Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Role Description

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

Skills

  • Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
  • Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Using mathematics to solve problems.
  • Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
  • Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Required Knowledge

  • Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
  • Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
  • Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
  • Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
  • Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
  • Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
  • Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
  • Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

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