Syracuse City School District · 1 month ago
Payroll Clerk - Central Office
Syracuse, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
$56K/yr - $56K/yr
4+ years expSyracuse City School District is undergoing a new phase of innovation and transformation aimed at improving student achievement. They are seeking a Payroll Clerk to manage payroll preparation, maintain payroll accounts, and prepare various payroll reports while ensuring compliance with prescribed standards and procedures.
Charter SchoolsEducation
Responsibilities
Receives from departments, weekly employee time cards and a report of the hours worked by each employee; computes the total hours recorded on each time card to verify the reports and to produce a control sheet
Forwards time cards to electronic data processing for entry into the computer; reviews printout, edits lists for accuracy and completeness; makes corrections as required to produce final payroll, inputs new direct deposit accounts, does reversal entry and data entry
Receives from departments, payroll worksheets on which changes from‑the previous pay period are noted; reviews changes for accuracy; forwards to data processing for computer entry; reviews printout edit list and makes corrections as required
Receives and processes data pertaining to payroll changes, such as appointments, promotions, terminations, changes in payroll deductions, etc
Prepares work sheets totaling all payroll deductions including withholding taxes; balances totals against other fiscal reports; assists in the preparation of a variety of payroll reports, including federal quarterly taxes, state wage reports, retirement system reports; etc.; deposits and balances withholding taxes with the treasury division
Processes payroll adjustment as required to correct errors in payroll input data; redeposit checks or a portion thereof and issues supplemental checks; adjusts payroll deductions accordingly; notifies various federal, state municipal and private agencies of adjustments and any rebates due; manually prepares a supplemental redeposit control sheet for each item and updates computer files using a computer terminal
Qualification
Required
High School Graduate
One (1) year of permanent competitive class status in the title of Account Clerk III; or
Two (2) years of permanent competitive class status in the title of Account Clerk II, Account Clerk-Typist II, or Control Clerk; or
Three (3) years of permanent competitive class status in the title of Account Clerk I or Account Clerk-Typist I
Four (4) years of work experience or its part time equivalent, in processing payroll data and preparing payrolls, including the maintenance of payroll accounts and records; or
Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resource Management or a closely related field; and, one (1) year of paraprofessional or professional level experience, or its part time equivalent, in which the major function of the job included human resource management, business administration or a closely related field; or
Graduation from a regionally accredited college or university or one accredited by the New York State Board of Regents to grant degrees with an Associate's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resource Management or a closely related field; and, three (3) years of paraprofessional or professional level experience, or its part time equivalent, in which the major function of the job included human resource management, business administration or a closely related field
Good knowledge of the principles and practices of financial account and record keeping
Good knowledge of procedures, forms and codes used to process payroll transactions
Good knowledge of standard office terminology, procedures and equipment
Working knowledge of basic arithmetic
Ability to work under tight time constraints
Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing with all levels of personnel
Ability to comprehend and apply department standards and regulations regarding payroll processing
The successful candidate will be required to pass a fingerprint-based background check, at the cost of $102.50 to the candidate
Company
Syracuse City School District
Syracuse City School District is a public school district based in Syracuse, New York.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.14M2019-04-16Grant· $0.14M
Leadership Team
Michael Puntschenko
Chief Financial Officer
Michael Henesey
Director of Community Partnerships
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