Payroll Assistant / Payroll Assistant Trainee – Central Office;

About the role

The Office of Mental Health (OMH) is recruiting to fill a Payroll Assistant, G-9 / Payroll Assistant Trainee, NS, position in the Office of Financial Management, Consolidated Business Office (CBO). The Consolidated Business Office, Consolidated Payroll Services Unit (CPSU) has two teams (upstate facilities and downstate facilities) responsible for processing payroll transactions and providing payroll services for 24 OMH psychiatric facilities.

Responsibilities

• Process all basic salary payroll transactions, direct deposits, deductions, taxes, miscellaneous payments and related material for OMH employees at designated facilities within established Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) deadlines.
• Conduct pre-audits and post-audits of all payroll transactions, additional payments, and deductions.
• Maintain accurate and complete records of payroll transactions and payments for each assigned facility.
• Communicate both written and verbally with facility payroll contacts, Office of the State Comptroller personnel, Central Transaction Unit personnel, and others, to relay payroll processing information and/or to resolve problems.
• Provide customer service to facility liaison verbally and in writing regarding changes to current miscellaneous payments, taxes, direct deposit and/or deductions.
• Keep supervisor apprised of the status for their facilities payroll practices.
• Complete verification of employment forms received from various vendors according to strict deadlines as necessary.
• Assist payroll supervisors with special payment processing.

Minimum Qualifications

Non-Competitive Minimum Qualifications Under the NY HELPS Program:

• Payroll Assistant Trainee (1 year traineeship equated to G-6 leading to a G-9): There are no minimum education or experience requirements to apply.
• Payroll Assistant, G-9: One year of payroll experience, which included computing time worked, salaries, and deductions.

Transfer Opportunity: Candidates must have permanent status as a Payroll Assistant, Grade 9, and be eligible for lateral transfer, OR be eligible for transfer via 70.1 of the Civil Service Law into Payroll Assistant, G-9.