories of employee or campus departments.

Requirements

• Adequate, transferable and related experience with HR, Payroll, financial or related administrative responsibilities.
• Ability to take direction, assimilate information and learn all the responsibilities of the position.
• Ability to select, understand and consistently apply policies procedures according to, directives or CSU guidelines.
• Ability to accurately enter data with zero errors into a computer database.
• Ability to learn the PJMS and PeopleSoft HR systems as used by CSULB Payroll Services.
• Ability to review detailed numerical records or transactions to identify, trace and correct processing errors and take appropriate action to remedy problems.
• Ability to work with detailed information and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work under pressure with constant interruptions.
• Must be able to perform complex arithmetic computations.
• Good English grammar, spelling and punctuation skills.
• Knowledge of general office procedures and practices.
• Ability to communicate with an ethnically and culturally diverse campus community.
• Ability to follow all university policies, procedures, and guidelines including but not limited to safety, civility, information security, and non-discrimination policies and procedures.
• Ability to contribute to a positive university experience for each and every student and assist in achieving the university's commitment to a "vision of excellence."
• Equivalent to one year of experience in preparing and processing payroll/personnel documents required.

Responsibilities

• Personnel/Payroll Information Management System (PIMS) payroll process for salaried and hourly employees.
• Customer service to assist employees and departments.
• Payroll accounts receivables (AR) tracking.
• Assures employee due process occurs whenever overpayments result in an AR account receivable to be established against an employee. This is most appropriate accomplished in a written form.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees