Payroll Clerk

Payroll Clerk - FT, Core - Non-Represented

Hours: 8:30am - 4:30pm, 7.5 hours per day/37.5 hours per week - 12 Month/CORE Duty Schedule

Salary & Benefits: Highly competitive compensation and benefits package. Starting base salary range is $57,000 - $64,000; commensurate with experience.

DUTIES OF ASSIGNMENT: Performs specialized clerical work in the keeping of the payroll and personnel records; does related work as required. Compiles payroll figures and keeps records of withholding taxes, social security, retirements, and other deductions; salary increases; participates in preparing regular and periodic state and local reports, quarterly reporting; W-2 preparation; employee attendance; maintains related files and records in connection with forms, correspondence, and reports; answers routine inquiries on employee service records; plans work program to meet payroll schedules. This is a specialized clerical position, ensuring the proper maintenance of employee payroll records and assisting others in proper payroll documentation procedures.

SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Knowledge in transportation timekeeping preferred. Good knowledge of office terminology, procedures and equipment; working knowledge of forms, procedures and terminology involved in the maintenance and checking of employee records and payrolls; good knowledge of business arithmetic and English; ability to understand and follow detailed oral and written instructions; ability to get along well with others; industry and dependability; a high degree of accuracy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS : Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and three (3) years of general office experience, one (1) year of which involved working with payrolls or financial records.