Payroll Analyst for LE Pay Processing

Minimum Requirements

• Must have a high school diploma with experience working in financial or payroll automated systems, such as PeopleSoft and be able to create and work with spreadsheets and/or databases.
• The Payroll Analyst should be organized, analytical, have good problem solving, leadership, customer service and interpersonal skills, as well as encompass a strong attention to detail and be an excellent communicator (verbal and writing), performs a wide variety of complex payroll processing activities in support of the Department of State, for employees located domestically and overseas, Retirees, Foreign Service Nationals, Foreign Service Officers and other Agencies/Customers as required.
• Work independently and assist senior analysts to provide workflow analysis, re-engineering, procedures development, project management, resource management, cost analysis, personnel management, budget analysis, auditing or inspecting
• Once a problem or project is define the payroll analyst researches relevant facts and information, conducts interviews, compiles results, prepares documentation that supports a recommend course of action and prepares supporting material, such as flow charts, graphs, tables or spreadsheets.
• ​​​​​​​Personnel must possess a strong attention to detail, top-notch customer service skills, flexibility, works independently, strong research skills, team-player, organizational, multi-tasking, customer service, oral and written communication skills.
• Experience working in high-volume, payroll environments is preferred.
• Our most Successful Employees in this Position Demonstrate:
• Experience with MS Office
• Time Management
• Ability to multi-task
• Collaborates well
• Analytical
• Research oriented

Job Responsibilities

• Primary responsibilities are T&A reporting, pay calculation, individual leave accounts, allotments of pay, and other individual pay matters for those paid under local compensation plans at serviced-posts. Specific Duties include, but are not limited to the following:
• Supports and promotes the CGFS quality policy and establishes, maintains and updates required QMS records for all assigned posts (e.g., country specifics).
• Demonstrates a comprehension of all applicable metrics and their performance measures and status.
• Participates in the development of QWI, forms, and reference documents within the LE QMS.
• Adheres to LE policies to ensure that only current and approved QWIs are utilized to conduct LE Payroll functional activities and ensures that nonconformities do not occur in employee’s area of responsibility
• Proactive in continuously monitoring, developing, documenting, and implementing continuous improvements.
• Establishes and maintains master payroll records for individual employees in assigned countries in both the Locally Employed Payroll system and the LE Payroll document imaging system (DIS) according to established policies and timetables.
• In accordance with (IAW) Directorate policies, receives information on employees by various means, verifies authenticity and conformance with local compensation plan guidelines and office functional procedures, performs all necessary calculations, adjusts, and verifies system acceptance through payroll projections.
• Ensures effective and timely customer service as well as facilitate vigilant internal controls, each pay period, all documents, actions, and adjustments received by the second Tuesday of the current pay period should be successfully processed in both payroll systems IAW Directorate policies.
• Timely processing (for LE payroll system and DIS) in the proper sequence is essential to the control and integrity of the payroll cycle.
• Fully utilize the system acceptance process for every applicable transaction.
• Tracks incoming Time and Attendance (T&A) for assigned posts and ensures the proper files are successfully monitored, transmitted, uploaded, and processed in the Locally Employed Payroll system according to established timelines and requirements.
• Audits, corrects, and maintains report documentation for (T&A) files for assigned posts. Executes audit and correction tasks IAW established timelines and requirements.
• Contacts posts to resolve timeliness and/or content issues regarding missing, late, or inaccurate (T&A) submissions. In these cases, success and extent of resolution is determined by requirements IAW Directorate policies
• Required to learn, understand, and operate all Locally Employed Payroll systems, functional procedures, and Directorate policies. Takes initiative to investigate and comprehend post compensation and leave plans and research plans to resolve concerns.
• Accurately and timely calculates and processes severance and termination/final payments in accordance with post compensation plans and Directorate policies.
• Main point of contact with the post payroll and personnel liaison(s) to resolve Locally Employed employee pay/personnel issues. Timely and completely resolves and responds to internal and external inquiries concerning payroll issues. Resolutions are prompt, courteous, and complete IAW with Directorate policies.

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