Benefits
Leads the coordination of payroll processes and procedures alongside the senior payroll specialist, including the training and support of part-time payroll staff.Maintains working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, FLSA, and other Federal and State laws relating to payroll and taxes.Assists with identifying issues in the payroll processes for streamlining and better efficiency while providing clear guidance on any payroll changes with the Associate Vice President of Financial Services & Associate CFO.Creates, maintains, and updates all payroll encumbrances and serves as a primary contact for encumbrance issues, including encumbrance research, resolution, and processing.Organizes and maintains all records and files for full-time and part-time employees.Enters new part-time employees into the E-Verify system (federal), NC New Hire system (state), Colleague System, and initiates background checks through Aegis as needed. Ensure all Status Change Forms for new positions and/or position modifications are entered into Colleague with accuracy.Reviews and analyzes all payroll data for accuracy; calculates earnings and enters the payroll data into Colleague; updates payroll data on a daily basis to ensure accurate processing. Prepares payroll journal entries for input into Colleague, such as payroll-related journal entries for year-end, which include the calculation of accumulated vacation leave and accrued salaries, and maintains the fiscal year accrual salaries reporting.Responsible for all payroll tax (Federal 941 and NC Withholding), W-2 processing, and being the primary contact for payroll tax exceptions.Creates and maintains a payroll spreadsheet for all full-time college personnel as a reconciliation tool to the Colleague payroll system that includes salaries, longevity, overload pay, and any other pay adjustments that may be needed.Performs specialized technical payroll calculations involving gross pay, retirement, taxes, contract calculation, retroactive pay, fringe benefits, and leave records.Maintains benefit spreadsheets and reconciles monthly invoices to ensure employee deductions are accurate and works with Accounts Payable to process vendor payments.Maintains a spreadsheet for all part-time college personnel as a reconciliation tool to the Colleague payroll system monthly.Answers inquiries and provides information; researches and resolves payroll and benefit problems and discrepancies. Prepares all deposits for Federal, State, and FICA taxes.Works directly with Human Resources during open enrollment and throughout the year to ensure that all benefit/deduction changes are updated in Colleague and all changes are reviewed for accuracy. Prepares and processes full-time salaried payroll – including inputting data, salaries, direct deposits information, transmitting direct deposits, and other payroll information as needed. Prepares and processes Part-Time payroll as well, which also includes work-study students. Processes and prints all payroll checks and all related monthly payroll reports and distributes checks according to business office policy.Prepares Institutional and County check requestsfor the non-state portion of part-time payroll and ensures that checksareproperly receipted and transmitted to theStateTreasurerat least two business days before the issuance of part-time payroll checks.