St. Petersburg College

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: Payroll Specialist I

DEPARTMENT: Business Services SITE: DO

SALARY SCHEDULE: Career - GRADE: 3

BASIC FUNCTION:

Performs responsible and advanced work in the processing of college payrolls.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

v      Processes college payrolls and payroll certifications.

v      Performs data input for payroll changes and enters data for new employees.

v      Maintains employee sick leave and vacation records for all college sites.

v      Maintains computerized personnel files related to payroll accounts.

v      Performs clerical and data entry work in maintaining records and reports. Responsible for maintaining files of payroll records.

v      Performs distribution of payroll certifications. Maintains certification books for all payrolls. Distributes payroll reports.

v      Types or keyboards reports and other statistical information.

v      Performs related duties as required.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of an acceptable equivalency diploma, supplemented by college level courses in accounting or bookkeeping.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

Four (4) years of responsible experience as a bookkeeper or in accounting, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

Knowledge of payroll accounting practices and procedures. Knowledge of sentence structure. Knowledge of word usage. Skill in reading comprehension. Knowledge of mathematics and basic accounting. Ability to keyboard at a prescribed rate of speed and accuracy. Ability to operate a calculator. Ability to operate data entry equipment. Communications skills. Ability to deal with faculty and staff.

Revised: 09/2006