Hospital Payroll Accounts Manager, Corporate Payroll Operations *Posted under Master 116477*

Empower Every New Yorker - Without Exception - to Live the Healthiest Life Possible

NYC Health + Hospitals is the largest public health care system in the United States. We provide essential outpatient, inpatient and home-based services to more than one million New Yorkers every year across the city's five boroughs. Our large health system consists of ambulatory centers, acute care centers, post-acute care/long-term care, rehabilitation programs, Home Care, and Correctional Health Services. Our diverse workforce is uniquely focused on empowering New Yorkers, without exception, to live the healthiest life possible.

At NYC Health + Hospitals, our mission is to deliver high quality care health services, without exception. Every employee takes a person-centered approach that exemplifies the ICARE values (Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence) through empathic communication and partnerships between all persons.

Job Description

SUMMARY OF DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

NYC Health+Hospitals Payroll Practitioner carries out responsibility for payroll-related functions

General tasks and responsibilities will include the below:

• Perform a wide variety of timekeeping and payroll activities
• Compute wage and overtime payments, calculating and updating payroll deductions, processing requests for off-cycle payments, and processing terminal payments.
• Review/analyze impact of job data changes on payroll and timekeeping transactions
• Maintain payroll-related records, perform report reconciliations, and prepare reports and payroll-related calculations
• Support wage garnishment processing
• Maintain accurate timekeeping profiles for employees
• Maintain and audit timekeeping data and reports
• Conduct regular analysis of various timekeeping reports to identify patterns, discrepancies and trends related to employee attendance, overtime and accrual usage.
• Provide professional and quality customer service to employees through adherence to the department's scripts, and in compliance with corporate policies and procedures
• Participate in special projects as assigned to support department goals and improve payroll and timekeeping processes.

Minimum Qualifications
1. A Baccalaureate Degree from an accredited college with a major in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related area, plus two years of full-time, paid experience as the supervisor or the assistant supervisor of an entire payroll and timekeeping operation for at least seven hundred employees, one year of which must have been in a municipal hospital, or its equivalent, within the last five years; or,
2. High School graduation or equivalent plus six years of full-time, paid experience processing accounting, business transaction or public administration records, two years of which must be as described in (1); or,
3. A satisfactory equivalent combination of education and experience. However, all candidates must have at least two years of experience as described in (1).

Department Preferences

• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage complex records
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams
• Strong skills in Microsoft Applications.
• Ability to analyze data and draw conclusions to take appropriate actions
• Ability to manage different systems simultaneously to execute responsibilities
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• 5+ years of payroll experience
• Experience in a large-scale payroll and/or timekeeping operation
• Experience with collective bargaining contracts/union environment
• Experience with PeopleSoft HCM modules
• PeopleSoft 9.2/ Payroll, Time & Labor, Absence Management
• IBM Mainframe
• Microsoft Office

If you wish to apply for this position, please apply online by clicking the "Apply for Job" button.

If applying online, please include your cover letter in the same file attachment with your uploaded resume.

NYC Health and Hospitals offers a competitive benefits package that includes:

• Comprehensive Health Benefits for employees hired to work 20+ hrs. per week
• Retirement Savings and Pension Plans
• Loan Forgiveness Programs for eligible employees
• Paid Holidays and Vacation in accordance with employees' Collectively bargained contracts
• College tuition discounts and professional development opportunities
• Multiple employee discounts programs