Senior Payroll Specialist
2 weeks ago
Job Summary:
The Senior Payroll Specialist serves as an expert resource and staff specialist within the Personnel and Payroll Operations Bureau. This role provides technical support, independently performs assignments involving a diverse range of tasks, and acts in a lead capacity. The incumbent functions as a liaison with customers, control agencies, and stakeholders, implementing processes and procedures, developing and maintaining specialized training programs, and representing the department on intra- and inter-departmental teams.
Key Responsibilities:
- Researches and resolves complex and sensitive personnel and payroll problems for California State agencies and campuses, ensuring compliance with Federal and State laws, rules, policies, procedures, and bargaining unit contracts.
- Exercises lead responsibilities, provides training, reviews the work of less seasoned staff, ensures cut-off dates are met, and assists with coordinating and controlling unit workloads.
- Participates in meetings to improve personnel/payroll efficiencies on a statewide basis, provides technical expertise and support, and reviews California Department of Human Resources Policy Memos regarding changes resulting from the collective bargaining processes.
- Provides information to the supervisor regarding unit operational needs, concerns, and improvements to existing policies and procedures, and reviews and provides comments on revisions to the Payroll Procedures Manual and various desk/training manuals.
- Works on special projects involving new personnel/payroll processes or heavy/time-sensitive workloads affecting State agencies, which may result from legislation and collective bargaining.
Requirements:
- Ability to uphold PPSD values: Professionalism, Accountability, Customer Service, Collaboration, and Trust.
- Ability to communicate effectively while using tact and good judgment.
- Ability to work under pressure with changing priorities and/or deadlines.
- Strong customer service skills.
- Ability to work well with others at all levels.
- Excellent attendance and dependability.
- Ability to motivate and encourage staff and promote a team effort.
- Ability to guide staff in performing tasks of varying degrees of complexity.
- Possess strong organizational skills and commitment to quality customer service.
- Ability to apply State and Federal laws, rules, policies, procedures, and Collective Bargaining Contracts.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, hair style and texture, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.
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