Payroll Supervisor

UNCLASSIFIED POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Human Resources Management, or related field required; supplemented by five (5) years of experience in payroll processing for a large-scale organization with two (2) years of supervisory experience; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

• A valid Georgia driver’s license is required. New residents must obtain a valid Georgia Driver’s License within 30 days of employment.

• Proficiency in performance of the essential functions and learning, comprehending, and applying all county or departmental policies, practices, and procedures necessary to function effectively.
• Knowledge of accounting principles, payroll methods, Department of Labor regulations, federal and state tax regulations, and international tax requirements.
• Skill in understanding and using in-house payroll processing systems.

The purpose of this classification is to manage payroll activities, provide professional and technical accounting and statistical analysis, and supervise staff in processing payroll for Fulton County Government.

• Supervises, directs, and evaluates assigned staff: develops and oversees employee work schedules, compiles and reviews timesheets, approves/processes employee concerns, counsels or disciplines as appropriate, assists with performance appraisals, directs work, acts as a liaison, and trains staff.
• Processes and prepares employee paychecks for distribution: reviews, enters, and manages direct deposit, paycard program, pay codes and deductions, loans, tax with holdings, annual statutory updates to tax tables, pay period cycles, labor distributions; processes new employee documentation, changes, terminations; completes calculations; generates paychecks; monitors the Employee Self‑Service (ESS) System; verifies accuracy and corrects errors.
• Organizes, prioritizes, and assigns work: prioritizes and schedules activities, ensures resources, monitors status, consults with staff, provides reports, assists in revising procedure manuals.
• Maintains current, comprehensive knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll laws and regulations; attends professional development.
• Monitors and controls financial resources, disburses funds, performs cost control, monitors expenditures, prepares budget documents, administers grants, meets with managers on budget concerns, ensures availability of funds, reviews and corrects financial transactions.
• Ensures proper payment of wages and salaries by supervising payroll preparation, ensuring correct processing of salaries, hours, leave, holiday pay, compensatory time, overtime, governmental and county disbursements.
• Ensures the payroll system is compliant with laws by establishing controls, monitoring results, collaborating with HR and IT, and modifying programming and reporting.
• Manages processing and distribution of payroll to county employees, election workers, deceased employees and beneficiaries; ensures accurate and efficient payment.
• Ensures accurate, legal, and timely disbursements of with holdings and benefit payments to third parties and governmental agencies; supervises garnishments, levies, child support, bankruptcies, and vendor processing; serves as liaison to IRS, SSA, DOL, Unemployment Administrator, Georgia Employment Retirement System, Judicial Retirement System, auditors, vendors, and other agencies.
• Communicates payroll information: responds to inquiries, provides direction, establishes, modifies, and corrects payroll system errors, interprets documentation, conducts investigations, resolves complex problems.
• Prepares and submits payroll-related documents and reports: ensures compliance, prepares, reviews, transmits, reconciles wage and tax data, prepares filings for IRS, state, DOL, year‑end processing, calculates corrected wage statements, prepares expenditure reports, assists in queries and reports.
• Manages payroll and…