(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks
Job Description
Compile and post employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions. May prepare paychecks.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
|
Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies. |
98
|
Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records. |
94
|
Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records. |
93
|
Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases. |
92
|
Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions. |
89
|
Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system. |
89
|
Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records. |
86
|
Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers. |
86
|
Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions. |
82
|
Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees. |
78
|
Conduct verifications of employment. |
73
|
Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process. |
72
|
Distribute and collect timecards each pay period. |
72
|
Compile statistical reports, statements, and summaries related to pay and benefits accounts, and submit them to appropriate departments. |
64
|
Prepare and balance period-end reports, and reconcile issued payrolls to bank statements. |
58
|
Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance. |
38
|
Complete time sheets showing employees' arrival and departure times. |
36
|
Coordinate special programs, such as United Way campaigns, that involve payroll deductions. |
21
|
Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
68
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
62
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
62
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
60
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
59
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
54
|
Processing Information
|
52
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
51
|
Getting Information
|
50
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
49
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
47
|
Interacting With Computers
|
45
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
42
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
41
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
39
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
37
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
37
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
35
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
34
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
34
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
33
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
33
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
31
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
31
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
29
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
29
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
29
|
Thinking Creatively
|
24
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
20
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
20
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
20
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
18
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
17
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
17
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
16
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
12
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
9
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
4
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
3
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
3
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
3
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|