PAYROLL CLERK

Career Opportunities with Eddy County, New Mexico

Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.

This position will provide administrative support to the Payroll Manager in completing bi‑weekly payroll and will be the point of contact for employees to answer questions and concerns relating to W‑4’s, W‑2’s, address and phone number changes, direct deposits, pay stubs, wage garnishments, verification of employments, unlocking and resetting Kronos logins and passwords, schedules changes, bio metric fingerprinting and timeclock troubleshooting.

Employee will be investigating and helping to resolve minor payroll discrepancies or errors by collecting and analyzing information, under the payroll manager's guidance. Employee will be collecting, verifying, and accurately entering employee data in to the payroll system, and assist the Payroll Manager with distributing payroll checks to employees and sending payment checks. Employee will be checking and scanning bi‑weekly payroll maintenance, will, maintaining and organizing detailed payroll files and documentation for audit trails and compliance, and assist with the preparation of year‑end tax forms.

Reconcile monthly benefits statements and invoices from insurance carriers. Employee must be detail oriented and possess basic bookkeeping knowledge, be proficient in Windows and MS Office, Word and Excel, and must be able to handle large amounts of data. Employee must have the ability to understand and communicate in English, both orally and in writing. Must have the ability to handle sensitive employee and financial information with discretion.

Employee will perform all duties with minimal supervision. Employee may be required to work irregular hours, attend job related meetings, and be required to perform all other duties as assigned.