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Stony Brook University · 2 days ago

Payroll Lead

Stony Brook, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$70K/yr - $75K/yr

3+ years exp

Stony Brook University is seeking a dedicated Payroll Lead to support all State payroll operations. The role involves maintaining payroll for various employees, ensuring accuracy of payroll transactions, and creating internal procedures while leading the payroll team.

Higher Education

No H1B

Responsibilities

Maintains payroll for State employees (University, Hospital and Long Island State Veterans Home), Student Assistants, and Special Fund Estimate (SFE) workers by collecting, calculating, and entering data into various systems

Supports payroll operations by following policies and procedures; investigating problems and ensuring necessary corrections are made to ensure the accuracy of payroll transactions

Ensures accuracy of payroll transactions processed by Payroll Examiners

Resolves discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information and implementing changes

Member of the State Payroll Users Group, attending meetings, determining impact of process changes, and ensuring the team understands and implements new processes

Responsible for reviewing and understanding payroll related aspects of all bargaining agreements and ensuring that transactions are processed which align with the terms of the bargaining agreements

Responsible for the creation/maintenance of internal procedures, ensuring all processes have been clearly identified and documented

Updates procedures as changes to the processes have been implemented and/or new/ additional information is received from OSC/SUNY

Other duties or projects as assigned as appropriate to rank and departmental mission

Qualification

Payroll processingPayroll laws/regulationsMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft Office SuiteTrainingMentoringMultitasking skillsMath skillsCommunication skillsDetail oriented

Required

Bachelor's degree (foreign equivalent or higher), in lieu of a bachelor's degree, a combination of education and experience totaling four (4) years may be considered

Three (3) years of full-time full time experience processing payroll

Knowledge of payroll related laws/regulations

Experience with computer applications to include Microsoft Office Suite and/or Google Workspace