Payroll Clerk

Job Details

Description

SUMMARY: Responsible for properly performing all financial activities related to the payroll function of the Finance Department, in accordance with established policies, procedures and controls.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Include The Following

• Maintains the strictest level of confidence within the department, ensuring that the individual payroll amounts of each individual employee remain private and confidential.
• Copies and distributes all applicable payroll reports.
• Files and maintains all departmental timesaver reports.
• Posts information pertaining to hours worked, deductions, paid time off, benefits, gratuities and direct deposits into the computer in a timely, accurate manner.
• Ensures the integrity of all financial data produced in payroll.
• Handles limited banking functions pertaining to payroll and is responsible for all manual check copies and employee lists.
• Compiles statistical data for reporting purposes.
• Inputs all voided checks.
• Reviews and processes all incoming paperwork.
• Assists Payroll Supervisor in the preparation of quarterly and annual tax returns and W-2 forms.
• Conducts the necessary research to effectively resolve payroll disputes from Employees.
• Calculates and verifies payroll adjustments.
• Maintains all files in the payroll department.
• Facilitates the flow of information throughout the property by attending regularly scheduled meetings with all employees under his/her span of control.
• Held accountable, to a high degree, for the accuracy, confidentiality, and thoroughness of departmental records and reports.
  
  

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by individuals assigned to this position. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Promotes the following within the department and among all employees:

• Creates an atmosphere of fun for all casino guests.
• Encourages mutual respect, dignity and integrity with all employees, by setting positive examples at all times.
  
  

Qualification Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

EDUCATION And/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) preferred.

Special Qualifications

Must possess effective communication, organizational skills and analytical skills. Must be extremely numbers-oriented and computer-literate.

This position requires a Level 4 Gaming License.

Language Skills

Ability to read, analyze, and interpret documents, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals. Some analytical ability is required in order to summarize data for reports and find solutions to various administrative problems. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

Mathematical Skills

Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to prepare and interpret graphs.

Reasoning Ability

Ability to apply common sense reasoning to a variety of situations.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is also regularly required to stand, walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, and to sit, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. A casino environment is typically smoky.