About North Shore Community College:
North Shore Community College is a diverse, caring, inclusive community that inspires our students to become engaged citizens and to achieve their personal, academic, and career goals through accessible, affordable, rigorous educational opportunities that are aligned with our region's workforce needs and will prepare them for life in a changing world. NSCC is one of 15 Massachusetts community colleges, which serves the 26 cities and towns north of Boston. Since its founding in 1965, NSCC has grown from a single leased building to an urban campus in downtown Lynn and a suburban campus in Danvers, and from five to 80 academic programs of study. Nearly 50,000 students have graduated from NSCC. The college is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE).
Job Description:
Human Resources Payroll Analyst (Staff Assistant)
Human Resource Development
Non-Unit Professional position, 37.5 hours/week, Danvers Campus
SALARY: Anticipated salary range $55,000.00 - $65,000.00. Actual salary is commensurate with experience and education. Full time benefited employees at North Shore Community College are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package offered through the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Click HERE for a highlight of these benefits.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
The primary responsibility of this position is to process the payroll for the college through the state's Human Resource Compensation Management System (HR/CMS). Analyze and reconcile data entered through employee self-service time and attendance system for compliance with audit procedures and union contract requirements. Responsible for maintaining payroll records and preparing reports as needed as well as responding to employee inquiries regarding payroll issues.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and auditing biweekly payroll for faculty and staff.
- Identify discrepancies, offer solutions, and follow-through on changes to processes.
- Overseeing and ensuring accuracy when processing new hires (systems include HRCMS, Banner and Labor Cost Management).
- Reviews weekly self-service time and attendance reports to insure conformity with established reporting requirements and confers with employees and department managers to resolve discrepancies.
- Reconciles payroll reports, records, and transactions to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitors, reconciles and enters employee expenses and deductions into payroll system HR/CMS.
- Understand pay calculation formulas of adjunct faculty, and then monitor and track the time in accordance to state regulation and collective bargaining agreement.
- Performs internal audits of department time and attendance procedures to ensure compliance with payroll policies and procedures. Prepare reports and documents for external audit requests.
- Calculates salary adjustments related to contractual retroactive pay increases.
- Calculates and enters employee payouts for retirement, terminations and resignations.
- Provide and analyze payroll reports by running queries in HRCMS
- Researches and completes employee's contract service buyback.
- Serve as primary payroll contact in the absence of the Payroll Director
- Processes stop payments and reissues checks to the state treasurer's office.
- Respond to payroll inquires and requests by college employees
- Research and troubleshoot payroll discrepancies and resolve any payroll related issues
- Attends Commonwealth Payroll User Group Meetings and implements new systems requirements instituted by the State Comptroller's Office.
- Assists the HR/Payroll staff members with routine and special projects.
- Performs other related duties.
Requirements:
- Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, and auditing biweekly payroll for faculty and staff.
- Identify discrepancies, offer solutions, and follow-through on changes to processes.
- Overseeing and ensuring accuracy when processing new hires (systems include HRCMS, Banner and Labor Cost Management).
- Reviews weekly self-service time and attendance reports to insure conformity with established reporting requirements and confers with employees and department managers to resolve discrepancies.
- Reconciles payroll reports, records, and transactions to ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
- Monitors, reconciles and enters employee expenses and deductions into payroll system HR/CMS.
- Understand pay calculation formulas of adjunct faculty, and then monitor and track the time in accordance to state regulation and collective bargaining agreement.
- Performs internal audits of department time and attendance procedures to ensure compliance with payroll policies and procedures. Prepare reports and documents for external audit requests.
- Calculates salary adjustments related to contractual retroactive pay increases.
- Calculates and enters employee payouts for retirement, terminations and resignations.
- Provide and analyze payroll reports by running queries in HRCMS
- Researches and completes employee's contract service buyback.
- Serve as primary payroll contact in the absence of the Payroll Director
- Processes stop payments and reissues checks to the state treasurer's office.
- Respond to payroll inquires and requests by college employees
- Research and troubleshoot payroll discrepancies and resolve any payroll related issues
- Attends Commonwealth Payroll User Group Meetings and implements new systems requirements instituted by the State Comptroller's Office.
- Assists the HR/Payroll staff members with routine and special projects.
- Performs other related duties.
Additional Information:
STARTING DATE: ASAP
North Shore Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran or military status, genetic information, gender identity, or sexual orientation in it programs and activities as required by Title IX or the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Action of 1964, and other applicable statutes and college policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquires or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affirmative Action and/or Title IX Coordinator, Nick Royal, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination or the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. North Shore Community College will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities and encourages both prospective and current employees to discuss potential accommodations with the employer.
Prospective employees are encouraged to review the College's Annual Security Report (ASR), in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistic Act, which can be found on the disclosure page of the College's website by clicking here.
Application Instructions:
Submit resume and cover letter outlining how your experience meets the qualifications of the position. Applicants selected for an interview will need to provide the names, address, email and telephone number of at least three current professional references.