Payroll Analyst

Payroll Analyst

Salary: $4,741.00 - $5,233.00 Monthly

Job Type: Classified

Job Number:

Closing: 3/29/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Monterey, CA

Division: Administrative Services

Monterey Peninsula Community College District is committed to educational equity for all students, as outlined in the Governing Board Goals, Mission, Vision, Values, and Institutional Goals, Equal Employment Opportunity Plan, and Student Equity Plan. We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences, emphasizing collaboration, engaging students in and out of the classroom, and encouraging them to realize their goals and become global citizens and socially responsible leaders.

When you join our team at Monterey Peninsula College, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice requiring broad collaboration among faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners.

Monterey Peninsula College is designated as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) and is an affiliate of the statewide Umoja Community of California Community Colleges. Our diverse student population reflects the communities we serve. We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, orientations, and intersections of these identities, and others not yet identified.

The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded individual dedicated to collaborating with faculty, staff, and community partners who are also committed to closing equity gaps.

March 29, 2026

Under general direction, perform responsible and technical calculations in the coordination, preparation, and maintenance of academic, classified, and student payroll records. Receive limited supervision within a broad framework of standard District policies and procedures and governmental rules and regulations. Perform various duties relating to payroll; respond to inquiries; exercise good judgment and problem‑solving skills related to the college's payroll compensation policies and maintain permanent payroll records.

• Review, interpret and implement laws and governmental regulations, collective bargaining agreements, district policies/procedures and administrative regulations as they apply to payroll matters.
• Receive, interpret and process all employment contracts; consult with appropriate authorities to resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare mathematical and/or statistical calculations of salary, deductions, leave adjustments, wage attachments and payroll adjustments.
• Create, compile, and update payroll data and spreadsheets.
• Print, review, and reconcile a variety of computer generated payroll reports.
• Receive payroll documents and audit for completeness, accuracy and conformance to district policies and procedures; adhere to a wide variety of complex governmental rules and regulations; maintain detailed files pertaining to IRS, STRS, PERS, Tax Shelters, Workers' Compensation, etc.
• Compile, audit, maintain and reconcile employee leave records such as: extended sick leave, vacation accruals, and other available leaves; provide annual and/or monthly leave balance reports to employees as required by the collective bargaining agreements.
• Maintain payroll data and prepare reports, as required by the District.
• Coordinate payroll deductions with various institutions including tax shelter annuities and/or payments to life insurance companies, wage garnishments, union affiliations, District Attorney, non‑profit organizations, and others; ensure compliance with IRS regulations for each area.
• Coordinate, monitor, maintain and ensure timeliness and regulatory compliance of payroll data related to employee benefits and programs such as life insurance, deferred compensation, worker compensation, PERS, STRS, union membership, sick leave, vacation, and other types of leaves.
• Compile and report to MCOE (Monterey County Office of Education) , W‑2 related statistical data such as gross and taxable earnings (FICA, SUI, SDI,…