The Financial Management and Administration department of Johnson County is responsible for providing the citizens, departments, agencies and employees of Johnson County with superior financial administrative services in terms of quality, timeliness, efficiency, and value while maintaining the highest levels of customer service satisfaction and accountability. This department provides entity-wide financial reporting and financial information services, bills, collects and distributes tax monies, administers an open and competitive procurement process, facilitates the surplus disposal process, issues and administers vehicle registrations and vehicle titles, maintains risk management and insurance programs, pays County obligations, directs the centralized accounting and payroll processes, administers employee benefit programs, and performs daily cash management and investment services.

The Financial Management and Administration department is currently seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Payroll Practitioner responsibilities include:

• Reviews and processes employee data received via supporting documentation for over 4,000 Johnson County employees; determines if further documentation is required and contacts appropriate individuals to secure said documentation; determines if the requested transaction is appropriate, may approve, return for correction, override or reject transactions; resolves discrepancies, with minimal supervision, through research and collaboration with others. Runs Oracle HR processing jobs, completes quality assurance checks on data output, and submits reports. Runs and submits new hire reporting each pay period to the State; submits files to the Social Security Verification system, assist Benefits division with benefit carrier EDI files and completes various payroll and benefit related surveys, including the annual US Census Bureau Survey; maintains complete confidentiality of all information.
• Processes payroll for up to 2,000 full-time and seasonal employees for the Johnson County Park and Recreation District; audits resulting reports to identify pay issues and collaborates with PRK to resolve; prepares and processes prepayments, archive, check writer, NACHA and NACHA transmission.
• Conducts testing in Oracle on upgrades and patches; identifies and reports system errors/exceptions; collaborates, assists and guides the Department of Human Resources on employee and position related transaction types depending on desired outcome; and any other Oracle processing issues that arise. Assists in training and guiding Departmental Personnel/Payroll Representatives and other staff at the department/agency level in HR policies and procedures along with FMA – Operations business processes and Self-Service Human Resources (SSHR) functionality; assists in preparing HR-related business process and user training documentation; assists supervisor, FMA-Operations management and Human Resources in planning and scheduling year-end salary transactions. Attends, participates in and acts as subject matter expert in the HR/PPR User group meetings and departmental staff meetings.
• Generates standard reports and requests custom reports in order to validate data in Oracle; researches and resolves issues once identified; ensures accuracy of the position database; maintains the Work Comp, Grade and Location tables in Oracle ensuring data is up-to-date and accurate; enters earnings policies for Johnson County employees; runs the auto generation process every pay period for Johnson County and Park and Rec.
• Performs miscellaneous duties; tracks data, facilitates customer requests, and work with FMA-Ops management and OSC to improve system reporting for central and user departments; perform other duties as assigned.

High school diploma or equivalent and two (2) years of experience providing payroll support.

Associate’s degree in Office Administration, Business, Accounting, or a related field and previous Oracle payroll transaction processing are preferred.

Education may be substituted for experience.

Johnson County Government requires reference/background screening for all positions. Specified criteria may vary by Department/Agency.