Payroll Director

About the role

The NYC Department of Probation (DOP) seeks a Payroll Director to oversee payroll operations and provide leadership to the Payroll unit. Key responsibilities include strategic leadership, payroll administration, compliance, and coordination with oversight agencies.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the Payroll unit.
• Direct and manage staff responsible for the preparation, auditing, and processing of biweekly payroll to ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to city payroll deadlines.
• Oversee payroll audits to ensure transactions, deductions, and adjustments are processed in accordance with city policies and internal controls.
• Interpret and apply collective bargaining agreements and payroll regulations.
• Implement and ensure adherence to payroll best practices, procedures, and user service guidelines issued by the Office of Payroll Administration, the Office of Labor Relations, and NYCAPS Central.
• Serve as liaison between the Department and citywide entities including the Office of Payroll Administration, the Office of Labor Relations, NYCAPS Central user community groups, and other interagency committees as required.
• Cook up and review CityTime and payroll system transactions, including deductions, time entries, and pay adjustments, to ensure accuracy and compliance with policy.
• Prepare ad hoc payroll reports, data analyses, and spreadsheets related to payroll operations.
• Draft correspondence and documentation in response to payroll inquiries and policy interpretation requests.
• Supervise and guide staff performing payroll, audit, and related operational functions.
• Respond to external inquiries and provide source documentation to oversight agencies.
• Represent the Department and testify at hearings related to payroll matters when required.

Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience requiring independent decision-making concerning program management or planning, allocation for resources and the scheduling and assignment of work, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and five years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of satisfactory, full-time progressively responsible experience as described in "1" above, 18 months of which must have been in an administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory capacity.
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. All candidates must possess the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1", "2" or "3" above.

Qualifications

• Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience described in "1", "2" or "3" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3½ years.

Skills

• Strategic leadership
• Payroll administration
• Compliance with regulations
• Liaison with oversight agencies
• Coordination with internal stakeholders
• Supervision of staff
• Adherence to payroll best practices

Benefits

• Not specified

Pay

• Maximum salary is not guaranteed.

Schedule

• Not specified