Senior Account Clerk Payroll (NY HELPS) 07260010

Job Responsibilities

• Verifies hourly data transferred by Human Resources to the Payroll System and from the Board of Education minutes.
• Receives and computes all payroll for hourly employees, making deductions for income tax, retirement, health and medical insurance, and various other employee deduction requests.
• Electronically submits employee direct deposit data.
• Affords assistance to the Senior Payroll Clerk in maintaining and organizing all pertinent payroll records.
• Verifies and processes overtime payments and final vacation time payments for resigned employees.
• Affords assistance in processing and mailing of all employee checks and paystubs.
• Pastes cash receipts to the accounting system on a timely basis.
• Affords assistance to the Senior Payroll Clerk in any of his/her duties.
• Performs other duties relevant to the civil service job description for this title as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• There is no civil service examination required for this position for the duration of the NY HELPS Program.
• Candidates must meet the minimum civil service qualifications for a NY HELPS appointment as follows:
• Graduation from a regionally accredited or NYS registered two (2) year college or university with an Associates Degree in Accounting or Business and one (1) year experience in the maintaining of financial records;
• Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma and three (3) years experience in the compilation and maintenance of financial records;
• Seven (7) years experience in the compilation and maintenance of financial records;
• An equal combination of training and experience as defined by the limit of (A), (B) and (C).
• Additional Qualifications: Payroll experience a plus.