Payroll Technician - Controller's Office​/Fiscal Services - Central Services

Yosemite Community College District

Payroll Technician - Controller's Office/Fiscal Services - Central Services

Salary: Range 29  Classified Salary Schedule) – $4,472 to $5,720 per month

Appointments are hired at the first step of the range. The second step is paid after the first year of satisfactory service with subsequent steps annually thereafter to a maximum sixth step.

Closing Date:
Monday, February 23rd, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

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Under general supervision, performs technical financial and accounting duties related to the evaluation, processing, preparation, maintenance and verification of payroll and related records; prepares and maintains technical payroll reports and statements; and performs related work as assigned.

This is the first technical level class of the Payroll Support Series within the Yosemite Community College District (YCCD). Positions in this class perform technical duties in support of District payroll and related functions. Incumbents utilize technical knowledge of specialized subject areas to make decisions and complete assignments. Positions are typically assigned to the Controller’s Office.

This class may be distinguished from the higher-level class of Payroll Specialist because incumbents in that class perform the more complex payroll-related functions in the assigned work unit, including advanced technical financial and accounting work related to the evaluation, processing, preparation, maintenance and verification of payroll records.

Incumbents in this class work under the general supervision of the Payroll Manager, working alone on routine or regular work assignments and checking with a supervisor on non-routine assignments or when in doubt as to the correct procedures to follow.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The knowledge and ability requirements are representative of essential duties. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.

• Methods, practices and procedures pertaining to basic technical payroll accounting and fiscally related record management systems.
• Automated payroll record management, storage and retrieval systems.
• Financial and payroll related report preparation and format.
• Standard legal mandates, policies and operational guidelines pertaining to payroll and fiscally related matters.
• Principles and procedures of financial record keeping and reporting.
• Principles and applications of mathematics.
• Principles and practices of filing and record keeping.
• Modern office procedures, methods and equipment including computers.

• Perform moderately complex technical payroll functions.
• Monitor, review and maintain fiscal and financial files, records, summaries and reports.
• Perform basic technical payroll audits and analyses.
• Make standard arithmetical calculations and verify the results.
• Effectively and efficiently operate computers and other business office machines and equipment.
• Utilize payroll software applications.
• Process and maintain accounts receivable records.
• Maintain a variety of financial files and records.
• Prepare payroll and related reports.
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Any combination of education, experience and/or training that would likely provide the above required knowledge, skills and abilities is qualifying. Typical background patterns that would provide the knowledge, skills and abilities are:

• Pattern I —
  
  Experience:
  
  Two years equivalent to an Accounting Technician
• Pattern II —
  
  Education:
  
  Possession of an associate’s degree from an accredited college or university, with major course work in general accounting, finance or a closely related field.
  
  Experience:
  
  Two years of financial and/or accounting clerical work that included extensive…