SBSC Payroll Specialist (Project Management)

The Shared Business Services Center (SBSC) is seeking customer service focused individuals to join its team of specialists! We provide a hybrid remote working environment in which you will work up to 80% of the week from home, while reporting to campus at least one day per week. If you are a self-motivated professional who isn't afraid to manage a high volume, fast paced environment, we invite you to apply to join our team! 

The SBSC has core values focused on: 

• Excellent customer service 
• Effective communication
• Efficient operations
• Flexibility and innovation
• Integrity and transparency 

Essential Duties: 

• Payroll/HR Specialists are responsible for daily payroll and HR support within the Shared Business Services Center.
• Processing appointment request forms.
• Entering electronic personnel action forms (ePAFs), entering funding changes.
• Submitting payroll related cost transfers.
• Reviewing payroll extract/actual reports by deadlines, maintaining payroll worksheet by department, providing assistance to employees using the time system.
• Running queries to ensure budget is available for payroll.
• Submitting Preauthorization's and supporting documentation.
• Managing Taleo job listings, assisting with new hire paperwork, onboarding new employees, and providing payroll reports upon request.
• Payroll specialists are required to meet regular processing deadlines and will learn and become fluent in university policies related to payroll.

Required Education:  High School Diploma or GED, AND: 

• 18 months of experience in accounting/bookkeeping or related field.

Skills: 

• Working knowledge of financial or accounting to include analysis, auditing, and budgeting
• Able to understand a chart of accounts and code entries to proper account
• Detail oriented for accuracy of data and information
• Highly organized and able to handle multiple projects and deadlines
• Able to communicate well and build rapport quickly with students, faculty and staff
• Able to produce reports and complete work within deadlines
• Able to work well with interdepartmental teams and initiatives
• Aptitude for excellent customer service 

Working Conditions:

• Communicate effectively.
• Engage in repetitive motion.
• Use of computer and calculator.
• Standard office environment.

Departmental Preferences:

• University experience
• Associate or Bachelor degree

Special Instructions: If you are selected as a final candidate for this position, you will be subject to The University of Oklahoma Norman Campus Tuberculosis Testing policy.  To view the policy, visit https://hr.ou.edu/Policies-Handbooks/TB-Testing.

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