Title: Payroll Specialist

Agency: Germanna Community College

Location: Fredericksburg - 630

FLSA: Exempt

Hiring Range: $61,126-$82,521

Full Time or Part Time: Full Time

Additional Detail

Job Description:

Germanna Community College is a public, open access institution of higher education in the Virginia Community College System. The College is a dynamic learning organization that serves as a Germanna regional leader and preferred partner where quality learning experiences enable students to participate effectively in the social, economic, political, intellectual, and cultural life of their communities. Germanna Community College is centrally located in Fredericksburg, VA between Washington D.C. and Richmond and between the Blue Ridge mountains and the Chesapeake Bay. Full of history, the area offers a community rich with diversity, the arts, technology, vineyards, hiking, canoeing/kayaking, and many other activities.

Germanna Community College is seeking a Payroll Specialist. The Payroll Specialist is responsible for payroll administration in conjunction with SSC (shared service center). Analyze/resolve payroll issues, ensure compliance with Federal and State, and College requirements related to employment and taxation, benefit reconciliations, reporting, and processing of timesheets/paychecks. Position includes oversight of leave administration to include processing, adjusting, and resolving leave balance issues.

Major Duties & Responsibilities:

• Management of payrolls in conjunction with SSC (shared service center) to ensure accuracy in payments, deductions, and reporting; Reconciliation of various deductions, benefits and TLAM (time leave absence management); Timesheet management. Semi-Monthly and quarterly payroll and yearend accrual reporting.
• Leave Administrator for absence management system. Developing and managing processes for managers and employees and leave system, Semi-Monthly leave, and year-end leave liability. reporting.
• Collects and assesses data quality and management of internal (GCC, VCCS, SSC) and external (COV) HR and Payroll systems; Helps create and supports data integrity and security initiatives; Performs systems audit to ensure accuracy of data and compliance with policies of GCC, VCCS, SSC and COV; Creates reports and dashboards to share insights with the college's leaders and HR department.

Employees must be able to work strategically with diverse colleagues, students, and community members with a commitment to diversity as a learning outcome to be culturally respectful, professionally competent, and civically responsible.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of Germanna Community College. We recognize our responsibility to create, maintain, and nurture an academic and social environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas. We are committed to being an inclusive community that respects all cultures, experiences, and abilities and that prepares individuals to thrive in a global society. An EEO/AA Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or on the basis of disability. Germanna is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
Germanna is a federal contractor requesting priority referrals of protected veterans for our job opportunities.

If you are a qualified individual with a disability or a disabled veteran, you may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to access job openings or apply for a job on this site as a result of your disability. You can request reasonable accommodations by contacting Catra Godwin at cgodwin@germanna.edu.

If you would like to see a copy of our Affirmative Action Plan please contact Barbara Hall by phone at 540-834-1067 or by email bhall@germanna.edu.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Considerable knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Comprehensive knowledge of payroll and human resources policies and procedures; state and federal laws and regulations concerning payroll and payroll deductions, benefit plans and reporting.
• Excellent computer skills including those of computerized payroll and human resources systems.
• Ability to analyze mathematical data and assist in preparing financial/annual reports.
• Intermediate/Advanced Proficiency in Excel and MS Office 365 applications.
• Strong customer service skills with a high level of professionalism and discretion.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Public sector experience - Higher Education
• Proficiency with HCM/PeopleSoft