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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 01/27/23

Applications Due02/14/23

Vacancy ID122808

NY HELPNo

AgencyAttorney General, Office of the

TitlePayroll Examiner 3

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitM/C - Management / Confidential (Unrepresented)

Salary RangeFrom $61423 to $76218 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Contingent Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address Agency Building 4

Empire State Plaza

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12224

Minimum Qualifications Reachable on the Department of Civil Service eligible list for Payroll Examiner 3 OR Eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law by having one year permanent or contingent permanent service in an eligible title for transfer. Eligible titles for transfer include: Head Account Clerk, HR Spec 1, HR Spec 1 LR, Payroll Analyst 1, Senr Budgeting Analyst.

Duties Description Reporting to an Associate Director of Human Resources 1, the incumbent will perform a full range of payroll processing tasks and activities for more than 1,800 Department of Law employees. Specific duties include:

•Ensure that payroll is entered and processed in HRIS and transmitted to PayServ. This includes, but is not limited to, new hires, separations, promotions, leaves, etc.
•Process additional PayServ transactions involving but not limited to retirement enrollment, arrears, location pay, time entry adjustments pay pool updates, etc.
•Review and follow up on all corrections or errors cited by OSC and resolve any discrepancies.
•Set up and track overpayments made to current employees.
•Respond to inquiries from agency staff regarding all payroll issues including misplaced or stolen check, W-2, etc.
•Respond to Department of Labor Unemployment Insurance inquiries.
•Review PayServ bulletins and take necessary action.
•Act as liaison to OSC and the Budget & Fiscal Management Bureau.
•Supervise Payroll Assistant in Payroll processing duties including the administration of Student Payroll.
•Oversee and assist Payroll Assistant with the completion of employment verifications.
•Regularly run various payroll reports and take steps to make changes as necessary, such as social security verification, address changes, etc.
•Act as backup to Program Aide who updates HRIS and NYSTEP.
•Complete various forms including but not limited to: Check Reversal Request (AC-230), Request for Payroll Check Stop Payment (AC-3340), Report of Check Exchange (AC-1476) and submit to OSC for processing.
•Make necessary updates to HRIS, including but not limited to: mass salary increases, performance advances for competitive and exempt employees, payroll data changes and item information changes.
•Complete the Statement of Accrued Payments and Leave credit form (RS 6221) on NYSLRS Online for retired employees
•Other duties and projects as assigned.

Additional Comments Per Office of the Attorney General policy, confirmation of vaccination status is a condition of employment for this position. If you are not fully vaccinated, you may be required to provide regular negative COVID-19 PCR test results at a frequency determined by the agency. The agency will consider religious and reasonable accommodations. For more information, please contact recruitment@ag.ny.gov.

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Name Brianna Guckemus

Telephone 5187762500

Fax

Email Address HR.recruitment@ag.ny.gov

Address

Street Office of the Attorney General, Human Resources Management Bureau

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12224

 

Notes on ApplyingEmail is the preferred method of applying. Please send copy of your cover letter and resume to HR.Recruitment@ag.ny.gov. Please indicate vacancy number #122808 in the subject line of the email.

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