PAYROLL CLERK

Brief Description

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.

• Provide administrative support to the Payroll Manager in completing bi-weekly payroll.
• Serve as the point of contact for employees on questions and concerns related to W-4’s, W-2’s, address/phone changes, direct deposits, pay stubs, wage garnishments, verification of employments, Kronos logins/passwords, scheduling changes, biometric fingerprinting, and timeclock troubleshooting.
• Investigate and help resolve minor payroll discrepancies or errors by collecting and analyzing information under the payroll manager’s guidance.
• Collect, verify, and accurately enter employee data into the payroll system; assist with distributing payroll checks and sending payment checks.
• Review bi-weekly payroll maintenance, maintain and organize detailed payroll files and documentation for audit trails and compliance; assist with year-end tax forms.
• Reconcile monthly benefits statements and invoices from insurance carriers.
• Maintain attention to detail; possess basic bookkeeping knowledge; proficient in Windows and MS Office (Word and Excel); handle large amounts of data.
• Understand and communicate in English (oral and written); handle sensitive employee and financial information with discretion.
• Perform all duties with minimal supervision and may work irregular hours or attend job-related meetings; perform other duties as assigned.

• Detail-oriented with basic bookkeeping knowledge.
• Proficient in Windows and MS Office, including Word and Excel; capable of handling large data sets.
• Ability to understand and communicate in English, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to handle sensitive employee and financial information with discretion.
• Ability to perform duties with minimal supervision; flexible to work irregular hours and attend meetings as required.

Starting Salary Range $21.00 - $23.18 per hour DOE