Payroll Officer 1

Requirements

• Five (5) years of experience in complex clerical work in accounting or payroll.
• Two (2) years of the General Experience must have had payroll preparation as the principal responsibility.
• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.
• Experience applying human resources statutes, regulations, policies, procedures and bargaining unit contract and agreement terms to payroll.
• Experience working in a payroll office and processing the payroll of a large agency (1000 or more employees).
• Experience processing payroll functions in Peoplesoft/Core-CT for the lifecycle of payroll.
• Experience processing medical, dental and group life benefits.
• Experience using Microsoft 365 suite to include Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Experience identifying problems, researching solutions, making a decision, and verifying the accuracy of that decision.
• Experience with adapting to changing work priorities and compressed deadlines.
• Experience communicating to a diverse population.

Benefits

• Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities.
• A healthy work-life balance to all employees.
• State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loan forgiveness after 10 years of service.