Payroll Clerk

Payroll Clerk Job Description

Compiles payroll data, such as hours worked, sales or piecework, taxes, insurance, union dues to be withheld, and employee identification number, from time sheets and other records. Screens time-worked inputs for calculating, coding, or other errors. Performs action necessary to determine pay and deductions including Federal and State taxes, insurance, retirement, union dues, savings, and other deductions. Monitors computer reports alerting payroll clerk to problems or errors. Prepares computer input forms and enters data into computer files. Reconciles errors and maintain payroll records.: Compiles payroll data, enters data, computes and posts wages, and reconciles errors to maintain payroll records. Prepares computer input forms, enters data into computer files, or computes wages and deductions, and posts to payroll records. Reviews wages computed and corrects errors to ensure accuracy of payroll. Records changes affecting net wages, such as exemptions, insurance coverage, and loan payments for each employee, to update master payroll records. Records data concerning transfer of employees between departments. May prorate expenses to be debited or credited to each department for cost accounting records. May prepare periodic reports of earnings, taxes, and deductions. May keep records of leave pay and nontaxable wages. May prepare and issue paychecks. (Source: eDOT Job Description)