CLERK IV - TIMEKEEPER

CLERK IV - TIMEKEEPER

The City of Chicago's Department of Water Management is seeking Clerk IV Timekeepers to perform the full range of payroll and timekeeping duties and performs related duties as required.

Essential duties include:

• Updating the Chicago Automated Time and Attendance (CATA) system with timekeeping and payroll codes to ensure employees' time records are accurate.
• Auditing manual time records to ensure hours reflected in CATA are accurate.
• Preparing and reviewing payroll registers and exception reports for completeness and accuracy and making corrections as required.
• Preparing special supplemental time rolls to ensure retired, deceased, and terminated employees are compensated correctly.
• Calculating time earned and pro-rated time for vacation purposes.
• Processing payroll changes for temporary salary changes.
• Preparing final time calculations for employees leaving City employment.
• Interpreting labor contract provisions and applying established timekeeping rules governing the compensation of employees for hours worked based on union contracts and the salary ordinance.
• Explaining payroll policies and procedures to employees in person and over the phone and clarifying discrepancies.
• Serving as liaison with the Comptroller's Office regarding new or modified timekeeping processes and policies.
• Maintaining timekeeping records and related supporting documentation for departmental employees.
• Preparing and generating various timekeeping reports.
• Sorting and distributing payroll checks.
• Filing and storing payroll documents.
• Responding to requests for employment verifications and generating missing wage reports, as required.

Location: 1000 East Ohio Street

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Qualifications:

• Two years of timekeeping, payroll, or clerical work experience.
• Should the above criteria not be fulfilled, the following options are acceptable: Graduation from an accredited college or university with an Associate's degree or higher, plus one (1) year of timekeeping, payroll, or clerical work experience.

Selection requirements include passing a written test/skills assessment and completing an interview.