Department Contact: Sandra Alvarez, salvarez@nmsu.edu

Internal or External Search: External - Open to all applicants

Advertising Summary: Join the Payroll Services team at New Mexico State University! This position offers an opportunity to contribute to NMSU's mission in a dynamic higher education environment.

Position Details

Position Title: Payroll Clerk Lead

College/Division: Administration and Finance

Department: 530400-PAYROLL SERVICES

Location: Las Cruces

Offsite Location (if applicable):

Target Hourly/Salary Rate: $21.11

Appointment Full-time Equivalency: 1.0

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit Announcement: This is NOT a bargaining unit position with American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).

Contingent Upon Funding: Not Applicable

Standard Work Schedule: Standard (M-F, 8-5)

If Not a Standard Work Schedule: 

Job Duties and Responsibilities: Maintains benefit enrollments, coverage, deductions and premiums to ensure correct payroll processing and compliance with carriers and federal and state compliance. Evaluates and analyzes enrollment actions, performs complex calculations for collection and refund of premiums based on enrollment and employee status changes. Maintains and monitors benefit set up to support IRS compliance with Affordable Care Act reporting requirements. Requires a high degree of accuracy, data entry, reconciliation and critical attention to details. Responsible for adhering to strict payroll deadlines and turnaround processing deadlines of workloads. Review, analyzing, and updating of large volumes of confidential employee records, payroll deductions in compliance with regulations and business rules. Performs complex calculations of benefit adjustments. Reconciles data, performs data entry and balances payroll activities and transactions, performs research and complies with State and Federal requirements. Composes communication to employees to request information and provide payroll information and guidance. Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience: 
High School diploma + 4 years of relevant experience or an Associate's Degree + 2 years of relevant experience.

Equivalent Qualifications: 

Preferred Qualifications: 

Special Certification/Licensure: 

Working Conditions and Physical Effort

Environment: Work is normally performed in a typical interior/office work environment.

Physical Effort: No or very limited physical effort required.

Lifting Requirements: Requires handling of average-weight objects up to 10 pounds or some standing or walking.

Risk: No or very limited exposure to physical risk.