Human Resources and Payroll Technician

• Location 4300 BONIFACE PARKWAY,Anchorage, AK, ,United States
• Base Pay $61,742.59 / Year
• Employee Type Fulltime Nonexempt

Position Summary: Under general supervision, the HR/PR Technician I will assist with and help coordinate and process technical payroll operations. This position participates with the HR Services Manager in the development and administration of the payroll system, test changes and upgrades to the payroll system to identify and correct problems prior to implementation, provides guidance and training to system users and identifies and resolves problems in the payroll system’s operations.
This is a non-supervisory job class with substantial responsibility for the exercise of independent professional judgment in completing daily payroll activities within the department.

Reports to:

HR Services Manager or Designee

HR/PR Technician I is an advanced professional job class in the HR/PR Department. The incumbent work with management to develop long-range plans and strategies for the AHFC payroll system; initiate and direct project plans; may serve as system representative to software vendor personnel and outside users of payroll information; provide ongoing review of policies and procedures, and revise and implement procedures as required.

Independently and through subordinates, HR/PR Technician I assist in the control the integrity of the AHFC payroll system and ensure system operations are in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, statutes, and regulations.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED: Non-Exempt, non-supervisory position.

• Coordinate the implementation of changes to system management tables.
• Ensure that financial systems of AHFC are operated in accordance with statutory requirements and GAAP accounting standards; ensure employees are paid timely and access to fiscal information is provided in a timely manner.
• Balance and analyze the General Ledger to the Bi-weekly payroll activity.
• Provide leadership to ensure that payroll information and reports are submitted and processed in accordance with established procedures; monitor payroll processing; take corrective action to maintain a balanced payroll and accurate recording of charges; lead receipt, audit, control, and processing of source documents.
• Implement systemic and procedural modifications to comply with changes required by IRS regulations or court decisions; evaluate system changes to maintain compliance with legal and contractual obligations asthey relate to pay for AHFC employees; implement changes resulting from payroll and benefit provisions in statutes and labor agreements.
• Assist in implementing new software releases for the AHFC payroll system; facilitate the discussions for analyzing new releases; develop implementation plan; develop comprehensive testing strategies; build comprehensive test data; build comprehensive system test environment; develop a comprehensive test plan; coordinate tests and implementation with programmers, agency staff.
• Assess current systems, recommend and design system changes or new systems; direct and review development of system support; coordinate the implementation of new or changed systems.
• Confer with data processing staff to resolve data processing problems; provide assistance and interpretation to programmers to define problem areas and find solutions; assist with the design of reports and programs to ensure compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Payroll Administration Guide, union contracts and Administrative Code.
• Maintain an extensive knowledge of the AHFC payroll system and all systems that interface data to payroll or receive data from payroll and be aware of relationships the various systems have upon one another. Develop, administer, and improve payroll procedures and operational controls; evaluate and review each system change for impact to other systems. Implement and review controls to maintain integrity between the AHFC payroll system and all related systems.
  
  Develop reports to document system changes and interfaces.
• Assist in drafting changes to the payroll user manual and agency operating instructions; interpret and apply state fiscal regulations and federal tax laws governing preparation of payrolls; provide information to departments concerning procedural details and routine policy.
• Assist in evaluating compliance of other agencies with established legal and procedural standards; provide analyses,…