Payroll Specialist

About Us

We believe in integrity. We believe in justice for all. And we are proud to deliver high-quality prosecution, comprehensive victim services, crime prevention programs, and more to the residents of Maricopa County. If you would like to utilize your talents and skills to stand up for Maricopa County, apply today, and join our team!

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose

• Tuition reimbursement

• Exceptional work-life balance

• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County

• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents

• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families

• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave

• Extensive wellness program, including an incentive

• Enrollment in the Arizona State Retirement System, a defined retirement benefit requiring a 12% monthly contribution rate that includes a 100% employer match on Day 1

• Want to learn more about the County’s Qualifying and Compensation Philosophy? Follow this link to learn more!  Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

• Associate's degree and one year of human resources experience OR

• High school diploma/GED and three years of human resources experience

We Also Value

• Experience processing payroll

• Experience using Workday

• Experience within a government or public sector environment

• Proficiency with Word and Excel

• Professional HR Certification

Job Contributions

• Coordinates and completes payroll for approximately 1,000 employees by utilizing County Workday personnel software program to input, monitor, and approve payroll

• Accurately prepares payroll adjustments and corrections into the payroll system while adhering to strict timelines

• Researches and resolves routine and complex payroll discrepancies, problems, and questions from supervisors or employees

• Processes employee reimbursements, including travel advancements and mileage reimbursements

• Researches and produces documentation of all mileage for each entry on employee mileage reimbursement requests

• Processes employee time donations, work schedule changes, and related payroll forms

• Oversees the probation process, including updating the spreadsheet, communicating with the supervisors, and preparing paperwork

• Oversees the mid-year Pay-for-Performance increases, when applicable

• Manages Multilingual Testing/Pay, Employment Verifications, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness requests

• Interacts with County payroll and vendors as required to facilitate payroll process

• Provides interpretation of payroll-related laws, rules, policies, and procedures

• Creates and/or generates a variety of reports and queries from Workday and systems to provide information and verification of payroll actions

• Retrieves and exports data from sources through Excel to Workday system, and query relational databases Workday

• Maintains payroll files and performs records retention activities according to State, County, and Department guidelines

• Maintains standard operating procedures, updating payroll procedures/processes as required

• Maintains automated payroll files in organized and accurate manner

• Provides backup for Notary Public applications and renewals

• Provides backup support to Human Resources staff as needed

• Provides streamlining and process improvement suggestions

• Maintains and creates various human resources related tracking logs, reports, and queries from internal systems

• Responds to supervisor and employee inquiries regarding HR related policies and procedures, via email, telephone, and in personal responses

• Prepares routine, sensitive correspondence, and documents related to areas of responsibility

Working Conditions:

• Office environment includes bright lighting and working in close proximity to others while sitting for prolonged periods, and repeating motions with wrists, hands, and fingers

• Position requires accuracy, concentration, vigilance, a high volume of work, handling complicated tasks, stressful situations, teamwork, time pressures, and unscheduled or frequently changing tasks

• Valid Arizona Driver’s License is required upon hire