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Payroll Clerk

First Student
First Student Salary
Rochester, NY Intern
POSTED ON 4/10/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/9/2026
First Student is hiring a Payroll Clerk in Rochester, NY!

Starting Pay Rate: $25.00 hour

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm

At First Student, our Payroll Clerks are an essential part of our team. They create a smooth-running environment to assist the location employees, managers, and drivers.

At First Student, we are proud to offer:

  • Tremendous Career Advancement Opportunities due to a strong presence across North America
  • Positive and rewarding work environment
  • F/T benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision and matching 401K
  • Starting pay rate $25.00 per hour
  • Full-time Monday-Friday 8:00am-5:00pm
  • Personal time off and observed holiday pay

Responsibilities:

  • Ensures contractual and legal mandates are met
  • Maintains files/records
  • Prepares reports and schedules
  • Answers the phone to direct calls
  • Prepares agendas and schedules appointments
  • Submits payroll in timely manner

Requirements:

  • High school diploma
  • Recommended 2 years of administrative experience
  • Experience with Microsoft office products, 10 key, basic computer skills preferred
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Demonstrates leadership qualities and is a self-starter
  • Outstanding time management
  • Great a multi-tasking and comfortable in a fast-paced environment

And, because we're a huge company with 120,000 staff and over 2.5 billion customers worldwide, you'll also enjoy real security, a brilliant future, and fantastic training.

Apply today to become a part of our team!

First for a reason:

At First Student, we are a family of 60,000 employees who take pride in safely transporting more than 5 million students and passengers to and from their destinations each day! Our family of brands include Transco, Total Transportation, Maggies Paratransit, and GVC II. Our employees are at the forefront of safety and innovation; they create and implement the most advanced training and technology the transportation industry has to offer.

In the state of Washington, all technician and driving positions, including but not limited to van drivers and any other position requiring employees to drive a company-owned vehicle, are considered safety-sensitive and are therefore subject to drug and alcohol testing, including cannabis.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. First is also committed to providing a drug-free workplace. First will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, and any other fair chance law. Philadelphia's Fair Criminal Record Screening Standards Ordinance Poster is at this link or upon request https://www.phila.gov/media/20210423160847/Fair-Chance-Hiring-law-poster.pdf.

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