Duke University Job Description:
PAYROLL SPEC/UNIV PAYROLLS, SENIOR (0534)


Job Title: PAYROLL SPEC/UNIV PAYROLLS, SENIOR 

Job Code: 0534 

FLSA:

Job Level: 09 

Revised Date: 07/01/2007  

Job Family: JF 03 

Occupational Summary

Perform complex clerical payroll duties involved in the preparation and processing of the Duke University payrolls.

Work Performed

Perform complex clerical duties involved in the preparation and processing of the University payrolls to ensure accuracy of subsequent check writing.

Process time cards to ensure proper completion and authorization; separate time cards according to hours worked; compare payroll data of new employees against Master Distribution List to ensure correctness; prepare manual checks as required.

Prepare Faculty and Staff payroll gross control totals; prepare control sheets for verification of completed payroll data; distribute department payroll check subsequent to preparation by data processing; coordinate corrective action on incomplete or incorrect time cards with departmental payroll personnel.

Establish and maintain special files as required.

Answer inquiries from federal, state and local agencies and from individuals concerning payroll data; resolve general problems of payroll processing. Review work of lower level payroll clerks and assist in the training of new personnel.

Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein. The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties required of personnel so classified.

Required Qualifications at this Level

Education/Training:

Work requires knowledge of general accounting principles usually acquired through two years post-secondary education in accounting or a related business field.

 

Experience:

Work generally requires 3 years of experience in an accounting setting to become familiar with the accepted accounting practices involved in maintaining more complex financial records and in verifying, preparing, and processing payrolls.

OR AN EQUIVALENT COMBINATION OF RELEVANT EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

 

Skills:

N/A

 

The intent of this job description is to provide a representative and level of the types of duties and responsibilities that will be required of positions given this title and shall not be construed as a declaration of the total of the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position. Employees may be directed to perform job-related tasks other than those specifically presented in this description.


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