Payroll Administrator I

Job Title

Payroll Administrator I

Agency

Texas A&M Engineering

Department

Engineering Payroll

Proposed Minimum Salary

Commensurate

Job Location

Bryan, Texas

Job Type

Staff

Job Description

Why work for Texas A&M Engineering?

Engineering has been part of Texas A&M University since its opening in 1876 as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Today, the College of Engineering is the largest college on the College Station campus with more than 25,000 engineering students enrolled in 15 departments. Its mission is to serve Texas, the nation and the global community by providing engineering graduates who are well-founded in engineering fundamentals, instilled with the highest standards of professional and ethical behavior, and prepared to meet the complex technical challenges of society.

As the research arm of Engineering, the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) is a state agency within the Texas A&M University System with a mission to improve lives through basic and applied engineering research, workforce development and technology transition. Our collaborations with industry, academia and government provide cutting-edge solutions to global technical challenges.

We are deeply committed to recruiting and retaining a talented workforce that embraces our core values of Respect, Excellence, Leadership, Loyalty, Integrity, and Service, by offering competitive salaries, an array of benefits, an extensive support network, and above all, an enriching and highly collaborative working community that is deeply passionate about our vision for higher education, research, and public service.

Job Description

Purpose :

Payroll Administrator I, under general supervision, is responsible for providing payroll accounting services for TEES, TEEX, TTI and the College of Engineering. Responsible for collaborating with representatives and coordinating pay calculations. Reviews and research information and transactions to detect payroll discrepancies.

Responsibilities :

• Contribute to Payroll Processing Team by processing Workday Payroll tasks which includes :
• Review and process payroll retroactive reports researching any discrepancies.
• Work with System Member Benefit Partners to coordinate retroactive benefit entries.
• Review and approve Payroll Partner inbox tasks such as assign pay group, withholding orders or ongoing payroll inputs or on-demand payments.
• Reviewing supplement payments and emoluments for accuracy and compliance and entering them as payroll inputs or on-demand payments.
• Reviewing multiple payroll reports to ensure monthly and biweekly payroll is complete, accurate and in compliance with Agency, System, State and Federal rules and regulations.
• Answers general payroll and other financial questions, serving as a resource to solve payroll related problems for departments and employees.
• Partners with Centralized HR Staff to act as the Payroll Liaison assisting and training departmental payroll administrators as needed.
• Review, update and create processes and procedures for the payroll processing manual.
• Printing Payroll checks.
• Other duties as assigned.

What is needed :

Work Location :

Texas A&M Engineering provides an outstanding benefits package including but not limited to :

Helpful Applicant Information

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Compensation Philosophy :

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Equal Opportunity / Veterans / Disability Employer.