Occupation: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

43-3051.00 | 21 tasks | 9 job titles

Reported Job Titles

(9)
  • Payroll Assistant
  • Payroll Clerk
  • Payroll Coordinator
  • Payroll Representative
  • Payroll Specialist
  • Payroll Technician
  • Personnel Assistant
  • Personnel Technician
  • Timekeeper

Core Tasks

(15)
  • Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
  • Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
  • 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.
  • Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
  • Distribute and collect timecards each pay period.
  • Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
  • Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
  • Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.
  • Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
  • Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
  • Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times.
  • Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
  • Conduct verifications of employment.

Supplemental Tasks

(6)
  • Prepare and file payroll tax returns.
  • Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments.
  • Balance cash and payroll accounts.
  • Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits, such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.
  • Train employees on organizations' timekeeping systems.
  • Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions.