"Lead Payroll Technician"

Are you passionate about financial management and making a positive impact? At OUHSC Financial Services, we're dedicated to supporting our community by ensuring sound fiscal practices and providing exceptional benefits to our team members. What's in it for you:

• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO): We value work-life balance. Enjoy ample vacation days and holidays to recharge and spend quality time with loved ones.
• Standardized Work Week: Say goodbye to unpredictable schedules! Our consistent Monday - Friday, 40-hour work week allows you to plan ahead and maintain a healthy work-life harmony.
• Tuition Waivers: Invest in your future! As an OUHSC employee, you'll have access to tuition waivers for professional development and continuing education.
• Comprehensive Insurance Plans: Your well-being matters to us. Benefit from health, dental, and vision coverage, ensuring peace of mind for you and your family.
• Retirement Planning: Secure your financial future. Our retirement plans empower you to build savings and prepare for retirement with confidence.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program: Our program supports your commitment to public service by forgiving eligible loans after a specified period. For more information about OU's benefits, click here.

The position will support payroll processing to include add pay review/approval, system analysis of retro changes, identifying over and under payments, identifying out of state employees, and supporting timekeeping.

Essential Duties:

• Review add pays submitted each pay period for accuracy in calculations, compliance with University policies and approve or deny add pays accordingly.
• Research each system notification received from ePaf changes. These include retro job changes, pay group changes, retro terminations, out of state address updates, interagency transfer notices, and other notices.
• Enter off cycle payrolls.
• Enter OU Pay Forms or regular payroll processing. Research and update timekeeping data as necessary.
• Run weekly queries in HCM to audit data.
• Serve as back up to the other Lead Accounting Specialist in Payroll in addition to back up support for running biweekly payroll processes.
• Assumes day-to-day responsibility for organizing and coordinating specialized budget and accounting functions.
• Reviews reports to determine funding status of accounts and recommending action to correct problems.
• Prepares comparative historical funding and expenditure reports.
• Inputs, reviews, and distributes various data to departments.
• Determines appropriateness of funding sources and adequacy of funding.
• Assists in comprehensive reviews of departmental budgets, maintenance, and updating of budget development file.
• Formats and processes various budget documents for distribution and publication.
• Assists in budget preparation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements:

Required Education: High School diploma or GED AND: 48 months accounting/bookkeeping experience.

Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office, General office skills such as multi-line phone, copying, filing, faxing, and mail, Customer Service skills, Knowledge of standard accounting principles, Proficiency with accounting, High level of verbal and written skills in communication in English.

Advertised Physical Requirements: Physical: Sitting for prolonged periods. Communicate effectively. Engage in repetitive motion. Environmental: Standard office environment.

Why You Belong at the University of Oklahoma: The University of Oklahoma values our community's unique talents, perspectives, and experiences. At OU, we aspire to harness our innovation, creativity, and collaboration for the advancement of people everywhere. You Belong Here!

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