Payroll Specialist II

Tulane University; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Tulane University is seeking a payroll professional to manage Tulane’s bi-weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance across state, federal, and local levels.

The role involves maintaining payroll systems, researching complex issues, and possibly guiding junior staff. A strong background in contemporary payroll practices and experience with Oracle and UKG is expected.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required.
• At least 7 years of payroll-related experience.
• Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree; FPC or CPP designation.
• Experience with Oracle and UKG time and attendance.

Responsibilities

• Processes Tulane’s bi-weekly and monthly payrolls and ensures correct amounts and schedule adherence.
• Maintains payroll systems and complies with state, federal, and local regulations.
• Provides guidance to junior payroll staff and oversees daily work.
• Resolves complex, non-routine payroll issues and researches best practices.

Skills

Customer Service

Interpersonal Skills

Payroll Knowledge

Problem Solving

Education

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Oracle

UKG Kronos

Job description

Job Description

This positionis is responsible for performing a variety of technical and professional duties involved in the processing of Tulane’s bi-weekly and monthly payrolls. Maintains payroll systems and processes paychecks according to schedule and in the correct amount, ensuring payroll processes comply with state, federal, and local regulations. Implements best practices as regulations change and researches and resolves complex, non-routine problems. This position may provide guidance and direction to less experienced payroll practitioners and oversee their daily work.

Responsibilities

• Customer Service: Works with staff and faculty employees to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available services; is committed to providing quality services.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Technical Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of contemporary principles of payroll management, which includes payroll federal and state laws, regulations, methods, and techniques.
• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one’s job; ability to analyze problems and develop creative solutions to complex payroll issues; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification:

• Associate’s Degree
• At least 7 years of experience directly related to payroll duties and responsibilities specified.

Preferred Qualification

• Bachelor’s Degree
• FPC or CPP Designation
• Experience using Oracle and UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) time and attendance, formerly Kronos, software

About Us

Tulane University is an equal opportunity educator and employer committed to providing an education and employment environment free of unlawful discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. Legally protected demographic classifications (such as a person’s race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, shared ancestry, disability, genetics, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws) are not relied upon as an eligibility, selection or participation criteria for Tulane’s employment or educational programs or activities.

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