At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.
Reasons you’ll love working with us:
- If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
- We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
- With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
- Generous vacation time and paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.
- We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.
- You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.
How you can make a bigger difference:
The Payroll Clerk functions in a line capacity performing general Payroll Clerk duties under the direction of the Payroll Coordinator. The Payroll Clerk performs all of the duties normally associated with the title Clerk with some additional Payroll responsibilities. He or She must have good general math skills and knowledge of Payroll functions.
Some responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Review and process address changes and tax forms
- Match data entries with new hire documents for accuracy
- Run new hire and termination reports for completeness
- Review timesheets for new hire and termination hours
- Field telephone calls
- Update payroll records for direct deposit/pay card applications or garnishment instructions
- Maintain payroll scanner and file in cabinet as necessary
- Provide payroll information by answering questions and requests via phone, email or ticket system
- Resolve payroll discrepancies by collecting and analyzing information
- Run and submit Social Security verification reports
- Handle employees Dept. of Labor Wage inquiries
- Run other general payroll reports
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Maintains employee confidence and protects payroll operations by keeping information confidential
TO QUALIFY:
- Communication skills – verbal and written
- Attention to detail
- Planning, prioritizing and organizing
- Solid data entry skills
- Strong numerical skills
- Thoroughness
- Ability to meet strict deadlines
- Problem Solving
- Confidentiality
- Customer service orientation
- Teamwork
EDUCATION / TRAINING PREFERRED:
- A Bachelor’s Degree and a minimum of (1-2) years of experience as a clerk OR Associates Degree and 2+ years of experience as a clerk in some payroll or accounting capacity.
- Microsoft Office including Excel
- Experience with electronic timekeeping systems, preferable Dayforce
- Understanding of internal controls
If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:
- Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
- Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
- Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
- Free continuing education opportunities
- 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
- Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
- 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
- Life and disability insurance
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee
Who we are:
More on Equal Opportunity:
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.