Payroll Clerk, Division of Social Services 
Salary: $40,000

Duties: Under direct supervision, does routine clerical work relating to the review, verification, and preparation of payroll or personnel records; may keep time and work records; does other related duties as required. 

Note: The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only.  A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in this job specification.  Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.

Examples of Work:

• Reviews and checks payroll or personnel records, statements, documents, certificates, or time and attendance records.
• Prepares regular, supplemental, and overtime payrolls.
• Assists with onboarding and new employee orientation.  
• Completes unemployment requests for wage and separation information.
• May keep a daily record showing employee's arrival time to and departure from work.
• Prepares reports of absences and vacations.
• Refers errors and irregularities to superiors.
• Maintains records and files where selection and classifications of data do not require difficult decisions and where procedures are routinized.
• Maintains confidential records and files.

Requirements:  Ability to maintain confidential records and files, ability to make arithmetic calculations quickly and accurately, ability to accurately prepare detailed, technical, and confidential personnel and payroll forms and documents, knowledge of office methods, practices, routines and equipment, ability to comprehend, interpret, and apply rules and regulations in accord with established procedures and policies of the unit, other duties as assigned.   

Hours: Full-time, day shift, Monday through Friday, 35 hours per week. Overtime may be required as necessary.

Note: Offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of physical fitness testing and drug screening.

Applicants shall submit a cover letter and resume to:
Cumberland County Department of Personnel
HR@CumberlandCountyNJ.gov
or complete an application on-line and upload documents at:  www.cumberlandcountynj.gov/jobs.

Posting is open until filled

The County of Cumberland offers a wide array of benefits for all full-time employees. Benefits include Retirement Programs, Medical/RX Insurance, Dental Insurance, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Supplemental Insurance options, Paid Leave, and Tuition Reimbursement.   Specific benefits are subject to the provisions of County policy and the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Part time employees are eligible for leave benefits as required by New Jersey law.   

The County of Cumberland is an equal employment opportunity employer. We are committed to recruit and hire qualified individuals without discrimination and regardless of race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, breastfeeding, gender identity or expression, disability, liability for military service, affectional or sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait and genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing).
Cumberland County employment is governed by the rules and regulations of the New Jersey Civil Service Commission.