Payroll Specialist

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our
residency definition
to determine if you qualify.

The incumbent servesном part of the Statewide Payroll Production team and assists with maintaining compliance with state and Federal statutes regarding employment. This position conducts data analysis and research to ensure accurate recording and reporting of payroll transactions, assists with systems testing, and completes tasks related to taxation, direct deposit recalls, stop pay/reissuance of payroll warrants, and completion of special projects related to payroll production.

The incumbent will work heavily in Excel to review large data sets and take actions utilizing spreadsheet reports. Familiarity with Excel formatting and formulas is essential to success in this role.

The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll, and travel services for the State of Alaska.

We are a welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians, and payroll specialists who conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement. The payroll production unit is a small but mighty team. We value collaboration, knowledge sharing, and work‑life balance.

Few opportunities in government provide the chance to work in multiple functional areas across every department in the State of Alaska. Each day provides new challenges and excitement. The Division of Finance is truly a dynamic place to work. In addition to this learning opportunity, we offer hybrid telework after an initial training period, cross‑training, and meaningful work that supports employees across the State.

You will enjoy a workplace with a view of Juneau's beautiful downtown scenery. Located on the 10th floor of the State Office Building, our office is within close walking distance to coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails.

Weूठ interested in candidates who possess some or all of the following position‑specific competencies:

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.

• Self-Management: Sets well‑defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment toward completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.

Recruitment staff will ensure the official Minimum Qualifications are present in the job posting, along with the following information:

This job class uses competencymalink-based minimum qualifications.
Please ensure your application (through work history, volunteer experience (duties summary), training, education, licenses, certifications, etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge, skills, abilities (KSAs), tasks, and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations, as opposed to specific tasks, and are to be used only as parameters and guidelines. A competency’s description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA, task, and behavior needed to successfully meet the competency, but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options as to how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in

• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.

• Customer…