Payroll Compensation Specialist Job Elizabeth area,New Jersey USA,HR/Recruitment

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE MAGNET SCHOOL IN THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX NOTICE OF OPENING Payroll & Compensation Specialist Central Office

Brief

Description:

The Board of Education of the Middlesex County Magnet Schools is currently seeking applications to fill the position of Payroll & Compensation Specialist for the school year.

Department: Business Office of Operations

Reports to: School Business Administrator of Operations

Classification: Administrative/Confidential and Non-affiliated

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direction of the School Business Administrator of Operations, the Payroll & Compensation Specialist provides confidential labor-relations and collective-negotiations support to district management. The position has regular and advanced access to management's confidential collective-negotiations strategies, proposals, costing assumptions, and other non-public labor-relations information, and performs duties used by management to formulate and evaluate negotiation positions.

The Payroll & Compensation Specialist works under the general direction of the School Business Administrator of Operations or assigned designee and collaborates closely with the Department of Personnel.

Qualifications:

A minimum of an Associate's degree from an accredited college or university in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Human Resources, Public Administration, or a related field. Relevant progressively responsible payroll experience may be substituted for the educational requirement as determined by the District.

Proven experience in payroll administration, accounting, compensation, finance, human resources information systems, or a related field.

Prior payroll experience in a New Jersey public school district, governmental agency, or other public-sector environment preferred.

Working knowledge of federal and New Jersey payroll tax requirements, wage-and-hour laws, payroll reporting requirements, and applicable employment regulations.

Knowledge of New Jersey public employee pension and retirement reporting requirements, including the Internet-Based Report of Contributions (IROC), preferred.

Demonstrated experience processing payroll, payroll deductions, employee compensation changes, payroll taxes, pension contributions, garnishments, and other payroll-related transactions.

Proficiency with payroll/HRIS systems, financial management systems, spreadsheets, and other business technology.

Ability to prepare, interpret, analyze, and explain payroll, compensation, and financial information.

Ability to perform compensation costing, salary-guide analysis, payroll projections, and other quantitative analyses.

Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification preferred but not required.

Strong analytical, organizational, communication, time-management, and problem-solving skills.

Demonstrated ability to handle confidential employee, financial, personnel, collective negotiations, and labor-relations information with discretion and sound professional judgment.

Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board of Education may find appropriate and acceptable.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Payroll Processing & Administration

Administers and processes the District's full payroll cycle under the direction of the School Business Administrator of Operations, ensuring that employees are paid accurately and timely in accordance with Board-approved personnel actions, collective negotiations agreements, individual employment contracts, salary guides, Board policy, District procedures, and applicable law.

Process payroll transmittals, including collecting, verifying, entering, and maintaining authorized payroll information.

Review and verify payroll registers, exception reports, deduction reports, and system…