Payroll Info Systems Manager

Company: Nova Southeastern University
Location: Fort Lauderdale
Posted on: April 4, 2021

Job Description:

Returning users, please use the button below to sign-in: Welcome to NSU! Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more! Thank you for considering Nova Southeastern University as your future place of employment. Nova Southeastern University is an equal opportunity employer. Payroll Info Systems Manager Apply Now Job Number: 499628
Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits
Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida
Department: FOP-Payroll
Categories: Accounting, Finance, Budgeting, Auditing, Risk Management, & Payroll
About Us: We are excited that you are considering joining Nova Southeastern University!
Nova Southeastern University (NSU) was founded in 1964, and is a not-for-profit, independent university with a reputation for academic excellence and innovation. Nova Southeastern University offers competitive salaries, a comprehensive benefits package including tuition waiver, retirement plan, excellent medical and dental plans and much more. NSU cares about the health, welfare and its students, faculty, staff, and campus visitors and is a tobacco-free university. We appreciate your support in making NSU the preeminent place to live, work, study and grow. Thank you for your interest in a career with Nova Southeastern University. NSU considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status or any other legally protected status. Job Title: Payroll Info Systems Manager - 994858 Location: Fort Lauderdale-Davie, Florida Work Type: Full Time with Full Benefits Job Category: Exempt Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience Pay Basis: Annually Subject to Grant Funding?: No Essential Job Functions: 1. Plans, directs, supervises, and coordinates work activities of subordinates and staff, including hiring, coaching, evaluating, and terminating.

2. Maintains and administers the time and attendance system.

3. Acts as a subject matter expert for assigned system(s).

4. May act as project leader for assigned project(s).

5. Gathers data pertaining to customer needs, and uses the information to identify, predict, interpret, and evaluate system and network requirements.

6. Confers with clients regarding the nature of the information processing or computation needs a computer program is to address.

7. Consults with users, management, vendors, and technicians to assess computing needs and system requirements.

8. Assesses the usefulness of pre-developed application packages and adapts them to a user environment.

9. Analyzes information to determine, recommend, and plan installation of a new system or modification of an existing system.

10. Reads manuals, periodicals, and technical reports to learn how to develop programs that meet staff and user requirements.

11. Develops, documents and revises system design procedures, test procedures, and quality standards.

12. Approves, schedules, plans, and supervises testing of new products and improvements to computer systems such as the installation of new databases.

13. Works as part of a project team to coordinate database development and determine project scope and limitations.

14. Reviews workflow charts to understand tasks computer will perform, such as updating records.

15. Reviews project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

16. Expands or modifies system to serve new purposes or improve workflow.

17. Tests programs or databases, corrects errors, and makes necessary modifications.

18. Helps programmers and systems analysts test and debug new programs.

19. Enters data and observes system functioning to verify correct operations and detect errors.

20. Meets with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

21. Uses the computer in the analysis and solution of business problems, such as improving processes, automating workflows.

22. Operates spreadsheet programs and other types of software to load and manipulate data and to produce reports.

23. Retrieves, separates and sorts program output as needed, and sends data to specified users.

24. Develops and implements processes and reports to audit data quality, ensure accuracy, and increase productivity.

25. Answers telephone calls to assist computer users encountering problems.

26. Maintains records of daily data communication transactions, problems and remedial actions taken.

27. Researches and reads technical materials, confers with users, or conducts diagnostics to investigate and resolve problems or to provide technical assistance and support.

28. Develops training materials and procedures, and trains users in the proper use of software.

29. Stays abreast of State and Federal regulations related to payroll.

30. Maintains employee data integrity and confidentiality.

31. Maintains data integrity and confidentiality.

32. Completes special projects as assigned.

33. Performs other duties as assigned or required.
Marginal Job Functions: Required Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Knowledge:
1. Advanced knowledge of Access and MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
2. Personnel and Human Resources - General knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, and personnel information systems.
3. Administration and Management - General knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, budgeting, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and/or coordination of people and resources.
4. Computers and Electronics - General knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
5. Customer and Personal Service - Thorough knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of user satisfaction.
6. English Language - Thorough knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
7. Clerical - General knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Skills:
1. Active Listening - Advanced skills in giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
2. Speaking - Advanced skills in talking to others to convey information effectively.
3. Reading Comprehension - Advanced understanding of written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
4. Writing - Advanced skills in communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
5. Complex Problem Solving - Advanced skills in identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
6. Time Management - Advanced skills in managing one's own time and the time of others.
7. Active Learning - Advanced skills in understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem solving and decision-making.
8. Instructing - Proficient skills in teaching others how to do something.
9. Judgment and Decision Making - Advanced skills in considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the appropriate one.
10. Operation and Control - Advanced skills in controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Abilities:
1. Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
2. Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
3. Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

Physical Requirements:
1. Near Vision - Must be able to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
2. Speech Clarity - Must be able to speak clearly, so others can understand you.
3. Speech Recognition - Must be able to identify and understand the speech of another person.
4. May be required to work nights or weekends.
5. May be exposed to short, intermittent, and/or prolonged periods of sitting and/or standing in performance of job duties.
Job Requirements: Required Certifications/Licensures: Required Education: Bachelor's Degree Major (if required): Required Experience: Six(6) to eight (8) years of experience in the field or in a closely related area. Preferred Qualifications: 1. Master's Degree and five (5) years of related experience..

2. Knowledge of Banner payroll.

3. Internet proficiency.

4. Experience with Kronos.
Is this a safety sensitive position? No Background Screening Required? Yes Pre-Employment Conditions: Sensitivity Disclaimer: Nova Southeastern University is in full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and does not discriminate with regard to applicants or employees with disabilities, and will make reasonable accommodation when necessary. Advertised: 01 Mar 2021 Eastern Standard Time
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