AI Assistant for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

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.

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Core Responsibilities

  • 1Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.(Core task)
  • 2Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.(Core task)
  • 3Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.(Core task)
  • 4Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.(Core task)
  • 5Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.(Core task)
  • 6Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.(Core task)
  • 7Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.(Core task)
  • 8Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.(Core task)
  • 9Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.(Core task)
  • 10Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.(Core task)

Top Skills Required

Reading Comprehension
Active Listening
Mathematics
Writing
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Monitoring
Service Orientation
Complex Problem Solving
Social Perceptiveness

Knowledge Areas

AdministrativeMathematicsEnglish LanguageEconomics and AccountingPersonnel and Human ResourcesAdministration and ManagementCustomer and Personal ServiceComputers and Electronics

Technology & Tools Used

Other Tools

Accounting softwareADP Enterprise HRADP eTIMEADP PC/PayrollADP Workforce NowAPI NavigatorAsure Software HCMAutomated payroll softwareAutomated timekeeping softwareBMH Open4 PayrollBSI ComplianceFactoryCyberShift Workforce Management 3G Time and AttendanceData entry softwareEBS On Line InstaPayEmail software

Daily Work Activities

Working with Computers
Processing Information
Getting Information
Performing Administrative Activities
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
Documenting/Recording Information
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

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