Payroll Specialist II

About the role

This position is responsible for performing a variety of technical and professional duties involved in processing Tulane’s bi-weekly and monthly payrolls. Maintains payroll systems and processes paychecks according to schedule and in the correct amount, ensuring payroll processes comply with state, federal, and local regulations. Implements best practices as regulations change and researches and resolves complex, non-routine problems. This position may provide guidance and direction to less experienced payroll practitioners and oversee their daily work.

Responsibilities

• Customer Service: Works with staff and faculty employees to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available services; is committed to providing quality services.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Technical Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of contemporary principles of payroll management, including federal and state laws, regulations, methods, and techniques.
• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform the job; analyzes problems and develops creative solutions to complex payroll issues; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Requirements

• Minimum Qualification: Associate’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience directly related to payroll duties and responsibilities specified

Qualifications

• Preferred Qualification: Bachelor’s Degree
• FPC or CPP Designation
• Experience using Oracle and UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) time and attendance, formerly Kronos, software