Payroll Accountant
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must include only sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate (EEO, legal, etc). Must not include sections with placeholder text like "commensurate with experience". Must not create Pay/Schedule/Benefits unless posting actually states them. The posting includes Salary: $24.99 - $38.15 per hour. That's pay info. So we can have a Pay section. Benefits: mentions robust benefits package (health insurance, retirement plans, paid time off) and link to website. That's specific enough? It says "robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off." That's substantive. So Benefits section can be included. Schedule: Not mentioned explicitly; maybe FTE 1.0 implies full-time but not explicit schedule. We shouldn't create Schedule unless stated. So omit Schedule.
We need sections: About the role (maybe from Position Summary), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (minimum requirements), Qualifications (maybe preferred qualifications), Skills (professional competencies), Benefits, Pay.
We must not repeat job title. Use for each section heading.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose.
We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit important details.
We need to extract content.
Let's parse the posting:
Department: Business Affairs
Classification: Accountant 1
Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing
Salary: $24.99 - $38.15 per hour
FTE: 1.0
Review of Applications Begins September 29, 2026; position open until filled
Special Instructions to Applicants: include resume, references, outline three years of accounting experience and note a CPA or PA certificate AND upload transcripts for all required and/or related courses.
Department Summary: description of Business Affairs.
Position Summary: detailed description of Payroll Accountant role.
Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting, OR 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience.* Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following: list of six items.
Professional Competencies: list of bullet-like sentences.
Preferred Qualifications: list of items.
FLSA Exempt: No
All offers contingent upon background check.
This is a classified position represented by SEIU Local 503...
The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website .
Then EEO boilerplate etc to remove.
We need to omit Special Instructions to Applicants? It's basically application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Special Instructions to Applicants section. However we need to preserve the requirement about three years of accounting experience and CPA/PA certificate and transcripts. That is part of Minimum Requirements. So we can keep that within Minimum Requirements.
We also need to preserve the Department Summary and Position Summary as prose.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's craft sections:
About the role
maybe combine Department Summary and Position Summary? Could be separate: About the role could be Position Summary. Department Summary could be maybe "About Business Affairs". But we only need sections when there is real specific content. We could have About the role (Position Summary) and maybe Department Overview not needed. But we could include a brief About the role summarizing the position. The instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)". So we should follow those example headings. So we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay.
We need to map content:
- About the role: Position Summary paragraph(s). Could be multiple paragraphs but we can combine into
.
- Responsibilities: list of duties from Position Summary (the many sentences). We need to extract duty list. Could be bullet list.
- Requirements: Minimum Requirements (education, experience, transcripts, accounting experience list). Could be a mix of prose and list.
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list.
- Skills: Professional Competencies list.
- Benefits: description of benefits package.
- Pay: Salary range.
We must not include fluff like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include metadata like Appointment Type, FTE, Review of Applications Begins etc. Those are minor metadata; we can fold into a short
or drop. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could include a short paragraph at top maybe with those details? But they said "fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." It might be okay to include a brief paragraph with those details, but better to drop them to keep only substantive sections. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; is appointment type substantive? It's regular ongoing, FTE 1.0, review date. Might be considered metadata but still substantive. The instruction says we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short
at the beginning with those details, not as a heading. That seems acceptable.
We must not include application instructions (Special Instructions to Applicants). So we omit that.
We must not include EEO/legal boilerplate.
Now craft HTML.
We'll start with maybe a
containing metadata: "Appointment Type: Regular, Ongoing; FTE: 1.0; Review of Applications Begins September 29, 2026; position open until filled." That's minor metadata.
Then sections.
Let's extract content precisely.
About the role (Position Summary):
"The Payroll Accountant supports the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the university’s payroll, benefits, and retirement accounting functions. This position performs complex reconciliations of employee payroll deductions, retirement contributions, union dues, and benefit payments, working closely with Human Resources, vendors, and payroll staff to identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and ensure proper financial posting. The role assists with PEBB daily files, retirement entry processing, and reconciliation activities, as well as the preparation, auditing, and submission of union reporting and vendor invoices. A key responsibility of this position is supporting payroll processing through the calculation and collection of overpayments, processing of daily manual checks, and assisting the Payroll Accounting team with payroll posting, tax reconciliations, and research related to payroll tax accounts. The Payroll Accountant also processes benefit and retirement adjustments, performs testing of system programming changes and releases, and contributes to the accuracy of payroll data across systems. The position plays a critical role in supporting workflow efficiency by establishing and verifying employee job records, mandatory deductions, tax withholding, retirement codes, benefit codes, and other key data elements in the Banner HRIS system. The accountant ensures consistency and compliance with pay rules, personnel policies, and data standards across all employee classifications. The role also develops and maintains data tools to streamline payroll processes and collaborates with management to identify and implement automation and workflow improvements. Through a combination of analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration with internal and external partners, the Payroll Accountant helps safeguard payroll accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and support efficient payroll operations across the university."
We'll put that in
.
Responsibilities: Could be a list of duties derived from above. But we already have the prose; we could also make a list. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn the duties into a list. However we already used prose for About the role; we could still have Responsibilities as a list. Let's extract duty items:
- Perform complex reconciliations of employee payroll deductions, retirement contributions, union dues, and benefit payments.
- Work closely with Human Resources, vendors, and payroll staff to identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and ensure proper financial posting.
- Assist with PEBB daily files, retirement entry processing, and reconciliation activities.
- Prepare, audit, and submit union reporting and vendor invoices.
- Support payroll processing through calculation and collection of overpayments.
- Process daily manual checks.
- Assist the Payroll Accounting team with payroll posting, tax reconciliations, and research related to payroll tax accounts.
- Process benefit and retirement adjustments.
- Perform testing of system programming changes and releases.
- Contribute to the accuracy of payroll data across systems.
- Establish and verify employee job records, mandatory deductions, tax withholding, retirement codes, benefit codes, and other key data elements in the Banner HRIS system.
- Ensure consistency and compliance with pay rules, personnel policies, and data standards across all employee classifications.
- Develop and maintain data tools to streamline payroll processes.
- Collaborate with management to identify and implement automation and workflow improvements.
- Safeguard payroll accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and support efficient payroll operations through analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration.
We could combine some but keep as list.
Requirements: Minimum Requirements.
Content: "Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting, OR 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience.* Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following: Preparing transactions to be recorded in records of original entry; Preparing journal entries, posting from journals to general ledger, or preparing original general ledger entries; Summarizing data from a ledger to a trial balance; Closing accounts at the end of an accounting period; Applying PC spreadsheet, database, and word processing software; Processing data using a computer."
We need to preserve the asterisk? Probably okay.
We'll format as
for the first sentences, then
- for the list of six items.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list:
- Direct experience with payroll processes and accounting.
- Direct experience with health insurance billing practices.
- Direct experience with creating and reconciling federal and state tax forms.
- Direct experience working with IT staff to develop data extraction processes and reports.
We'll make
- .
Skills: Professional Competencies list:
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to represent Business Affairs and the university in a friendly, helpful, and professional manner.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations in a compliant manner.
- Ability to explain (verbally and in writing) complex rules and regulations to various audiences in a meaningful and effective manner.
- Proficiency in computer software technology.
- Independent problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Confidentiality.
Make list.
Benefits: "The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website ."
We'll make
.
Pay: "Salary: $24.99 - $38.15 per hour"
Make
.
We also might include the metadata paragraph at top.
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. Use
for prose. We must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Must not omit important details. We need to extract content. Let's parse the posting: Department: Business Affairs Classification: Accountant 1 Appointment Type and Duration: Regular, Ongoing Salary: $24.99 - $38.15 per hour FTE: 1.0 Review of Applications Begins September 29, 2026; position open until filled Special Instructions to Applicants: include resume, references, outline three years of accounting experience and note a CPA or PA certificate AND upload transcripts for all required and/or related courses. Department Summary: description of Business Affairs. Position Summary: detailed description of Payroll Accountant role. Minimum Requirements: Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting, OR 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience.* Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following: list of six items. Professional Competencies: list of bullet-like sentences. Preferred Qualifications: list of items. FLSA Exempt: No All offers contingent upon background check. This is a classified position represented by SEIU Local 503... The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website . Then EEO boilerplate etc to remove. We need to omit Special Instructions to Applicants? It's basically application instructions; we should remove application instructions per instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove the Special Instructions to Applicants section. However we need to preserve the requirement about three years of accounting experience and CPA/PA certificate and transcripts. That is part of Minimum Requirements. So we can keep that within Minimum Requirements. We also need to preserve the Department Summary and Position Summary as prose. We need to avoid duplication. Let's craft sections:
About the role
maybe combine Department Summary and Position Summary? Could be separate: About the role could be Position Summary. Department Summary could be maybe "About Business Affairs". But we only need sections when there is real specific content. We could have About the role (Position Summary) and maybe Department Overview not needed. But we could include a brief About the role summarizing the position. The instruction: "usefor section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)". So we should follow those example headings. So we will have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. We need to map content: - About the role: Position Summary paragraph(s). Could be multiple paragraphs but we can combine into
. - Responsibilities: list of duties from Position Summary (the many sentences). We need to extract duty list. Could be bullet list. - Requirements: Minimum Requirements (education, experience, transcripts, accounting experience list). Could be a mix of prose and list. - Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list. - Skills: Professional Competencies list. - Benefits: description of benefits package. - Pay: Salary range. We must not include fluff like "commensurate with experience". Not present. We must not repeat job title. We must not include metadata like Appointment Type, FTE, Review of Applications Begins etc. Those are minor metadata; we can fold into a short
or drop. The instruction: "do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we could include a short paragraph at top maybe with those details? But they said "fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." It might be okay to include a brief paragraph with those details, but better to drop them to keep only substantive sections. However we need to preserve ALL substantive information; is appointment type substantive? It's regular ongoing, FTE 1.0, review date. Might be considered metadata but still substantive. The instruction says we can fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we could include a short
at the beginning with those details, not as a heading. That seems acceptable. We must not include application instructions (Special Instructions to Applicants). So we omit that. We must not include EEO/legal boilerplate. Now craft HTML. We'll start with maybe a
containing metadata: "Appointment Type: Regular, Ongoing; FTE: 1.0; Review of Applications Begins September 29, 2026; position open until filled." That's minor metadata. Then sections. Let's extract content precisely. About the role (Position Summary): "The Payroll Accountant supports the accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the university’s payroll, benefits, and retirement accounting functions. This position performs complex reconciliations of employee payroll deductions, retirement contributions, union dues, and benefit payments, working closely with Human Resources, vendors, and payroll staff to identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and ensure proper financial posting. The role assists with PEBB daily files, retirement entry processing, and reconciliation activities, as well as the preparation, auditing, and submission of union reporting and vendor invoices. A key responsibility of this position is supporting payroll processing through the calculation and collection of overpayments, processing of daily manual checks, and assisting the Payroll Accounting team with payroll posting, tax reconciliations, and research related to payroll tax accounts. The Payroll Accountant also processes benefit and retirement adjustments, performs testing of system programming changes and releases, and contributes to the accuracy of payroll data across systems. The position plays a critical role in supporting workflow efficiency by establishing and verifying employee job records, mandatory deductions, tax withholding, retirement codes, benefit codes, and other key data elements in the Banner HRIS system. The accountant ensures consistency and compliance with pay rules, personnel policies, and data standards across all employee classifications. The role also develops and maintains data tools to streamline payroll processes and collaborates with management to identify and implement automation and workflow improvements. Through a combination of analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration with internal and external partners, the Payroll Accountant helps safeguard payroll accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and support efficient payroll operations across the university." We'll put that in
. Responsibilities: Could be a list of duties derived from above. But we already have the prose; we could also make a list. The instruction: Use
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn the duties into a list. However we already used prose for About the role; we could still have Responsibilities as a list. Let's extract duty items:
- Perform complex reconciliations of employee payroll deductions, retirement contributions, union dues, and benefit payments.
- Work closely with Human Resources, vendors, and payroll staff to identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and ensure proper financial posting.
- Assist with PEBB daily files, retirement entry processing, and reconciliation activities.
- Prepare, audit, and submit union reporting and vendor invoices.
- Support payroll processing through calculation and collection of overpayments.
- Process daily manual checks.
- Assist the Payroll Accounting team with payroll posting, tax reconciliations, and research related to payroll tax accounts.
- Process benefit and retirement adjustments.
- Perform testing of system programming changes and releases.
- Contribute to the accuracy of payroll data across systems.
- Establish and verify employee job records, mandatory deductions, tax withholding, retirement codes, benefit codes, and other key data elements in the Banner HRIS system.
- Ensure consistency and compliance with pay rules, personnel policies, and data standards across all employee classifications.
- Develop and maintain data tools to streamline payroll processes.
- Collaborate with management to identify and implement automation and workflow improvements.
- Safeguard payroll accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and support efficient payroll operations through analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration.
We could combine some but keep as list.
Requirements: Minimum Requirements.
Content: "Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting, OR 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience.* Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following: Preparing transactions to be recorded in records of original entry; Preparing journal entries, posting from journals to general ledger, or preparing original general ledger entries; Summarizing data from a ledger to a trial balance; Closing accounts at the end of an accounting period; Applying PC spreadsheet, database, and word processing software; Processing data using a computer."
We need to preserve the asterisk? Probably okay.
We'll format as
for the first sentences, then
- for the list of six items.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list:
- Direct experience with payroll processes and accounting.
- Direct experience with health insurance billing practices.
- Direct experience with creating and reconciling federal and state tax forms.
- Direct experience working with IT staff to develop data extraction processes and reports.
We'll make
- .
Skills: Professional Competencies list:
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to represent Business Affairs and the university in a friendly, helpful, and professional manner.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations in a compliant manner.
- Ability to explain (verbally and in writing) complex rules and regulations to various audiences in a meaningful and effective manner.
- Proficiency in computer software technology.
- Independent problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Confidentiality.
Make list.
Benefits: "The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website ."
We'll make
. Pay: "Salary: $24.99 - $38.15 per hour" Make
. We also might include the metadata paragraph at top.
- .
Skills: Professional Competencies list:
- Exceptional customer service skills and the ability to represent Business Affairs and the university in a friendly, helpful, and professional manner.
- Excellent analytical, written, and verbal communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
- Ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations in a compliant manner.
- Ability to explain (verbally and in writing) complex rules and regulations to various audiences in a meaningful and effective manner.
- Proficiency in computer software technology.
- Independent problem-solving skills.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Confidentiality.
Make list.
Benefits: "The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits package to eligible employees, including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about benefits, visit our website ."
We'll make
- for the list of six items.
Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications list:
- Direct experience with payroll processes and accounting.
- Direct experience with health insurance billing practices.
- Direct experience with creating and reconciling federal and state tax forms.
- Direct experience working with IT staff to develop data extraction processes and reports.
We'll make
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we should turn the duties into a list. However we already used prose for About the role; we could still have Responsibilities as a list. Let's extract duty items:
- Perform complex reconciliations of employee payroll deductions, retirement contributions, union dues, and benefit payments.
- Work closely with Human Resources, vendors, and payroll staff to identify discrepancies, resolve issues, and ensure proper financial posting.
- Assist with PEBB daily files, retirement entry processing, and reconciliation activities.
- Prepare, audit, and submit union reporting and vendor invoices.
- Support payroll processing through calculation and collection of overpayments.
- Process daily manual checks.
- Assist the Payroll Accounting team with payroll posting, tax reconciliations, and research related to payroll tax accounts.
- Process benefit and retirement adjustments.
- Perform testing of system programming changes and releases.
- Contribute to the accuracy of payroll data across systems.
- Establish and verify employee job records, mandatory deductions, tax withholding, retirement codes, benefit codes, and other key data elements in the Banner HRIS system.
- Ensure consistency and compliance with pay rules, personnel policies, and data standards across all employee classifications.
- Develop and maintain data tools to streamline payroll processes.
- Collaborate with management to identify and implement automation and workflow improvements.
- Safeguard payroll accuracy, maintain regulatory compliance, and support efficient payroll operations through analytical skills, attention to detail, and collaboration.
We could combine some but keep as list.
Requirements: Minimum Requirements.
Content: "Bachelor's degree with CPA or PA certificate; OR Bachelor's degree with 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of college-level Accounting, OR 30 quarter (20 semester) hours of Accounting courses and three years of Accounting experience.* Transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. Accounting experience must include at least 3 of the following: Preparing transactions to be recorded in records of original entry; Preparing journal entries, posting from journals to general ledger, or preparing original general ledger entries; Summarizing data from a ledger to a trial balance; Closing accounts at the end of an accounting period; Applying PC spreadsheet, database, and word processing software; Processing data using a computer."
We need to preserve the asterisk? Probably okay.
We'll format as