Payroll & Benefits Specialist: Enrollment, Payroll Ops

Dysart Unified School District; Surprise (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Dysart Unified School District in Arizona is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Manager to oversee bi-weekly payroll, benefits enrollment, and ensure accurate, timely payments to employees.

Candidates should have multiple years of accounting/payroll experience in public schools, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with HR/payroll systems such as Visions. This full-time role is based in Surprise, AZ.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of Accounting, financial support or similar duties.
• Experience in public school accounting preferred.
• Experience with Visions or equivalent HR/Payroll software system preferred.
• Experience with Google platforms preferred.
• Intermediate skill level in Microsoft Office Suite including Excel and Word preferred.

Responsibilities

• Act as first point of contact for payroll and benefit inquiries.
• Maintain all payroll and benefit records for new and existing employees.
• Assist in all areas of the preparation and processing of bi-weekly payroll.
• Process payroll and benefits deductions accurately and timely into the payroll system.
• Enter payroll and benefits adjustments for overpayment and collection and communication to employees.
• Manage participants under benefit plans and COBRA.
• Prepare and process deposits and employment verifications.
• Assist employees and supervisors with time and attendance entry.
• Verify and distributes biweekly payroll and accounts payable checks.
• Create and maintain new and existing employee files.
• Assist with benefits open enrollment and new hire benefits enrollment.
• Monitor and processes Life Status Change requests and employee information changes.

Skills

Payroll processing

Benefits administration

Microsoft Excel

Google platforms

Customer service

Time management

Education

High school diploma

Associates degree in accounting, finance or related field preferred

Tools

Visions HR/Payroll

Microsoft Office Suite

Google platforms

Job description

The Dysart Unified School District in Arizona is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Manager to oversee bi-weekly payroll, benefits enrollment, and ensure accurate, timely payments to employees.

Candidates should have multiple years of accounting/payroll experience in public schools, strong Excel skills, and familiarity with HR/payroll systems such as Visions. This full-time role is based in Surprise, AZ.