"Payroll Audit Clerk"

Job Details

Category: Civil Service

Department: Administration

Locations: Schenectady, NY

Posted: Jun 4, 2025

Closes: Open Until Filled

Type: Full-time

Position ID: 188871

About SUNY Schenectady County Community College:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College (SUNY Schenectady) is one of the State University of New York's finest two-year colleges located in upstate New York's vibrant and growing Capital Region. It provides quality, comprehensive education for transfer, career, training and workforce development to a diverse population in a student-centered environment. The College offers more than 50 transfer and career programs in science, aviation, culinary, music, and liberal arts, and serves more than 5,000 students.

Job Description:

SUNY Schenectady County Community College seeks a full-time Payroll Audit Clerk in the Office of Administration. This is a competitive provisional civil service position that involves assisting in the audit, review and verification of payrolls and related documents. Attention to detail is an important factor of this position.

Typical Work Activities:

• Audits payrolls against appointment papers, budget authorizations, social security withholding taxes, health insurance deductions, etc;
• Assists with the processing of retirement documents;
• Computes and checks computations for items to be deducted from the payroll;
• Contacts units and divisions concerning the auditing of the payroll;
• Answers inquiries concerning payroll matters;
• Files tax and assessments and payroll registers for the department;
• Performs a variety of related duties as required.

Requirements:

Full Performance Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Personal Characteristics:

Good knowledge of the methods of maintaining and reviewing financial records, good knowledge of business arithmetic and English; working knowledge of the practices and principles of payroll auditing; ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions; ability to make arithmetic computations rapidly and accurately; attention to detail; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.

Minimum Qualifications:

(A) Graduation from a regionally accredited or New York State registered two-year college or university with an Associate's degree in Accounting, Business Administration or a related field and one year experience in maintaining financial accounts and records, six months of which shall have involved payroll auditing or preparation; OR

(B) Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma, and two years of experience as outlined in (A) above, six months of which shall have involved payroll auditing or preparation; OR

(C) An equivalent combination of training and experience as defined by the limits of (A) and (B) above.

Special Information:

VISA sponsorship is not available for this position. Offers of employment will be conditional based on the successful completion of a background check and verification of official college transcripts. Hours for this position are: Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Additional Information:

Salary: $42,324/year (Grade 8, Step 1)

Application Instructions:

If you are interested in applying for this position, please submit a Civil Service Application and three (3) professional references by mail or in-person to: Office of Human Resources, SUNY Schenectady County Community College, 78 Washington Ave., Schenectady, New York 12305, OR Schenectady County Human Resources Dept., County Building, 620 State St., 2nd Floor, Schenectady, New York 12305, OR by email to humanresources@sunysccc.edu. Before completing the application, review the job description and verify that you meet the minimum requirements. The Civil Service application must be completed in its entirety to be accepted.