Payroll Specialist

University Payroll AdministratorServe as administrator of the university payroll, to include: Directs semi-monthly payroll production to ensure adherence to accounting principles, governmental statutes, regulations, and university policies, as well as ensuring payrolls are timely and accurate by coordinating the activities of payroll staff. Review, analyze, and execute the semi-monthly payroll. Determine and calculate proper payments for new hires, employee status changes, terminations of employment, and employee loans. Provide oversight to ensure duties are performed in a timely manner to facilitate payroll. Balance payroll. Prepare corrective journal entries, as necessary. Prepare accounting transactions. Calculate and authorize payroll adjustments for missed earnings. Verify and/or correct budget coding, as necessary. Assist in the accurate and timely processing of W-2 forms. Provide assistance to staff employees performing payroll functions throughout the university. Execute employee wage assignments, ensuring compliance with federal, state, and county regulations, including: Review and ensure compliance with child support orders, IRS levies, court-ordered garnishments, federal loan repayment assignments. Serve as a University representative regarding court-ordered interrogatories with the Sheriff's Department, circuit clerks, attorneys, etc. Review and interpret court orders to ensure compliance. Prepare accounting transactions to meet requirements. Prepare correspondence to accompany monthly payments, as necessary. Perform duties for all University payrolls, to include: Download check/advice statement information from the payroll database to produce check/advise statements. Modem transfer to the federal reserve bank all direct deposit information. Assist in the electronic file transfer of earnings information to the employee paychecks and the modem transfer deposit information to the bank. Prepare the Missouri New Hire Report, in compliance with federal requirements. Prepare and report employee provided graduate level educational assistance on a semester basis. Ensure the timely and accurate deposit of employee/University matching funds for 941 withholding deposits through the federal electronic funds transfer payment system. Perform system maintenance of the HRS system tables, including: calculation control master table, system calendars, and earning code table. Execute control cards to produce trial and final payrolls, as well as to reset monthly, quarterly, and annual accumulators. Participate in fiscal year closeout. In the absence of the Director, Payroll Services, administer/oversee hourly payrolls, as well as system table maintenance and withholding and quarterly reporting. Assist the Director of Payroll Services in the management of Payroll Services to include: Act on behalf of the director of payroll services in their absence with the supervision of assigned employees. Recommends procedural and program enhancements to improve departmental efficiency and assists with implementation of payroll related policies and procedures. Provides assistance with payroll related problems, provides training for university departments and employees, and performs other duties as assignedTypical QualificationsEducation: Bachelor's degree in the following field(s) of study: Business, Finance, Accounting or related field.

Education may be substituted for experience or if experience may be substituted for education. Note that equivalencies are based on the following: AA = 2 years experience; BA/BS = 4 years experience; MA/MS = 6 years experience.

Experience: Three (3) years of Payroll/Benefit processing related activities experience, five (5) year preferred. Three (3) years experience related to personnel/payroll automated system. Banner experience preferred. Supervisory experience preferred.BenefitsOur faculty and staff are the university's most valuable asset, and our goal is to provide a robust Total Rewards Program designed to help them maintain a happy, healthy, and productive lifestyle. Highlights from UCM's total rewards package for full-time employees include: 32% (staff) and 6% (faculty) defined retirement contribution, paid by the university; Voluntary Tax-Sheltered Annuity (TSA) programs (403(b) and 457(b)) that allow eligible employees to make additional pre-tax contributions to a retirement plan; Employees can earn up to full tuition (15 credit hours) for themselves per academic year. Full-time employees are also eligible for up to $175 towards non-credit courses each fiscal year. Employees can earn up to full tuition for their dependents; Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans that begin on the first of the month following your date of hire. Basic dental and vision insurance paid at 100% by the university; Available Health and Dependent Flexible Spending Accounts; University-paid basic life insurance (including accidental death and dismemberment) and short-term and long-term disability insurance coverage; Generous leave accruals that begin accruing on your start date, plus 14 paid holidays per year. The UCM Childcare Center on the Warrensburg campus can provide faculty, staff, and students quality care for their children ages six weeks to 10 years. The Student Recreation and Wellness Center (SRWC) is free for all employees and is located on the Warrensburg campus. An Employee Assistance Program is available to all employees and their immediate family members to help assist with personal challenges you may face in your daily life; UCM offers an Employee Discount Program through Working Advantage.