Careers Job Description
General Description
The Payroll Coordinator is a position under the office of the Senior University Dean for Academic Affairs/Dean of the School of Professional Studies. The Payroll Coordinator will manage payroll for 400+ staff members at CUNY Central and manage all personnel related activities. This is a temporary position with the possibility of an extension.
Other Duties
Reporting to the Supervisor of Personnel Services, the Payroll Coordinator’s duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to the following:
- Conducting employee orientations and completing required paperwork and e-verification for all new hires;
- Monitoring personnel budgets and submission of all Personnel Action Forms;
- Electronic timesheet submission (for bi-weekly payroll);
- Reconciling time & leave discrepancies;
- Maintenance of personnel database, tracking staff time and leave;
- Preparation of personnel budget and expense reports as needed;
- Preparing journal entries as needed;
- Fulfilling other duties related to the payroll management of the division as assigned.
Projecting annual personnel costs and maintaining salary history information on project employees.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree, accounting or finance field preferred
- Two years of prior payroll/fiscal management or related experience is required
- Experience and knowledge of Excel, Word , Outlook and Access database entries
- Knowledge of Federal, State and Local tax laws
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Detail oriented with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent organizational skills and a demonstrated ability to resolve problems professionally and efficiently
- Ability to collaborate constructively with team members, staff and the CUNY Research Foundation
- Requires regular attendance, punctuality and physical presence in our unit
- Requires local travel within NYC, up to twice per week to conduct on-site orientations
- Ability to work on ad hoc payroll assignments as needed
RFCUNY Benefits
RFCUNY Employee Benefits and AccrualsAbout the Research Foundation
The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.
RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Key Features
OAA
Part Time
$24.73-$25.82
20.00-34.50
Aug 04, 2021 (Or Until Filled)