Business Support Specialist - Payroll Dept

Business Support Specialist I
- Payroll Dept.

Business Support Specialist I
- Payroll Dept.

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We are seeking a Payroll Professional to Join our Team!

First National’s Payroll Unit is seeking a Business Support Specialist. This position will work directly with our Human Resources Department supporting the bank’s Payroll function. The ideal candidate will possess strong organizational skills, have the ability to perform work with precision/accuracy, demonstrate strong verbal and written communication skills and have banking experience.

Salary: $25.42/hour minimum. Job/salary offer would be commensurate with experience.

Schedule:

Monday-Friday

Administers various delegated assignments and/or responsibilities of limited risk and moderate complexity, coordinates allocated resources, and identifies and manages risk by performing the following essential duties and responsibilities:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Performs the assigned responsibilities within predetermined scope, budget, schedule, and inherent risk; identifies appropriate resources, training needs, and risk management strategies; manages day-to-day activities and coordinates with bank’s management, end users, and vendors.
• Assists assignment owners in developing implementation plan (as necessary), assembling teams, and coordinates individual responsibilities to ensure timely completion of related tasks; communicates with functional area managers regarding status of assignments, including costs and scheduling.
• Tracks and follows up on outstanding items to ensure objectives are met and assists assignment owners with quality assurance audits.
• Assists in performing workflow analysis to identify labor-intensive tasks and inefficiencies, and recommends automation and process changes to streamline workflows and to increase resource usage efficiency.
• Assists in developing of functional area’s plans, goals, objectives, budgets, and procedures.
• Stays abreast of pertinent federal and state regulations and interacts with compliance staff to ensure assignment components are compliant with all applicable federal and state regulations.
• Creates reports and presentations for all levels of management and may direct the work of others.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Minimum:
Bachelor's degree in a business-related field and two years progressively responsible business operations experience; or four years progressively responsible business operations experience; or equivalent combination of education/training and experience.

Preferred:
Banking or related financial industry experience. Project management experience.

Advanced word processing, database, spreadsheet software experience, and excellent written and verbal communication skills required; ability to think critically, leverage business metrics, effectively manage own and other’s time and priorities and resources required; experience using project management software preferred. Ability to handle highly confidential information, frequent deadlines, and time constraints required.

Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or…