Job Vacancy Announcement - Payroll Specialist Supervisor- DPS HQ - Atlanta

Job Vacancy Announcement: Payroll Specialist Supervisor

Location: Department of Public Safety Headquarters – Atlanta, GA

Pay Grade: L

Job Code: FIP043

Salary Range: $40,982.94- $71,720.15

The Georgia Department of Public Safety (DPS) oversees the day-to-day operation of the Georgia State Patrol (GSP), Capitol Police and the Motor Carrier Compliance Division (MCCD).

The Payroll Office serves as the liaison for the Department of Public Safety to the employees of the department and the attached agencies. The Payroll Office is responsible for maintaining all payroll related reports and processing payroll twice a month.

We currently have a challenging and rewarding opportunity for a Payroll Supervisor in the Comptroller’s Office.

Responsibilities include:

  • Setting up all direct deposit information in PeopleSoft and making any corrections by coordinating with Wells Fargo Bank.

  • Balancing all deduction reports and coordinating with Accounts Payable to send out checks or transfer monies for all employee deductions.

  • Balancing income and deductions entered for each pay period.

  • Reconciling, balancing and submitting retirement reports, which includes four different retirement plans, each with a different percentage for employer share.

  • Balancing the health insurance report for all different health insurance plans.

  • Balancing and reporting the rehired retirees hours each month.

  • Balancing and distributing W-2’s each year.

  • Supervising any Payroll employees.

A typical workday may include but is not limited to the following activities:

  • Entering information for all annual leave and holiday leave payouts as necessary.

  • Entering hours for all hourly employees each pay period when timesheets are received.

  • Entering all overtime hours to be paid.

  • Entering special pay, such as field training officers pay or vehicle escorts each pay period.

  • Entering deductions for all employees as needed, including general deductions, credit union changes, garnishments, and tax changes.

  • Entering salary supplements and adjustments.

  • Answering questions from employees.

  • Distributing quarterly payroll calendars to all employees, and incorporating internal cutoffs dates for submission of timesheets and payroll exceptions.

  • Ensuring that all personnel entries are correct in system and making any and all payroll corrections when errors are discovered.

  • Completing special projects, as necessary, due to lawsuits or other requests from Legal Services.

  • Researching and answering all requests on employees and former employees from IRS and Social Security.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience: Bachelor's degree in a business related field from an accredited college or university AND Two years of accounting or payroll related experience OR Associate's degree in a related field from an accredited college or university AND Four years of payroll or accounting related experience OR Six years of payroll or accounting related experience AND One year of experience as a supervisor over payroll functions OR One year of experience required at the lower level Payroll Spec 3 (FIP042) or position equivalent. 

Preferred Qualifications and Experience:

  • Four years of experience using Peoplesoft HCM (TeamWorks).

  • Knowledge of processing W-2’s for a state agency.

  • Ability to create and modify spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel.

  • Experience with reconciliations.

Instructions to apply for this position:

Click on: https://ga.taleo.net/careersection/ga_external/jobdetail.ftl?job=FIN00P3

        

Application deadline: November 13, 2016

This is an unclassified position unless filled by a classified employee. Only applicants chosen for interview will be contacted.  

The Georgia Department of Public Safety is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Employees and applicants will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, natural origin, age, disability or genetic information.