PAYROLL / BENEFITS SPECIALIST #000240 at Lee County Schools

Qualifications:

• Minimum of two years accounting or business from a college or university preferred.
• Three to five years of work experience in a related area of accounting and purchasing.

Nature of Work:

The Payroll Technician is to assist in the administration of the district’s business affairs so as to provide the maximum services for the financial resources available.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of grammar, vocabulary and punctuation
• Considerable knowledge of office practices and procedures
• Considerable knowledge of bookkeeping
• Considerable knowledge of accounting techniques and procedures
• Skill to operate a computer and typewriter
• Ability to compile and summarize information
• Ability to access information through a computer network, or from a mini-or main-frame computer
• Ability to use moderately complex, WORD processing or spreadsheet software programs
• Ability to reconcile divergent entries
• Ability to learn, interpret and explain policies, regulation and programs
• Ability to resolve problem situations
• Ability to schedule variable work

Essential Job Functions:

• Collects and processes the information necessary to pay all employees.
• Edits payroll by reviewing data submitted from schools regarding hours and days worked as well as absences.
• Understands policies, rules and regulations and laws governing State of North Carolina school payroll.
• Processes and prints checks for payroll.
• Maintains the filing of all monthly payroll timesheets and other payroll data.
• Assists with the upgrading and maintaining salary tables.
• Assists with the set up of the calendars for each payroll run in the Sartox software program which controls the processing of payroll.
• Performs clerical duties as required.
• Reviews and ensures accuracy of longevity payment.
• Edits longevity reports.
• Maintains longevity files.
• Ensures that employees are enrolled in health insurance and deleted off if the employee has resigned.
• Balances the health insurance bill.
• Maintains current address on all employees listed on the insurance bill.
• Processes payment for contract work performed by employees.
• Maintains contract book for payroll and distributes copies of contracts for sponsoring administrators.
• Verifies salary and supplement payments by running reports to determine information for loan approval on active employees and former employees.
• Verifies leave balances, years of North Carolina State aggregate service and salary information on all employees transferring to another unit.
• Ensures timely remittance of all applicable withholding liabilities including federal, FICA and state taxes and retirement contributions.
• Compiles unemployment reports and worker’s compensation audit reports.
• Processes tax levies, child support orders and garnishments.
• Reconciles annual reports for W-2 processing and review W-2s for accuracy.
• Reconciles audit exceptions and allotment reports for certified salary positions.
• Administers and manages employee benefits and retirement program (health insurance, dental, vision and 401 (k) plans
• Maintaining accurate benefit records, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and develop communication materials
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.