Payroll Clerk

Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.

Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.

Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.

Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems.

Conduct verifications of employment.

Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly.

Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.

Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.

Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.

Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.

Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.

Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.

Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments.

Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.

Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.

Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions.

Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.

Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.

Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.

Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.

Balance cash and payroll accounts.