Payroll Specialist

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

This position is available with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education.

• →Review and process payroll information; resolve payroll problems and discrepancies; calculate and process special payrolls; update and maintain salary records.
• →Prepare and process various claims including payroll deductions, direct deposit changes, Teachers’ Retirement and associated forms, FICA, worker’s compensation, unemployment, and garnishments; work closely with HR Generalists to ensure records are accurate in WorkDay.
• →Prepare payroll funding correction form from monthly Time and Effort reports, submit to        Finance Manager for approvals email approved forms to OMES; and as needed, complete Teachers Retirement spreadsheet and enter correction entry in the OTRS Employer Portal.
• →Work with Systems and CORE to ensure any requested reports are completed.
• →Assist employees in activities related to payroll including Employee Self-Service related payroll questions; assist exiting employees with W-4, annual leave payouts, Sooner Save and voluntary payroll deduction questions.

• →Assist in providing reports, including Mid-Year Projections, Year-End projections, and budget calculations. Work closely with Finance Manager on budget calculations, the budget work program and salary projections. Implement approved budget change.

• →Payroll processing includes audits, tracking hours, and making changes as requested. Prompt communication with appropriate staff regarding part-time employees who are approaching the 999 hour per year limit.

• →Provide back-up expertise for other roles with the Human Resources function, including leave audits as well as other activities within HR.

• →Maintain personnel files and other records in a systematically organized, and confidential manner utilizing both hard copy and electronic filing systems.

• →Assist with other work and special division projects as requested.

No management responsibilities.

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

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