Metro Parks Tacoma Looking for Payroll Administrator at Tacoma, WA Full Time

Job Description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Based on our internal equity review process, the starting salary for this position will be $35.34. The current full hourly range for this position is $35.34 – $48.38 Hourly

Work where you play!

Join our team at Metro Parks Tacoma to put your skills to use serving your community and making Tacoma a vibrant, healthy, and welcoming place to live.

Who We Are

Metro Parks Tacoma (MPT) is a CAPRA-accredited and AZA-accredited, independent park district that leads efforts to build a healthy, sustainable community. Located in Tacoma, Washington, Metro Parks’ mission is to create healthy opportunities to play, learn, and grow. The independent park district spans the city providing a wide range of life-enriching destinations and services, including 70+ parks, 80+ miles of trails, 1,000+ acres of urban forest, 66 playgrounds, four community centers, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, Northwest Trek Wildlife Park, Point Defiance Park, and much more. Our work is guided by eight core values that are the foundation of our actions and goals: innovation, excellence, equity, inclusiveness, sustainability, accountability, safety, and fun.

Why You’ll Love it Here

Come work where you play! You will contribute to the overall vitality and well-being of your community when you work for Metro Parks Tacoma, and you’ll do so as part of a supportive team of committed, passionate, and mission-driven professionals. The people of Metro Parks are the key to its success, and you just might be the next great addition to our team. You’ll receive a competitive wage, along with an attractive benefits package, including medical, dental, retirement, vacation, holidays, and much more. On top of that, you’ll wake each day knowing that you’re helping make Tacoma a great place to call home.

Position Information

Under the direction of the Controller, coordinate the overall payroll functions of the District in compliance with State, federal, labor, personnel and payroll laws, rules and regulations.

In the performance of their respective tasks and duties all employees are expected to:

• Perform quality work within deadlines with or without direct supervision.
• Interact professionally with other employees, customers and suppliers.
• Work effectively as a team contributor on all assignments.
• Work independently while understanding the necessity for communicating and coordinating work efforts with other employees and organizations.
• Observe applicable safety requirements, use safety equipment provided, implement appropriate safety practices at all times and report immediately any unsafe working conditions or hazards.

Essential Duties

• Perform input and output functions directly and indirectly related to payroll; assure compliance with State, federal, labor, personnel and payroll laws, rules and regulations.
• Process personnel action requests; maintain records related to vacation, sick leave, holiday and compensatory time usage, deduction and tax files, and garnishment, child support and tax levies according to applicable State and federal laws, bargaining agreements, and appropriate personnel manual.
• Create master file information on new employees; modify or terminate files on existing employees.
• Receive timecards; review, batch and input timecard information into the computer; make necessary changes to employee deduction files for garnishments or child support orders as required.
• Verify data input utilizing appropriate generated reports; create paychecks and direct deposit advises and submit to appropriate staff for printing and sorting.
• Initiate procedures to update the general ledger and create an account payable liability report to prepare vendor payments including federal and State security taxes, credit union deduction, medical premiums, child support and garnishments, retirement contributions and other payments; input accounts payable batch.
• Communicate with District departments and State, federal and local agencies, to exchange information, resolve issues or concerns, and coordinate activities; respond to State and federal agencies requesting information.
• Prepare and maintain a variety of narrative and statistical reports related to payroll activities and submit to appropriate individual, District department, federal; or State agencies.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual payroll related reports for federal and State agencies.
• Prepare and maintain separate electronic spreadsheet files for federal taxes, tips and other files as assigned.
• Compile, verify and create W-2 wage information and issue W-2’s to employees; file wage information on magnetic tape and submit to social security and IRS according to established time lines.
• Operate a computer terminal to input payroll information, prepare correspondence, prepare journal entries, and input other information; operate a printer, 10-key, copier and facsimile to perform assigned duties.
• Maintain COBRA employee files and notifications.
• Maintain computer systems in relation to payroll; update control files.

OCCASIONAL DUTIES:

• Perform related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

Associates Degree in accounting or related field and three years experience in payroll processing activities. Two additional years of payroll processing experience may substitute for the degree. Public sector payroll accounting experience is highly desirable.

Additional Information

ENVIRONMENT:

• Office environment.
• Office setting.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES:

• Seeing to read payroll reports and statistical data.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and standard office equipment.
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally to retrieve and store files.

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Preparation, maintenance, verification and processing of payroll records.
• Payroll policies and procedures.
• Federal and State tax and labor laws, wage and hour laws, and other applicable laws, codes, rules and regulations related to payroll activities.
• Fair Labor Standards Act.
• Operation of a computer terminal and data entry techniques.
• Create, develop and utilize electronic spreadsheets to analyze and report data.

ABILITY TO:

• Prepare, verify, process and control an assigned major payroll.
• Maintain accurate financial and statistical records.
• Compare numbers and detect errors efficiently.
• Perform statistical typing accurately.
• Make arithmetic computations with speed and accuracy.
• Operate a computer terminal to enter data, maintain records and generate reports.
• Compile complex tax files.
• Interpret rules and regulations.
• Perform emergency first aid and CPR as needed and according to established guidelines.
• Communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
• Assess and evaluate situations effectively.
• Exert optimal effort in successfully completing tasks.
• Take initiative with minimal supervision.
• Extract and record data and carry out calculations accurately.
• Set up and operate equipment that can require selection from options or different settings.
• Manage time efficiently and effectively through scheduling and prioritizing.
• Work within and contribute to the effectiveness of a team, respecting differences.
• Report for work regularly and on time.

METRO PARKS TACOMA IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER.

All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, political affiliation, disability or any other merit factor. Members of ethnic minorities, women, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam-era, recently separated veterans, and other protected veterans, persons of disability and/or persons age 40 and over are encouraged to apply.

MPT employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

MPT is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact Human Resource at [email protected].

Employment is subject to a national background check.

This position is an at-will position with no written or implied contractual agreement.