Central Office _ Director, Payroll Services (Finance) 2024-2025

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Company: DeKalb Medical

Location: Los Angeles, CA 90015

Description:

Position Type:
Finance/Director, Payroll Services

Date Posted:
6/5/2024

Location:
Finance
The DeKalb County School District is seeking an experienced and professional Director, Payroll Services.

Grade/Schedule: Unified 132
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The material contained herein is subject to change. All open positions offered by the DeKalb County School District are subject to specific job requirements. The DeKalb County School District is an equal opportunity employer, and all hiring decisions are subject to federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations.

Title: Director, Payroll Services

Under limited supervision, provides leadership, direction, and day to day supervision for payroll, time and attendance, and deduction processing within the Division of Finance. Adheres to related policies, practices, and procedures for the timely, accurate payment and accounting of all transactions initiated by the payroll department. Manages all payroll functions and related processing to assure data integrity, quality performance and compliance with federal and state laws.

Essential Functions:

Incumbent will be responsible for maintenance of the District's policies, procedures and practices for payroll processing, time and attendance processing, deduction processing including but not limited to federal, state and local taxes, health and other optional flexible beneifts, 403b, TRS, ERS, PSERS and other retirment contributions and W-2, state and federal quarterly reports, and other required reporting.
Supervises and directs all activities associated with Payroll, Time, and Attendance within in the Finance department.
Provides oversight of leaders responsible for preparing the calculation and production of all payrolls, both scheduled and off-cycle and coordination with the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system implementation, as needed.
Ensures the payroll department produces accurate and timely processing of payrolls and performs required internal control tasks to ensure reasonable checks and balances are monitored and implemented.
Maintains adequate internal controls and safeguards related to payroll processing and payments.
Recruits, interviews, hires and ensures continuouis training of staff in the payroll and related departments.
Ensures timely and accurate production and distribution of W-2s and related activities.
Ensures timely and accurate state and federal reporting.
Ensures timely and accurate processing and reporting of deductions such as garnishments, state and federal taxes, retirement contributions, flexible benefits, and health insurance.
Ensures the accurate processing of leave such as sick, vacation and other. Maintains accurate balances of leave and administers the time and attendance platform for all employees.
Ensures department staff and procedures are compliant with federal, state, and local payroll wage and hour laws and best practices and procedures and timely communication is developed for all district schools and departments.
Attends regular and called meetings with internal and external stakeholders as determined are necessary.
Identifies and recommends updates to the processes, software systems and procedures as deemed necessary.
Conducts meetings with assigned staff ensuring that all policies and procedures are followed within the departments.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Deputy Chief Financial Officer.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Finance, or closely related field.

Minimum of seven (7) years in Finance, Human Resources, Payroll or Employee Benefits and Staffing with a minimum of five (5) years administration/supervisory experience required; Experience in school finance or educational institution preferred.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Master's degree preferred in Business Administration, Finance, or closely related field.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, PERMITS:
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred.

06/05/2024

Attachment(s):
  • Director, Payroll Services.pdf

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