Payroll Officer 1

JobAps; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive state employee benefits

Career development opportunities

Healthy work/life balance

Job summary

JobAps in Rocky Hill, Connecticut seeks a Payroll Officer 1 for the Payroll Unit. The role oversees payroll accuracy, deductions, and benefits, and ensures compliance with state and federal laws while supporting budget processes.

The position is full-time, Monday–Friday, with responsibilities including supervising staff, processing complex payroll tasks, and answering employee payroll questions; prior payroll experience and knowledge of state policies are preferred.

Qualifications

• Five years of experience in complex clerical work in accounting or payroll.
• Two years of payroll preparation as principal responsibility.
• College training may substitute for experience (15 semester hours = 0.5 year, max 2 years).

Responsibilities

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff.
• Provides staff training and assistance.
• Conducts performance evaluations.
• Determines priorities and plans unit work.
• Establishes and maintains unit procedures.
• Develops or recommends policies and standards.
• Acts as liaison with other units and outside officials.
• Prepares reports and correspondence.
• Reviews payroll accuracy including shift differential payments, increases, retirement calculations, and workers' compensation.
• Prepares or supervises complex portions of payroll such as retroactive payments or garnishments.
• Supervises reconciliation of payroll deductions and coding of payroll expenditures.
• Supervises maintenance of time records and leave balances.
• Supervises control and distribution of paychecks.
• Answers employees payroll questions.
• May compile payroll expenditure data for budget preparation.
• May provide information and process payroll benefits paperwork.

Skills

Payroll expertise

Staff supervision

Interpersonal skills

Arithmetical computations

Communication

Education

High school diploma or GED

Tools

PeopleSoft CORE

UKG Pro

Job description

Introduction

Bring your payroll expertise to a role that supports accurate, compliant, and reliable services for the Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs.

The Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA) has an opening for a Payroll Officer 1 in the Payroll Unit in Rocky Hill.

This position is full-time on first shift, Monday to Friday, from 7:30 AM until 4:00 PM.

Same Amazing Benefits You Already Have

• Comprehensive state employee benefits
• Access the State Employee Benefits Overview page to explore available options
• Professional growth and career development opportunities
• A commitment to promoting a healthy work/life balance

Position Highlights

• Reviews payroll for accuracy including shift differentials, increases, retirement calculations and workers’ compensation
• Prepares or closely supervises complex payroll tasks such as retroactive payments and garnishments
• Oversees reconciliation of payroll deductions and reviews coding of payroll expenditures
• Supervises maintenance of time records and issuance of leave balances
• Manages control and distribution of paychecks and responds to employee payroll questions
• Compiles payroll expenditure data to support budget preparation
• Provides information and processes paperwork related to employee fringe benefits
• Performs related duties as required

About Us

For over 140 years, the Connecticut DVA has been caring for its veterans and their dependents.� As a department, we are a team of dedicated individuals who support our veterans, and we believe in 'Serving Those Who Served.'

Purpose of Job Class (Nature of Work)

In a state agency, facility or institution this class is accountable for supervising a small payroll operation or assisting in supervising a moderate to large size payroll operation.

Examples of Duties

• Schedules, assigns, oversees and reviews work of staff;
• Provides staff training and assistance;
• Conducts performance evaluations;
• Determines priorities and plans unit work;
• Establishes and maintains unit procedures;
• Develops or makes recommendations on development of policies and standards;
• Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures;
• Prepares reports and correspondence;
• Reviews accuracy of payroll including shift differential payments, annual increases, collective bargaining increases, retirement calculations, workers compensation benefits and revisions for attachments;
• Prepares or closely supervises more complex portions of a payroll such as retroactive payments or garnishments;
• Supervises reconciliation of payroll deductions and coding of payroll expenditures;
• Supervises maintenance of time records including issuing semi-annual leave balances;
• Supervises control and distribution of paychecks;
• Answers employees questions relating to payroll;
• May compile payroll expenditure data for budget preparation;
• May provide information and process paperwork regarding employee fringe benefits;
• Performs related duties as required.

Knowledge, Skill and Ability

• Considerable knowledge of
• relevant agency policies and procedures;
• and ability to apply relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
• Knowledge of
• and ability to apply state payroll policies and procedures;
• uses of office machinery used in accounting work;
• governmental accounting as it applies to payroll;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral communication skills;
• skill in performing arithmetical computations;
• Supervisory ability.

Minimum Qualifications – General Experience

Five (5) years of experience in complex clerical work in accounting or payroll.

Minimum Qualifications – Special Experience

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have had payroll preparation as the principal responsibility.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of a payroll clerk.

Minimum Qualifications – Substitutions Allowed

College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with payroll software including, but not limited to, Peoplesoft (CORE) and UKG Pro
• Experience processing payroll, medical, dental and group life benefits
• Experience applying state and agency regulations to payroll including, but not limited to, human resources policies, procedures, bargaining unit contracts, and agreement terms
• Experience compiling and analyzing benefits and payroll data
• Experience preparing reports on benefits and payroll data
• Experience independently managing assigned work responsibilities
• Experience leading and training assigned staff
• Experience identifying problems, researching solutions, and implementing corrective action
• Experience managing competing priorities while meeting deadlines
• Experience providing customer service to diverse populations

Special Requirements

Incumbents may be required to possess a high school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certification by the time of permanent appointment.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

Acknowledgement

As defined by Sec. 5-196 of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group of positions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a single title for administrative purposes.� As such, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/or responsibility.