Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks - 43-3051.00

O*NET-SOC Description

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

DOT Titles Included in this O*NET-SOC Code

  • Flight-Crew-Time Clerk
  • Payroll Clerk
  • Timekeeper

Sample of Occupations in this SOC Family

Related Occupations

Tasks

  • Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
  • Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments.
  • Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.
  • Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.
  • Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
  • Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions.
  • Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.
  • Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
  • Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
  • Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly.
  • Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
  • Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
  • Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
  • Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
  • Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
  • Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.

Detailed Work Activities

  • compile data for financial reports
  • compute financial data
  • compute taxes
  • enter time sheet information
  • fill out business or government forms
  • maintain balance sheets
  • maintain records, reports, or files
  • prepare reports
  • prepare tax reports
  • process payroll documents, records, or checks
  • reconcile or balance financial records
  • use computers to enter, access or retrieve data
  • use oral or written communication techniques