Payroll Specialist-Payroll at University of Tennessee

DescriptionMarket Range: 07Hiring Salary: $20.65/HourlyJOB SUMMARY/ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: The Payroll Specialist works with departments and the System Payroll Office to ensure faculty staff and students are paid timely and correctly. This position supports the UT Health Science Center UT Chattanooga-Clinical UT Knoxville-Clinical and the Jackson Family Medical Center. This position is also responsible for ensuring that items such as time entry court-ordered payments terminations taxes deductions and employee changes and updates are processed in the payroll system for all the campuses it serves.ResponsibilitiesDUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Completes all aspects of the student hire process for student workers (i.e. residents graduate research assistants student assistants).Posts jobs on DASH/Oracle and communicates with departments and human resources to obtain necessary documents to complete the student hire process.Processes student transfers and additional assignments for departments as needed.Enters and approves time for bi-weekly employees without access to the system or experience problems entering time.Reviews time entries during the pay cycle to ensure employees are not entering and submitting time prior to time worked.Reviews employees pay records to determine if an overpayment has been made; calculates the overpayment and communicates the information to the employee department and system payroll office.Processes service credit form for employees leaving the university and moving to another state board entity.Serves as liaison for UT Health Science Center Campus Police HSC Hub and GME department in submitting miscellaneous charges for employees to the system payroll office for entry into DASH/Oracle.Performs other duties as assigned.QualificationsMINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:EDUCATION:High School Diploma or GED. (Associates Degree inAccounting Business Office Administrationor a related field preferred.) (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED)EXPERIENCE: Four (4) years of business-related (i.e. payroll processing) experience; OR an Associates Degree and two (2) years of business-related (i.e. payroll processing) experience; ORa combination of education and experience to equal four (4) years.KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:Strong organizational and time management skills.Good interpersonal and communication skills.Skill utilizing Microsoft Office.Ability to type 25 wpm.Problem solving communication and decision-making skills.Ability to plan and prioritize.Knowledge of payroll compliance and payroll software.Teamwork and customer service skills.Ability to adapt to changes in regulations and laws.Knowledge of Oracle HCM system is preferred.Report writing leadership and administrative skills is preferred.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