Payroll Analyst - CHASS Liaison in Riverside, CA for University of California Riverside (2024)

Internal Number: 5547938

Payroll Analyst - CHASS Liaison

Job ID:
Location: Main Campus - UCR
Schedule: 8AM - 5PM
Category: Campus Administration and Operations
Salary: $56,000 - $96,400
Full/Part Time: Full-time(100%)
Organization: College of Natural & Agricultural Sciences
Department: CNAS Personnel Service Center
Application Deadline: August 29, 2024

Position Information:
As the Harvest/CHASS lead, the incumbent will play a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy, compliance, and efficiency of CHASS (College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences) outcomes and data management. The primary responsibilities will encompass auditing CHASS outcomes, providing data support to CHASS administration, overseeing CHASS transactional entry training for administrators, and monitoring payroll tools supported through campus, including the one-time pay tool, position funding tool, salary cost transfer tool, and any other sponsored tools utilized by the campus. The Harvest/CHASS lead will support CHASS department administrators in utilizing the UCPath budget distribution page to manage budget allocations within CHASS departments, as well as UCPath transactions and approval workflow. The payroll analyst uses skills as a seasoned, experienced payroll professional with a full understanding of industry practices and organizational policies and procedures to regularly work on highly complex issues where analysis of data requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Interacts with senior internal and external personnel. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and determines how to use resources to meet schedules and goals. Identifies risks and responds accordingly. Serves as a lead within the organizational unit and as a subject matter expert or project manager. Recommends and establishes updates to business processes and procedures. Exercises judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions. Utilizes contacts within the payroll office and across the organization and UC System. Payroll-related services include, but are not limited to, on-boarding, off-boarding, payroll transactions, transaction approvals, payroll auditing, time reporting, position management, personnel updates, leave balances, etc. The payroll analyst coordinates with human resources and academic personnel to ensure timely and accurate review, preparation, processing, and auditing of payroll, personnel, and financial transactions. The payroll analyst ensures accurate entry and oversight of information for biweekly and monthly payroll processes for student, staff, and academic employees. The incumbent exercises significant independent judgment in the interpretation of moderately complex regulations and policies related to payroll administration. The incumbent serves as the SME for the complex implementation of collective bargaining agreement requirements within the UCPath system as related to payroll administration. Maintains personnel and payroll records in accordance with retention policies. Responsible for monitoring UCPath inquiries and escalated inquiries, works on complex payroll issues, and provides support on payroll-related matters. The incumbent will provide data analytics for reporting purposes and to assist in identifying trends and process improvements. This position reports to the Payroll Director and has a dotted line report to the CHASS Academic Personnel Director.

There is one position at various levels for the Payroll Analyst. The hiring department can recruit and fill this role at different levels within the position classification series. The position is also posted as a Payroll Lead (Job ID 33972996).

The full salary range for the Payroll Analyst is $56,000 - $96,400 annually. We base salary offers on a variety of considerations, such as education, licensure and certifications, experience, and other business and organizational needs.

Applicants must have current work authorization when accepting a UCR staff position. Currently, we are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa for staff.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

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