Payroll Specialist II, Finance

Position Title: Payroll Specialist II

Division: Financial Services

Reports To: Coordinator, Accounting Services

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Salary Schedule: AS3

Work Days: 244

Essential Duties:

• Calculate, key, and balance employee salaries, changes to salaries, withholding taxes, insurance, and other deductions.
• Balance and generate monthly payroll; print checks.
• Examine and check documents for conformity with District policies, and federal and state laws and regulations.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date payroll records.
• Prepare monthly payroll reconciliations for review by supervisor.
• Perform computer data entries to record, update, and retrieve department information and to prepare spreadsheets, reports, and correspondence.
• Receive, review, prepare, and/or submit a variety of documents such as change forms, time sheets, absence reports, retirement forms, insurance bills, expenditure request forms, Social Security forms, direct deposit forms, tax forms, W-4s, checks, check registers, deduction registers, payroll registers, voids and manuals, memos, correspondence, etc.
• Perform computer data entries to record, update, and retrieve department information and to prepare spreadsheets, reports and correspondence.
• Receive, review, prepare, and/or submit a variety of documents such as change forms, time sheets, absence reports, retirement forms, insurance bills, expenditure request forms, Social Security forms, direct deposit forms, tax forms, W-4s, checks, check registers, deduction registers, payroll registers, voids and manuals, memos, correspondence, etc.
• Perform general clerical work as necessary, including but not limited to answering the telephone, typing reports and correspondence, copying and filing documents, ordering supplies, etc.
• Provide exceptional customer service on a daily basis and maintain professional practices.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of a High School Diploma or state approved High School Equivalency (HSE), required; Vocational/technical diploma in Accounting, Bookkeeping, or specialized application, preferred.
• Three to five years of Payroll or Human Resources experience, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities, required.
• Ability to apply basic bookkeeping principles and practices in the maintenance of payroll records, under occasional supervision, required.
• Exceptional integrity, commitment to confidentiality, excellent character, and strong professional reputation.
• Ability to abide by the Georgia Professional Standards Code of Ethics for Educators.
• Must be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.
• Ability to be present at the physical worksite.
• Must perform tasks involving prolonged periods of standing, walking, and sitting.
• Must perform routine physical activities such as bending and lifting/pushing/pulling up to 50 pounds.
• Vision, hearing, written, and verbal communications are essential factors in performing required tasks.