What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Clerk I position at Tulare County, CA?
Current vacancy is with the General Services Department located in Visalia. The anticipated life of the list is six months.
Typical Duties
- Review and ensure accuracy of a variety of financial records and reports.
- Calculate payroll and maintain withholding and contribution records.
- Review time sheets for completeness and conformity to policy and procedures from MOUs and County Personnel Rules.
- Compile and maintain lists and/or records on a variety of payroll specialty issues.
- Calculate pay adjustments due to corrected time sheets and/or processing corrections.
Minimum Qualifications
Education:
- Equivalent to completion of the twelfth(12th) grade.
Experience:
- One (1) year of highly successful general financial record keeping experience in a fast paced, detail-oriented business environment or completion of an approved full charge bookkeeper program or other office support program from an accredited business/community college or adult school.
- Basic bookkeeping and payroll control procedures.
- Indexing, filing, and record keeping systems and procedures.
- Numerical and alphabetical filing systems.
- English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
- General clerical office methods and procedures.
Skill/Ability to:
- Work and communicate effectively with people of various education and socioeconomic backgrounds by respecting beliefs, interpersonal styles and behaviors of both clients and co-workers.
- Operate contemporary office equipment inclusive of computer, keyboard, and all applicable electronic equipment.
- Accurately post figures to various documents and records.
- Proofread and rapidly correct errors in numbers, grammar, and spelling.
- Read and compare information in reports, memos, lists, and forms.
- Read, interpret, and apply rules and regulations.
- Effectively operate personal computers and related software programs.
- Understand and follow verbal and written instructions.
- Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County staff and the public.
- Organize work, set priorities, and perform work with accuracy and attention to detail.
- Record information legibly and with technical accuracy.
- Alphabetize, file, and maintain various financial and fiscal records.
- Remain flexible to changes in workloads and stress of meeting deadlines.
- Communicate with people of various educational and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Additional Information
College Cost Reduction Access Act
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
Bargaining Unit 1
The information listed is a general summary of benefits. These provisions do not constitute an expressed or implied contract and are subject to change.
Benefit Amount: An annual benefit amount is provided and may be applied towards health insurance premiums (medical, dental, vision, and life). This benefit is pro-rated and paid on a pay period basis (24 pay periods).
Health Insurance: A choice of PPO and HMO medical plans which include PPO and HMO dental plans and include dental and vision coverage. Dependent coverage is available. Providers include Anthem Blue Cross, Kaiser Permanente, Delta Dental, and Vision Services Plan (VSP).
Retirement: The retirement plan is a defined benefit plan administered pursuant to the 1937 Act County Employees Retirement Act and integrated with Social Security. In addition to ordinary retirement benefits, the plan provides disability and death benefits. Retirement contributions are made by both the County and the employee. The County has reciprocity with the State of California, contracting PERS agencies, and all County 1937 Act Retirement Systems.
Paid Holiday Leave: 12 set days and 1 personal holiday.
Vacation Accrual:
2 weeks per year (0-3 years of service)
3 weeks per year (3-7 years of service)
4 weeks per year (7-11 years of service)
5 weeks per year (11 years of service)
Limit of 300 hours.
Sick Leave Accrual: 12 days per year with unlimited accumulation, 60 hours of which may be used toward family sick leave.
Group Term Life Insurance and AD&D: $10,000; Provided by Standard Insurance Company.
Disability Insurance: Employees are covered by State Disability Insurance. The premium is paid by the employee.
Deferred Compensation: A voluntary deferred compensation plan is available.
To view more detailed descriptions of Tulare County's benefits, please view the Benefits section of our Web site at https://tularecounty.ca.gov/hrd/benefits-wellness/health-plans-active-employees/
The Provisions Of This Bulletin Do Not Constitute An Expressed Or Implied Contract And Are Subject To Change.
Salary : $41,239 - $50,259