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Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks - 43-3051.00

O*NET-SOC 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.

Sample of Reported Job Titles

Human Resources Assistant (HR Assistant)
Payroll Assistant
Payroll Clerk
Payroll Coordinator
Payroll Representative

Payroll Specialist
Payroll Technician
Personnel Assistant
Personnel Technician
Timekeeper

SOC Occupation Groups

43-0000	Office and Administrative Support Occupations
43-3000	Financial Clerks
43-3050	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
43-3051.00	Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Related Occupations

11-3012.00	Administrative Services Managers Bright Outlook
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43-3021.00	Billing and Posting Clerks
43-3031.00	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
43-4041.00	Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks
43-4061.00	Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs
43-4071.00	File Clerks
43-4161.00	Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
43-6014.00	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
43-9061.00	Office Clerks, General

Tasks

Balance cash and payroll accounts.
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.
Conduct verifications of employment.
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.
Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.
Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly.
Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
Prepare and file payroll tax returns.
Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
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.
Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems.
Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.