Occupation information for Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks District Of Columbia

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Typical education needed for entry: High school diploma or equivalent

Typical work experience needed for a job in this occupation: No work experience

Typical on-the-job training once you have a job in this occupation: 1 to 12 months on-the-job training

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• Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
• Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
• Prepare and file payroll tax returns.
• Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
• Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
• Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements.
• Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.
• Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
• Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
• Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.

Tools:

• Desktop calculator
• Desktop computers
• Mainframe console or dumb terminals
• Personal computers

Technology:

• Accounting software
• Electronic mail software
• Enterprise resource planning ERP software
• Human resources software
• Time accounting software

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