Position Title

Payroll Clerk

Required Application Type

School Related Personnel

Salary/Pay Scale

$17.76-$29.29

Job Description

Reports To:                Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations

Works Cooperatively with: District Treasurer

Job Goal:                   To perform specialized clerical work in processing and checking payrolls

Performance Responsibilities:

1. Compiles payroll figures and keeps records of withholding taxes, so retirement, insurance, and other deductions
2. Prepares roster cards; post entries involving appointments, salary increases, probation reports, promotions, resignations, terminations, etc.
3. Participates in preparing regular and periodic state and local reports
4. Maintains related files and records in connection with forms, correspondence and reports, answers routine inquiries on employee service records.
5. Plans work program to meet payroll schedules.
6. Performs other general and specialized clerical work
7. Performs related work as required

 

Civil Service Title

Payroll Clerk

Job Qualifications

Must be a current competitive Payroll Clerk, one of the top three eligible on a valid civil service list or willing to accept a provisional appointment and be one of the top three eligible on the next valid Erie County Civil Service list. 

Qualifications:          

1.    Must have graduated from a standard high school and have four years of satisfactory general office experience,                                        including two years in a position involving the keeping of payrolls, accounts, or personal rosters

                                    1b.  Must have satisfactory combination of training and experience

2. Must have passed the Competitive Civil Service Examination and must be one of the top three reachables on a Civil Service list
3. Must have good knowledge of payroll procedures, office terminology and equipment
4. Must have good knowledge of Business Arithmetic and English
5. Must have a working knowledge of forms, procedures and terminology involved in the maintenance and checking of employee roster cards and payrolls
6. Must have the ability to understand and follow detailed oral and written instructions
7. Must have the ability to get along with others
8. Must have the characteristics of industry and dependability
9. Must possess a high degree of accuracy
10. Must be in good physical condition

 

Job Category

Clerical

Job Location

District

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