Payroll Accounting Specialist
Portland State University
Portland , OR
Full-time
Accounting
Posted on May 5, 2023
Portland State University (Office of Human Resources) is recruiting for a Payroll Accounting Specialist to routinely perform a variety of detail-oriented tasks with a high degree of accuracy including issuing manual pay adjustments, other payments, and termination pay with proper taxation and reporting of wages and benefits; analyzing pay history to determine appropriate pay, benefits, and leave amounts; accurately calculate net pay, complex adjustments; manually enter paid leaves, differential pay, taxable fringe benefits, etc. into employee records; analyze system audit reports to identify discrepancies before, during and after payroll processing; enter corrections and calculate adjustments to achieve accurate payroll results.
This position will coordinate and process legal writs/garnishments; initiate collection of payroll overpayments; conduct analysis and reconciliation of payroll account and work closely as part of a team to meet daily, weekly, and monthly processing deadlines, provide backup and assistance to other team members to ensure timely and accurate pay and leave accounting for PSU employees in accordance with current laws, contracts, and policies. This is a detail-oriented position that requires a high degree of accuracy. This position reports to the Director of Payroll Services and is unrepresented, overtime subject, and provides full participation in our employee benefits, tuition, and leave accrual programs.