Accounting Technician/Payroll (Full-Time)

Working Title: Payroll Specialist

Salary Range: $41,496.00 - $68,473.60
Closing Date: January 15^th 2024 at 5:00PM

Anticipated start date: February 5, 2024

Working Scheduled: Monday - Friday either 8AM - 5PM or 7AM - 4PM

Summary

Responsible for administering the city’s payroll and maintaining financial records.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

NOTE: Employee may be required to respond to a disaster, either natural or man-made, to serve the citizens of Statesville. Service to the citizens during a disaster may result in the assignment of other duties, which will take precedence over duties described in this job description. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as needed to meet the needs of the organization.

• Reviews and checks payroll records, forms and other documents for accuracy, completeness and conformation to rules and regulations.
• Administers city payroll; verifies all data as correct; and processes payroll.
• Wires a variety of payments to vendors related to payroll and various taxes.
• Reconciles a variety of payroll entries for accuracy including taxes and various withholdings.
• Imports and processes departmental time entries from Tyler Time Management tool into Tyler Payroll Processing module.     
• Generates a variety of payroll related reports for state and federal government, prepares W-2’s, 940’s and 941’s.
• Prepares various journal entries, financial reports and assists in year-end closing. 
• Enters a variety of data into computer system.
• Processes & maintains fixed asset records.
• Records and posts returned items from the bank and credit card merchant.
• Reconciles cash receipts transactions.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Education and/or Experience

• High School diploma or GED
• One (1) year of payroll experience

  Requirements

• Possession of a valid N.C. driver’s license or ability to obtain within 60 days of establishing a permanent residence in North Carolina.
  
   

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of payroll and bookkeeping practices and procedures.
• Thorough knowledge of standard office practices, procedures, equipment, and secretarial techniques.
• General knowledge of federal and state laws and regulations and local personnel policies relating to payroll such as FLSA, FMLA and leave policies.
• Ability to understand and apply policies to the maintenance of financial and payroll records/reports.
• Ability to make arithmetic computations accurately and with reasonable speed.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with department heads, employees, and the general public.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Job Related Physical Activity Requirements

This position involves sedentary work requiring the exertion of 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involved sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met; vocal communication is required to express thoughts and exchange information; hearing is required to respond to spoken words, to receive and understand information, and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, operation of equipment, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work, and observing general surroundings and activities.

Working Conditions

The employee is not subject to adverse environmental conditions.

Non-Exempt

Equal Opportunity Employer