Payroll Specialist #000239 at Lee County Schools

Qualifications:Minimum of two years accounting or business from a college or university preferred.Three to five years of work experience in a related area of accounting and/or payroll.Nature of Work:The Payroll Specialist is to assist in the administration of the districts business affairs so as to provide the maximum services for the financial resources available.Knowledge Skills and Abilities:Considerable knowledge of grammar vocabulary and punctuationConsiderable knowledge of office practices and proceduresConsiderable knowledge of bookkeepingConsiderable knowledge of accounting techniques and proceduresSkill to operate a computer and typewriterAbility to compile and summarize informationAbility to access information through a computer network or from a mini-or main-frame computerAbility to use moderately complex Microsoft OfficeAbility to reconcile divergent entriesAbility to learn interpret and explain policies regulation and programsAbility to resolve problem situationsAbility to schedule variable workEssential Job Functions:Collects and processes the information necessary to pay all employees.Edits payroll by reviewing data submitted from schools regarding hours and days worked as well as absences.Understands policies rules and regulations and laws governing State of North Carolina school payroll.Processes and prints checks for payroll.Maintains the filing of all monthly payroll timesheets and other payroll data.Assists with the set up of the calendars for each payroll run in the Financial software program which controls the processing of payroll.Performs clerical duties as required.Processes payment for contract work performed by employees.Maintains contract book for payroll and distributes copies of contracts for sponsoring administrators.Verifies salary and supplement payments by running reports to determine information for loan approval on active employees and former employees.Verifies leave balances years of North Carolina State aggregate service and salary information on all employees transferring to another unit.Processes tax levies child support orders and garnishments.Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.Required Experience:IC Key Skills Data Entry,Paychex,QuickBooks,Accounting,10 Key Calculator,Paylocity,Microsoft Excel,Payroll,ADP,Administrative Experience,Human Resources,Bookkeeping Employment Type : Full-Time Experience: years Vacancy: 1