Payroll Technician

Payroll Technician

Campus:
College of San Mateo

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

60

Grade: 26

Bargaining Unit: CSEA

Months Per Year: 12

Hours Per Week: 37.5

Mandated Reporter:
Yes

Campus Security Authority:
No

A Payroll Technician performs complex and detailed accounting clerical work related to auditing, processing, and maintaining manual and online employee payroll and related employment records for certificated staff. The Payroll Technician exercises independent judgment while initiating and coordinating office procedures and strict timelines for the monthly payroll. Under direction, the Payroll Technician audits employment and payroll documents and records for accuracy and timeliness;

compares manual to online employee records; enters, modifies, and retrieves data, such as employee financial, demographic, and compensation information and pay history; and initiates source documents for pay changes as required. Public contact is extensive and involves college and district staff, faculty, regulatory agencies, and governmental agencies for the purpose of exchanging policy and procedural information. A moderate degree of independent judgment and creativity is required to apply well-prescribed procedures for auditing and comparison of data and data entry, as well as to resolve frequent minor problems that may occur.

Consequences of errors in judgment can be costly in employee time and money. The Payroll Technician is commonly distinguished from the Senior Payroll Technician classification by on-site, first-contact liaisons with temporary and regular academic employees and by the setup of initial accounting clerical documentation that is required for processing adjunct faculty compensation. Payroll Technicians may lead the work of student assistants as assigned.