Higher Education Payroll Specialist

State of Connecticut; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

State employee benefits overview

Professional growth and development

Health work/life balance

Job summary

Southern Connecticut State University is hiring a Payroll Clerk to prepare and maintain biweekly payrolls for staff in the Payroll Department. The role requires careful review of time cards, processing payroll changes, and calculating gross wages.

The position emphasizes accuracy, adherence to contract guidelines, and responding to employee payroll inquiries. Prior payroll experience, especially in higher education, is preferred.

Qualifications

• Three (3) years of experience in bookkeeping, accounts payable or clerical work involving finances.
• One (1) year of the General Experience must have involved payroll preparation.
• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.
• One (1) year as a Financial Clerk performing payroll duties may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepares biweekly regular, overtime, and supplemental payrolls.
• Reviews employee time cards and/or timesheets for accuracy and completeness and posts hours worked to master payroll cards.
• Reviews personnel and/or payroll change notices and posts changes and/or adjustments to master files, e.g. new hires, transfers, reclassifications, terminations, retirements, overpayments and/or underpayments, wage increases, deduction changes...
• Calculates gross wages.
• Notes deductions on worksheets and deduction summary sheets.
• Prepares and balances prelists for Central Payroll and codes standard payroll action forms.
• Prepares and totals various deduction worksheets, e.g., Credit Union, Medical and/or Insurance Providers, etc.
• Verifies check register and printouts from Central Payroll against worksheets and records.
• Maintains payroll records and files.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Oral communication

Written communication

Arithmetic computations

Job description

Southern Connecticut State University is hiring a Payroll Clerk to prepare and maintain biweekly payrolls for staff in the Payroll Department. The role requires careful review of time cards, processing payroll changes, and calculating gross wages.

The position emphasizes accuracy, adherence to contract guidelines, and responding to employee payroll inquiries. Prior payroll experience, especially in higher education, is preferred.