Payroll Specialist

19 hours ago

Phoenix, United States Maricopa County Full time

Posting Date

12/02/24

Application Deadline

12/08/24

Pay Range

$21.00 - $34.00 hourly

Salary offers are based on the candidate‘s equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is eligible for overtime compensation for all hours worked over 40 in the designated workweek.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

County Attorney

About the Position

Are you ready for the next step in your human resources career? Make it count and apply to become our Payroll Specialist

As our Payroll Specialist, you will act as the official liaison to County payroll and benefits. You will perform all payroll coordination and functions within the Maricopa County Attorney‘s Office and process all employee reimbursements, employee time donations, work schedule changes, and related payroll forms. You will also oversee the probation process, all UMR updates, and provide backup assistance in all full-cycle recruitment and onboarding tasks.

About Us

We believe in integrity. We believe in justice for all. And we are proud to deliver high-quality prosecution, comprehensive victim services, crime prevention programs, and more to the residents of Maricopa County. If you would like to utilize your talents and skills to stand up for Maricopa County, apply today, and join our team

Proud to Offer

  • Perform work with a greater purpose

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid and alternative work schedule options

  • Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

  • Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

  • Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

  • Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts

  • Employee discounts for goods and services

  • Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.27% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

  • Learn more at Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

  • Three years of human resources experience

  • High school diploma or GED

  • A combination of post-secondary education and/orjob-related experience may substitute for theminimum qualifications on a year-for-year basis

We Also Value

  • Experience processing payroll

  • Experience using Workday

  • Experience within a government or public sector environment

  • Proficiency with Word and Excel

  • Professional HR Certification

Job Contributions

  • Coordinates and completes payroll for approximately 1,000 employees by utilizing County Workday personnel software program to input, monitor, and approve payroll

  • Accurately prepares payroll adjustments and corrections into payroll system while adhering to strict timelines

  • Researches and resolves routine and complex payroll discrepancies, problems, and questions from supervisors or employees

  • Processes employee reimbursements including travel advancements and mileage reimbursements

  • Researches and produces documentation of all mileage for each entry on employee mileage reimbursement requests

  • Processes employee time donations, work schedule changes, and related payroll forms

  • Oversees the probation process, including updating the spreadsheet, communicating with the supervisors, and preparing paperwork

  • Manages Notary Public applications and renewals, Multilingual Testing/Pay, Employment Verifications, and Public service loan forgiveness requests

  • Interacts with County payroll and vendors as required to facilitate payroll process

  • Provides interpretation of payroll related laws, rules, policies, and procedures

  • Creates and/or generates a variety of reports and queries from Workday and systems to provide information and verification of payroll actions

  • Retrieves and exports data from sources through Excel to Workday system, and query relational databases Workday

  • Maintains payroll files and performs records retention activities according to State, County, and Department guidelines

  • Creates and manages monthly address and phone number report to IT and HR Monthly Mail Drop Update

  • Maintains desk manual, updating payroll procedures/processes as required

  • Maintains automated payroll files in organized and accurate manner

  • Provides backup support to Human Resources staff as needed

  • Provides backup to processing UMRs and as the Rideshare Coordinator/bus card requests

  • Provides streamlining and process improvement suggestions

  • Maintains and creates various human resources related tracking logs, reports, and queries from internal systems

  • Responds to supervisor and employee inquiries regarding HR related policies and procedures, via email, telephone, and in personal responses

  • Prepares routine, sensitive correspondence, and documents related to areas of responsibility

Working Conditions:

  • Office setting in high volume, fast-paced environment with frequent stressful situations and long periods of sitting while completing paperwork and computer activities

  • Valid Arizona Driver‘s License is required upon hire

  • Ability to travel to and from various county locations for meetings, trainings, and managing various HR issues

  • Ability to move up to 20 pounds

Selection Procedure

  • Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

  • Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

  • Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

  • Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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