Senior Payroll Processor

Who We Are:	System Administration, which also houses the Office of the President, is located in the uptown neighborhood of Denver with a few smaller offices located on the campuses.  Many of our departments support the educational and research missions of the four University of Colorado campuses, but System Administration is not considered a campus. We provide diverse opportunities for professional development, innovation, and collaboration with talented staff and faculty.  Learn more about CU System Administration. Employee Services provides the CU community with excellent services from recruitment to retirement. This office provides technical expertise while administering benefits, professional development, payroll, individual tax management, and strategic HR programs. The functional areas of Employee Services include Payroll, Technologies, Benefits, Retirement, Financial Education, Learning and Development, International Tax and Human Resources.
Position Summary:	The Senior Payroll Processor provides service, support, and counseling to the university faculty, staff, students, retirees, and their dependents by providing payroll programs, policies, and procedures. This position provides ongoing payroll support and services including conducting seminars and educational sessions for campus constituents. This position also serves as a functional advisor to users of the PeopleSoft HCM system and its impact on payroll processing. The Senior Payroll Processor is required to analyze and apply federal and state rules and regulations and professional payroll best-practice guidelines. The Senior Payroll Processor is responsible for running all payrolls (monthly, biweekly, weekly off-cycle); monitoring contributions, benefits, deductions, and taxes. In addition, this position runs various audit queries, identifying and resolving discrepancies as well as assisting with testing and recommendations of updates/enhancements to HCM and payroll processing. The Senior Payroll Processor works closely with HCM/Payroll Support Professionals and Payroll Coordinators to assess incoming issues and concerns. Testing scenarios and other methods are used to determine the best solutions which are tracked in the Cherwell ticketing system. This position reports to the Payroll Manager and is exempt from the State of Colorado Classified Staff system.
Where You Will Work:	This role is eligible to work remotely within the United States.

Description of Job

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Process monthly, biweekly, offcycle, and year-end payrolls independently and in collaboration with a small team of payroll processors
• Run various audit queries, identify, and resolve the discrepancies which may include contacting campus HR/Payroll Liaisons to enter corrections
• Actively collaborate with Benefit Enrollment Processors to assure benefits process correctly on checks
• Research and resolve issues escalated by Payroll Specialists
• Actively collaborate with the processing team to research and analyze test system issues and upgrades
• Provides timely feedback to the organization regarding service failures or customer concerns.
• Document unresolved issues clearly and concisely which are then escalated to the Processing Supervisor, Payroll Functional Analyst and University Information System
• Reviews and analyzes processes in search of opportunities to improve accuracy and efficienciesAudit, calculate, and process payroll transactions which may include regular pay, overpays, retro pay, offcycle payments, manual and tax adjustments.
• Understand Was/Should  calculation and analyze transactions in HCM to assess what happened in order to pay the employee correctly
• Understands how transactions affect the W-2 and analyzes transactions in HCM to assess and fix errors.
• Actively involved in Payroll Year-End Processing which include W-2 reconciliations and year-end adjustments.
• Maintains data integrity of employee’s HCM position or job data by using assigned security access to review, audit, and correct payroll or benefit discrepancies for items reported by multi-campus users or identified by other Payroll team members.
• Works with the Payroll cross functional team, management and campus departments to assist with compensation, deductions, and contributions corrections.
• Runs and reviews regular and ad hoc compensating control queries to provide guidance to departments on items that are inconsistent or don’t fall into current procedures and policies.
• Assists in writing step-by-step guidelines for the Payroll team and campus users as well as communications for publication in the Employee Services Communique. In addition, this position will participate in campus forums; New Employee Orientation (NEO); or provide informational material to be used in the presentations.
• Builds sustainable relationships with team and campus staff through trust and open and interactive communication.
• Tracks all escalations via the ticketing system
• Other duties as required.
• Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
• Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education, or equivalent professional experience (professional experience may be substituted for the educational requirement on a year-for-year basis)
• Three (3) years’ of experience in a payroll environment performing payroll activities.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Five (5) years of professional experience, as stated above.
• Experience with HCM PeopleSoft or other ERP systems.
• Experience in Higher Education environments
• Familiarity with PS and SQL Queries
• Professional Payroll certifications (FPC or CPP)
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Knowledge of recognized payroll standards, laws, regulations, and best practices
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and handle multiple concurrent tasks and responsibilities, and to deal with changing priorities, while maintaining personal effectiveness.
• Demonstrated high level of dedication to customer service.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office programs.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, other University personnel, and the public
• Supplemental Information
• How to Apply:
• For full consideration, please attach the following as separate documents to your application by October 24th at https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl?job=35123:
• A cover letter identifying the job specific minimum qualifications you possess
• A resume including any and all relevant experience to be accurately assessed against the qualifications listed in the posting.
• Benefits: With our unparalleled range of benefits, including top-notch healthcare, comprehensive wellness programs, enriching professional development, and a dynamic work-life balance, we ensure your holistic growth and happiness.
• No-cost or low-cost medical & dental plan options, some inclusive of IVF assistance.
• Disability, Life, Vision Insurance options.
• Multiple retirement planning options including a mandatory 401(a) plan where CU contributes 10% of your gross pay, a 401k or 403b plan and a 457 deferred compensation plan.
• Pre-tax savings plans, such as Health care and Dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Embrace a healthy work-life balance with ample sick and vacation leave, along with at least 12 paid holidays. This includes a dedicated week off for winter break.
• 6 weeks of parental leave to adjust to the joys of parenthood.
• A tuition benefit program for you and/or your dependents.
• Free RTD EcoPass and Free Onsite Parking at our 1800 Grant Street Office.
• Many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.
• Additional taxable fringe benefits may be available. 
• For more information on benefits programs, please review our Comprehensive Benefits Guide. 
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