Payroll Coordinator

Location: New York

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** MISSION
* * The City University of New York (CUNY) is the nation's leading urban public university serving more than 540,000 students in matriculated degree, certificate, and continuing education programs at 25 schools and institutions in New York City. The Office of Academic Affairs oversees a broad portfolio of programs at CUNY, all of them related to the university’s mission of providing accessible, high-quality education to all New Yorkers, and of helping City residents to prepare for and succeed in college and careers.

Many of the programs managed by this unit are offered at CUNY colleges; others are directly operated out of the Central Office of Academic Affairs. The unit is in part distinguished by its strong commitment to high-quality instruction and counseling for students, ongoing professional development for staff and instructors, data-driven program management and improvement, and rigorous evaluation of its programs and initiatives.
** General Description
** The Person nel Services unit within the Office of Academic Affairs Fiscal Administration Department seeks a motivated, detail-oriented
** Payroll Coordinator
** to support payroll, personnel, and fiscal administration for Academic Affairs programs. Reporting to the Interim Supervisor of Personnel Services, the Payroll Coordinator will help ensure accurate and timely OneRF/Workday payroll processing, time and leave review, payroll reporting, data reconciliation, employee support, and coordination with RFCUNY Payroll, HR, Finance, supervisors, timekeepers, and program staff.
** Duties & Responsibilities
**** Payroll
* ** Process and validate bi-weekly payroll activity in RFCUNY’s OneRF/Workday system, including time entry, leave usage, payroll inputs, salary changes, retroactive adjustments, and employee resignations/terminations.
* Review time tracking records, payroll input, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, required approvals, and alignment with payroll deadlines.
* Run and review payroll reports, and related outputs to identify discrepancies before payroll completion.
* Research and resolve payroll exceptions related to hours worked, time off, pay changes, funding distributions, cost allocations, deductions, and employee data changes.
* Coordinate with RFCUNY Payroll, HR, Finance, program timekeepers, supervisors, and program staff to support timely payroll processing, corrections, and issue resolution.
* Prepare payroll-related data change requests, funding updates, journal entry information, personnel expense reports, and supporting documentation for payroll and fiscal operations.
* Monitor salary, fringe, retroactive payment, and payroll-related expense activity against approved funding allocations and personnel budgets.
* Provide guidance to employees, supervisors, and program staff on OneRF/Workday time entry, payroll deadlines, approval workflows, leave reporting, and payroll-related inquiries.
** Data Tracking and Reporting
*** Maintain accurate payroll, time and leave, funding, and personnel data in OneRF/Workday to support payroll processing, fiscal reporting, and program decision-making.
* Reconcile payroll data against approved personnel budgets, funding allocations, timesheets, salary changes, retroactive adjustments, and program records to ensure costs are accurate and properly charged.
* Prepare payroll-related data summaries, reports, and supporting documentation for supervisors, program and department…