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Payroll Examiner, Bureau of Controller

Long Island City, NY, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-02 → 2026-09-27

Core

Perform professional accounting and payroll analysis to ensure accurate and timely employee compensation.

Role type

Payroll Examiner (Accounting)

Builds

Accurate payroll payments and overpayment/underpayment resolutions for city employees.

Domain

Public sector finance and payroll administration

Required skills

Payroll report analysis, retroactive salary adjustment processing, overpayment letter processing, employee inquiry resolution, leave balance computation, system data review

Preferred skills

Payroll Management System (PMS), Citywide Human Resources Management System (CHRMS), Payroll Information System (Pi), Reports Management Distribution System (RMDS), Financial Management System (FMS), CityTime, Excel, Word, Outlook

Responsibilities

Analyze transactional information on payroll reports generated from changes processed in the Payroll Management System (PMS) in the Payroll Information system (Pi). Approve pay generated from retroactive salary adjustments due to changes processed from collective bargaining agreements and audits. Process overpayment letters, communicate with employees regarding overpayments and underpayments. Respond to inquiries from employees via Service Tickets and Payroll Hotline. Ensure payments to employees are correct by reviewing appropriate payroll reports and required payroll systems. Analyze leave without pay details on report. Compute one-time payment for unused leave balance to separated employees, and legal settlements.

Seniority

Mid-level professional

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