Posting Details
Posting Summary
Job Title
Payroll Specialist
Division
Division of Finance & Administration
Department
Comptroller's Office
Work Status
Full Time
Position Category
Staff
FLSA
Exempt
Pay Range
Exempt
Salary Range
$65,000 - $75,000 / year
Fund Source
State Support
Job Summary
Under the direction of the Director of Accounting, the Payroll
Specialist is to coordinate the processing of payroll for the gross
pay file submission for the Morgan campus. As part of the payroll
staff, the Payroll Specialist is expected to generate, analyze, and
evaluate diagnostic reports summarizing payroll problems and their
solutions. Be able to problem-solve on issues concerning payroll
and the interfaces between Morgan, IT, and CPB .
Job Duties
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Coordinate the centralized processing of the gross pay file
submission.
- Make corrections and resolve all issues pertaining to the gross
pay file before submission to IT in a timely manner.
Make sure that all necessary documents are processed in a
timely manner.
Research, analyze, and process all issues that are forwarded
from the Financial Services Unit.
Serve as back-up to the Payroll Processing Associate.
Must independently organize and execute various assignments by
the deadline while paying close attention to detail.
Provide excellent customer service to the Morgan campus, the
Central Payroll Bureau, the Comptroller of the MD office, and
others outside of the campus.
other duties as assigned.
Requested Minimum Qualifications
Educational:
- A High School Diploma or a GED is required.
Experience:
- At least 4 years of payroll experience is required.
Other Preferences for Consideration
Preferences:
- Experience with higher education and a union environment is
highly desired.
- Preferences may be given to candidates with a Bachelors Degree
in Finance, Accounting, Business or any discipline.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Excellent problem-solving skills. `
- Experience working in a professional office setting.
- At least at an intermediate level with the Microsoft Office
suite.
- knowledge of complex and specialized payroll and data
processing procedures.
- Be skilled in research and analysis.
Posting Detail Information
Posting Number
ST01477
Number of Vacancies
1
Job Open Date
09/22/2026
Application Review Date
Job Close Date
10/20/2026
Special Instructions to Applicant
Please enter two professional references on the References page of
the application.
Supplemental Questions
Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).
- * Do you have a High School Diploma or GED?
- * Do you have a minimum of four(4) years payroll related
experience?
- * Do you have a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Accounting, or a
Business related field?
- * Do you have at least two years experience dealing with State,
Federal Payroll regulations and using tax tables to determine
deductions
- * Do you have advance computer skills?
(Open Ended Question)
- * Do you have experience with higher education, and a union
environment is highly desired?
- * How did you hear about this employment opportunity?
- Public Job Posting
- Internal Job Posting
- Agency Referral
- Advertisement/Publication
- Personal Referral
- Website
- Other
- * Are you a current, past or retired Morgan University
employee? Are you a current, past or retired State employee? If YES
to pass, retired or current STATE employee, please put the agency.
If not applicable, put N/A.
(Open Ended Question)
Applicant Documents
Required Documents
- Resume
Optional Documents
- High School Diploma/GED
- Transcripts (unofficial )
- Cover Letter
