Payroll Officer 1
Hartford County, CT - USA
Job Summary
- Comprehensive state employee benefits
- Access the State Employee Benefits Overview page to explore available options
- Professional growth and career development opportunities
- A commitment to promoting a healthy work/life balance
- Reviews payroll for accuracy including shift differentials increases retirement calculations and workers compensation
- Prepares or closely supervises complex payroll tasks such as retroactive payments and garnishments
- Oversees reconciliation of payroll deductions and reviews coding of payroll expenditures
- Supervises maintenance of time records and issuance of leave balances
- Manages control and distribution of paychecks and responds to employee payroll questions
- Compiles payroll expenditure data to support budget preparation
- Provides information and processes paperwork related to employee fringe benefits
- Performs related duties as required
In order to be considered for this job opening you must be a current State of CT employee who has worked for the state for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service absent any applicable collective bargaining language and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
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- Schedules assigns oversees and reviews work of staff;
- Provides staff training and assistance;
- Conducts performance evaluations;
- Determines priorities and plans unit work;
- Establishes and maintains unit procedures;
- Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;
- Acts as liaison with other operating units agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
- Prepares reports and correspondence;
- Reviews accuracy of payroll including shift differential payments annual increases collective bargaining increases retirement calculations workers compensation benefits and revisions for attachments;
- Prepares or closely supervises more complex portions of a payroll such as retroactive payments or garnishments;
- Supervises reconciliation of payroll deductions and coding of payroll expenditures;
- Supervises maintenance of time records including issuing semi-annual leave balances;
- Supervises control and distribution of paychecks;
- Answers employees questions relating to payroll;
- May compile payroll expenditure data for budget preparation;
- May provide information and process paperwork regarding employee fringe benefits;
- Performs related duties as required.
- Considerable knowledge of
- relevant agency policies and procedures;
- and ability to apply relevant state and federal laws statutes and regulations;
- Knowledge of
- and ability to apply state payroll policies and procedures;
- uses of office machinery used in accounting work;
- governmental accounting as it applies to payroll;
- Considerable
- interpersonal skills;
- oral communication skills;
- skill in performing arithmetical computations;
- Supervisory ability.
- Experience with payroll software including but not limited to Peoplesoft (CORE) and UKG Pro
- Experience processing payroll medical dental and group life benefits
- Experience applying state and agency regulations to payroll including but not limited to human resources policies procedures bargaining unit contracts and agreement terms
- Experience compiling and analyzing benefits and payroll data
- Experience preparing reports on benefits and payroll data
- Experience independently managing assigned work responsibilities
- Experience leading and training assigned staff
- Experience identifying problems researching solutions and implementing corrective action
- Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines
- Experience providing customer service to diverse populations
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women minorities and persons with disabilities.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
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