City Of New York

Director, Payroll Programs & Special Projects

City Of New York$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree in relevant fields or equivalent experience, including executive or managerial roles.
  • Minimum of two years in professional experience with budget or payroll administration in a large organization.
  • Experience with complex union contracts and compliance regulations in payroll management.
  • Strong analytical skills to ensure accuracy and integrity of payroll operations.
  • Leadership ability demonstrated through management of specialized payroll units or teams.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee comprehensive payroll operations for uniformed and civilian personnel.
  • Direct mass onboarding data entry for new police officers and transitions for civilian employees.
  • Supervise complex payroll calculations for various differentials and adjustments.
  • Manage post-separation payroll audits and generate necessary documentation.
  • Monitor processing of disciplinary leave penalties and command disciplines.
  • Coordinate distribution of paychecks, pay stubs, and tax documents.
  • Administer various employee benefits and manage payroll representation at hiring events.

Benefits

  • Health insurance for employees and eligible family members, including dental and vision coverage.
  • Paid annual leave, sick leave, and paid holidays.
  • Pension plan with retirement benefits.
  • Optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation and flexible spending accounts.
Full Job Description
The NYPD is seeking a highly skilled, analytical, and leadership-oriented Director of Payroll. In this critical executive role, you will oversee, strategically direct, and manage the comprehensive payroll operations for all active and separated Uniformed and Civilian Members of Service. You will be responsible for ensuring the operational integrity, strict compliance, and precision of six specialized payroll units, handling massive data systems, complex union contracts, and regulatory reporting for tens of thousands of employees. -Oversee and direct the operations of the Uniform and Civilian Personnel, Payroll Relations, Check Distribution, Annuity/Welfare, and Leave Integrity Management units. Audit base salaries, step increases, promotions, demotions, and general wage increases (GWIs) for accuracy. -Direct the mass onboarding data entry into NYCAPS for incoming Probationary Police Officers (PPOs) and handle transitions of civilian employees (e.g., Cadets, Traffic Enforcement, School Safety) into the active police force. -Supervise the calculation and application of complex differentials and adjustments, including Longevities, Neighborhood Policing Differentials, Recurring Night Shift Differentials, Timekeeping Differentials, and assignment-specific pay. -Oversee the Leave Integrity Management Section (LIMS) and monitor comprehensive post-separation payroll and time record audits for retired, resigned, and deceased personnel to generate terminal leave, resignation, and balance letters. -Monitor the processing of administrative leave penalties and monetary command disciplines issued by the Department Advocate's Office. -Manage the specialized payout of unused FLSA Comp Time, manual leave adjustments, and time restorations related to Workers' Compensation. -Direct the distribution of active and separated employee paychecks, paystubs, supplemental checks, and W-2 tax documents. -Oversee administration of Commuter Benefits, Direct Deposit, and College Savings Accounts. -Coordinate payroll representation at hiring events and handle responses to FOIL and Legal Bureau requests. -Supervise the calculation and payout of retention bonuses to various civilian titles and radio bonus lamp sum for all eligible Police Communication Technicians. -Direct the processing and payout of union benefits, managing voucher preparations with the Comptroller's Office and external union entities. -Monitor voucher account balances to ensure proper funding for annuity, welfare, and civil legal payments. TO APPLY: Click the Apply' button below, or visit: http://cityjobs.nyc.gov and search for JOB ID #789200 The City of New York offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance for the employee and his or her spouse or domestic partner and unemancipated children under age 26, union benefits such as dental and vision coverage, paid annual leave and sick leave, paid holidays, a pension, and optional savings and pre-tax programs such as Deferred Compensation, IRA, and a flexible spending account. ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ANALYST - 1002E Qualifications 1. A master's degree from an accredited college in economics, finance, accounting, business or public administration, human resources management, management science, operations research, organizational behavior, industrial psychology, statistics, personnel administration, labor relations, psychology, sociology, human resources development, political science, urban studies or a closely related field, and two years of satisfactory full-time professional experience in one or a combination of the following: working with the budget of a large public or private concern in budget administration, accounting, economic or financial administration, or fiscal or economic research; in management or methods analysis, operations research, organizational research or program evaluation; in personnel or public administration, recruitment, position classification, personnel relations, employee benefits, staff development, employment program planning/administration, labor market research, economic planning, social services program planning/evaluation, or fiscal management; or in a related area. 18 months of this experience must have been in an executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory capacity. Supervision must have included supervising staff performing professional work in the areas described above; or 2. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of professional experience in the areas described in "1" above, including the 18 months of executive, managerial, administrative or supervisory experience, as described in "1" above. Additional Information

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