Payroll Specialist Job Baltimore area,Maryland USA,Accounting

Posting Details Job Title

Payroll Specialist

Division

Division of Finance & Administration

Department

Comptroller's Office

Work Status

Full Time

Position Category

Staff

FLSA

Exempt

Pay Range

Exempt

Salary Range

$65,000 - $75,000 / year

Fund Source

State Support

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Director of Accounting, the Payroll Specialist is to coordinate the processing of payroll for the grosspay file submission for the Morgan campus. As part of the payrollstaff, the Payroll Specialist is expected to generate, analyze, and evaluate diagnostic reports summarizing payroll problems and their solutions. Be able to problem-solve on issues concerning payroll and the interfaces between Morgan, IT, and CPB .

Job Duties

Duties & Responsibilities:

Coordinate the centralized processing of the gross pay filesubmission.
Make corrections and resolve all issues pertaining to the grosspay file before submission to IT in a timely manner.
Make sure that all necessary documents are processed in atimely manner.
Research, analyze, and process all issues that are forwardedfrom the Financial Services Unit.
Serve as back-up to the Payroll Processing Associate.
Must independently organize and execute various assignments bythe deadline while paying close attention to detail.
Provide excellent customer service to the Morgan campus, the Central Payroll Bureau, the Comptroller of the MD office, andothers outside of the campus.
other duties as assigned.

Requested

Minimum Qualifications Educational:

A High School Diploma or a GED is required.

Experience:

At least 4 years of payroll experience is required.

Other Preferences for Consideration

Preferences:

Experience with higher education and a union environment ishighly desired.
Preferences may be given to candidates with a Bachelors Degreein Finance, Accounting, Business or any discipline.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Excellent attention to detail.
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
Excellent problem-solving skills. `
Experience working in a professional office setting.
At least at an intermediate level with the Microsoft Office suite.
knowledge of complex and specialized payroll and data processing procedures.
Be skilled in research and analysis.

Posting Detail Information Posting Number

ST01477

Number of Vacancies

Job Open Date

09/22/2026

Job Close Date

10/20/2026

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

* Do you have a High School Diploma or GED?

* Do you have a minimum of four(4) years payroll related experience?

* Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or aBusiness related field?

* Do you have at least two years experience dealing with State,Federal Payroll regulations and using tax tables to determinedeductions

* Do you have advance computer skills? (Open Ended Question)

* Do you have experience with higher education, and a union environment is highly desired?

* How did you hear about this employment opportunity?

Public Job Posting
Internal Job Posting
Agency Referral
Advertisement/Publication
Personal Referral
Website
Other

* Are you a current, past or retired Morgan University employee? Are you a current, past or retired State employee? If YES

to pass, retired or current STATE employee, please put the agency. If not applicable, put N/A. (Open Ended Question)

Applicant Documents Required Documents

Resume

Optional Documents

High School Diploma/GED

Transcripts (unofficial )

Cover Letter