Payroll Specialist - The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) : Job Details

Position Type:Administration and ProfessionalsDate Posted:2025-01-09Location:Administration or As AssignedINTRODUCTION: CONTEXT AND MISSIONThe Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability forperformance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective.Our Vision for Learning in a Post-Pandemic World:In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.THE OPPORTUNITY: Location: Administration or As AssignedReports to: Director, PayrollFLSA Status: Non-ExemptSalary Band: 12Compensation: $45,900.00 - $64,260.00Number of Positions: 2Responsible for but not limited to timely and accurate processing of payroll for a biweekly environment. Other responsibilities include the ability to research and become abreast of federal and state regulations and possess a strong interpersonal (verbal and written) communication skills as well as critical thinking skills. Analyzes and resolve complex payroll issues from employees, managers and Human Resources Professionals as well as experience working on projects and collaborating across teams to improve processes.Responsibilities

• Audit and reconcile wide range of payroll documents for more than 1000 employees
• Process employee data (new hire, changes, and additional earnings) from ATAS to the Time Entry system
• Cross train with team member in all areas of payroll
• Documenting and updating payroll documents
• Directs, performs, monitors and maintains all retirement forms, transmissions and reports
• Coordinates efforts between Payroll and Human Resources to ensure adequate flow of information
• Manage and implement authorized changes to the Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA)
• Performs other such duties as assigned by the Executive Director of Payroll

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• Proficient in math
• Microsoft Word and Excel proficient
• Excellent Customer Service skills
• Excellent written and oral skills
• CPP or FPC (Certified Payroll Professional or Fundamental Payroll Certification) (Preferred)
• Payroll processing experience (Preferred)

Working Conditions/Physical Demands

• Expected moving, walking and standing consistent with an office environment and occasionally lifting up to 15 pounds
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms
• The employee is frequently required to talk and/or hear.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to a normal office environment
• Local travel may be required for training/meetings

EducationTo ApplyPlease submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI/BCI background check and drug screen.EEO StatementWe believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.The District's Policy Prohibiting Discrimination, Discriminatory Harassment, and Sexual Harassment and the District's Title IX grievance procedures, including information on how to report or file a complaint of discrimination, how to report or file a formal complaint of sexual harassment, and how the District will respond, may be accessed on the District's Civil Rights Notices webpage, available at ClevelandMetroSchools.org/domain/105. The District's Title IX Coordinator / Director of Equal Employment Opportunity may be reached at:1111 Superior Avenue East, Suite 1800Cleveland, Ohio 44114(216)-###-####[email protected]