Payroll Fiscal Analyst (Fa1) Doh6841

• Human-centered: We see others as people who matter like we do and take into account their needs, challenges, contributions, and objectives.
• Equity: We are committed to fairness and justice to ensure access to services, programs, opportunities, and information for all.
• Collaboration: We seek partnership and collaboration to maximize our collective impact. We cannot achieve our vision alone.
• Seven Generations: Inspired by Native American culture, we seek wisdom from those who came before us to ensure our current work protects those who will come after us.
• Excellence: We strive to demonstrate best practices, high performance, and compelling value in our work every day.

• A healthy life/work balance by offering flexible schedules and telework options for many positions.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• A wellness program that offers education, access to healthy food, and fitness classes.
• Opportunities to serve your community through meaningful work.
• A commitment to diversity and inclusion fosters an inclusive environment that encourages all employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• An Infant at Work Program based on the long-term health values of breastfeeding newborns and infant-parent bonding.
• Employee resource groups that provide forums for employees to gather and share ideas about matters that affect their personal and professional lives and support career development.

• Provide customer service by serving as a consultant to attendance keepers, employees, supervisors within the programs to help them provide accurate and timely data, forms, etc. Respond to questions from employees about the calculation of their pay checks and the content of the Earnings and Deductions Statements.
• Receive leave data manually and electronically, on a semi-monthly basis, from the internal leave system and transfer the data to CATS (HRMS) to generate payroll. Analyze errors generated from the automated leave transfer to determine any corrections needed, contact attendance keepers, and prepare adjusted entries directly in CATS (HRMS) by utilizing the specific Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) articles and/or WAC rules.
• Maintain and monitor the payroll system by reconciling data to regular reports as well as audit the data entry of co-workers in order to maintain the integrity of the data as well as produce accurate payroll.
• Train attendance keepers and payroll representatives in programs on changes in the system and forms and train new attendance keepers as needed such as with staff turnover and refresher courses.

AND

• Researching, evaluating, and drawing conclusions from payroll or fiscal data; interpreting and applying rules, laws, policies, or procedures.
• Intermediate-level use of MS Word, Excel, and Outlook.
• Accurately using a 10-key calculator by touch.
• Communicating effectively – Developing and delivering ideas and facts orally and in writing using plain talk. Varies content, style, and form to suit the subject, the purpose, and the needs of diverse audiences.
• Collaboration – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Consistently models trustworthiness, sensitivity to others and respect. Models effective group process behavior, such as listening, discussing, negotiating, encouraging, and motivating.
• Reliability on the job, and participation as a productive member of a team Ensures Accountability, demonstrating the ability to hold yourself and others accountable to meeting commitments. Demonstrates fiscal accountability by following finance regulations, principles, standards, and guidelines when committing finance resources or processing finance transactions.

• Three (2) or more years working with the Washington State Department of Health as a payroll representative
• Ability to maneuver within HRMS and CATS to input regular payroll transactions and resolve errors as they occur during input
• Ability to serve as payroll subject matter experts for attendance keepers, employees, and supervisors
• Able to understand and apply federal and state regulations regarding the processing of common, everyday payroll transactions
• 18 quarter or 12 semester hours of accounting, auditing, or budgeting. Professional experience be substituted for education.

• A cover letter describing how you meet the qualifications and why you are interested in this position.
• A current resume.
• Three (3) or more professional references included in your profile. Please include at least one supervisor, peer, and (if you have supervised staff) someone you have managed or led.

• Legally operate a state or privately-owned vehicle or provide alternative transportation.
• Standard business hours are Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., but the incumbent be expected to adjust the work schedule to meet business needs.

• Some travel is required and is typically local or regional, to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend or provide training.