Description

Summary

The Senior Payroll Specialist is the lead position responsible for performing a variety of technical and professional duties involved in the processing of Tulane's bi-weekly and monthly payrolls. This position maintains payroll systems and processes paychecks according to schedule and in the correct amount, ensures payroll processes are compliant with state, federal, and local payroll systems by implementing best practices as and when regulations change, and researches and resolves complex, non-routine problems. As Lead, this position may provide guidance and direction for less experienced payroll practitioners and direct their daily work.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Customer Service: Works with staff and faculty employees to assess their needs, provide information or assistance, resolve their problems, or satisfy their expectations; knows about available services; is committed to providing quality services.
• Interpersonal Skills: Shows understanding, friendliness, courtesy, tact, empathy, concern, and politeness to others; develops and maintains effective relationships with others; may include effectively dealing with individuals who are difficult, hostile, or distressed; relates well to people from varied backgrounds and different situations; is sensitive to cultural diversity, race, gender, disabilities, and other individual differences.
• Technical Knowledge: Advanced knowledge of contemporary principles of payroll management which includes payroll federal and states laws, regulations, methods, and techniques.
• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; ability to analyze problems and develop creative solutions to complex payroll issues; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations.

Required Education and/or Experience

• Associate's Degree
• At least 7 years of experience directly related to payroll duties and responsibilities specified.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• FPC or CPP Designation

• Experience using Oracle and UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) time and attendance, formerly Kronos, software