Salary : $77,316.00 – $95,784.00 Annually
Location : Downey, CA
Job Type: Open and Promotional
Job Number: 23-3051
Department: Business Services
Division: Accounting & Budget Development
Opening Date: 06/12/2023
Closing Date: 6/27/2023 5:00 PM Pacific
Bulletin
An equal opportunity employer fostering a workforce that embraces and reflects
the rich diversity of Los Angeles County
Senior Payroll Accountant$6443 to $7982 Monthly
Insurance:
Your choice of several medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
To learn more, visit:
https://www.lacoe.edu
Online applications
must be submitted by:
6/27/2023
5:00 P.M. (Pacific)
Retirement:
PERS Defined Benefit Plan
Paid Time Off:
24 vacation, 15 holidays, and 12 illness days.
The Los Angeles County Office of Education is seeking highly qualified analytical and critical-thinking individuals with professional-level payroll accounting experience.
Under general direction, coordinates and performs complex professional accounting work in the computation, posting, reconciling, monitoring, and reporting of payroll transactions; conducts analysis and projections of payroll information; assigns work and provides feedback to lower-level accounting, technical, and clerical employees.
The Well Qualified Candidate Will Possess the Following
Knowledge:
- Principles of federal and state statutes, codes, laws, regulations, bargaining labor agreements related to payroll and benefit processing, calculations, and reporting requirements
- Principles, practices, and procedures of payroll and personnel processing
- Generally accepted accounting principles, methods, and practices
- Principles and practices of integrated business systems
- Microsoft Office Word, Outlook, and Excel, and other Microsoft Office applications
- Principles of employee selection, supervision, training and performance evaluations
- Fundamental concepts of employment laws, codes, and regulations, including EEO, FLSA, FMLA, and Cal/OSHA and applicable provisions of collective bargaining agreements
Competencies:
- Analyzing & Interpreting Data – Drawing meaning and conclusions from quantitative and/or qualitative data
- Critical Thinking – Analytically and logically evaluating information, propositions, and claims
- Mathematical Facility – Performing computations and solving mathematical problems
- Legal and Regulatory Navigation – Understanding, interpreting, and ensuring compliance with laws and regulations
- Professional & Technical Expertise – Applying technical subject matter to the job
- Using Technology – Working with electronic hardware and software applications
- Action & Results Focus – Initiating tasks and focusing on accomplishment
- Attention to Detail – Focusing on the details of work content, work steps, and final work products
- Customer Focus – Attending to the needs and expectation of customers
- Delegating – Sharing responsibility, authority, and accountability
- Project Management – Planning and tracking projects to ensure they are on-time, on-budget, and achieve their objectives
- Cultural Proficiency – Modeling communications and interactions that respect and include all individuals and their languages, abilities, religions and cultures
Required Education and ExperienceEducation: A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 24 semester or 36 quarter verifiable college coursework units in accounting from an institution of higher learning accredited by a regional accrediting organization recognized by the Council of Higher Education Accreditation. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Experience: Two years of experience calculating, posting, reconciling, and reporting payroll information or one year of experience as a Payroll Accountant with the Los Angeles County Office of Education.
Additional Requirements: A valid California driver’s license and the availability of private transportation or the ability to obtain transportation between job sites may be required.
Hybrid remote schedules may be available.
Selection ProcessCandidates who meet the minimum requirements above will be invited to participate in an examination that may consist of a Written Examination, Performance Examination and Structured Interview.
Contact
For information about the examination process you may send an e-mail to
Celeste Arellano at arellano_celeste@lacoe.edu
For general inquiries please call 562.803.8360 (Mon- Fri 8:00 am – 5:00 pm)
For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc
LACOE Personnel Commission, 9300 Imperial Hwy, EC-Annex, Downey, CA 90242
Additional InformationMinimum qualifications must be met by the close of filing date. For complete application information, please go to https://www.lacoe.edu/pc. For additional information on our selection procedures, please visit Exam Preparation on our website. Selection and promotion are based on a competitive examination process. Candidates who pass all exam parts are ranked according to overall exam score and placed on an eligibility (hiring) list. Vacant positions are filled from the top three ranks. Eligibility lasts for 12 months; however, additional recruitment may occur under a separate bulletin with additional candidates being merged onto the eligibility list. Some positions that involve public contact may require bilingual proficiency for which selective certification may apply (Education Code 45277.5). In addition, the eligibility list resulting from this examination may be used to fill vacancies in related job classifications for which no eligibility list exists (Education Code 45272). Veterans’ Credit may be awarded for entry jobs.
Reasonable accommodations in completing an application, testing, and employment are available to individuals with disabilities. If you would like to request an accommodation, please call 562.803.8360 as early as possible.
This examination is authorized as Open and Promotional, with the promotional eligibility list taking precedence.
Recruitment ID: 23-3051
This announcement does not constitute an implied contract. Any part of this announcement is subject to change.
Based on full-time assignment:
- Although new employees usually begin at the first salary step, advanced salary step placement may be requested
- 24 vacation days per year
- 15 paid holidays per year
- 12 paid sick days annually
- Insurance includes health, medical, dental, vision and group life
- Retirement CALPERS combined with Social Security, and pre-tax retirement savings account options
01
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT: Answer the following questions as truthfully and accurately as possible. You are not expected to answer at the highest level of each of these items to be qualified.
The application will be evaluated for minimum qualifications. Your responses to the supplemental questions below may also be used to determine your qualifications beyond the minimum qualification requirements for this classification in a training and experience evaluation. Referring to your application/resume, listing “see resume”, or incomplete responses will NOT qualify as a response to any question. Questions that are answered in this method will be considered INCOMPLETE and may result in DISQUALIFICATION.
You are required to answer ALL of the supplemental questions as truthfully and accurately as possible. Your responses to these questions are subject to verification and may be assessed in subsequent examination parts. All experience, education, training, and certification must be included in your application in order to be considered. Any sign of deliberate misinformation or intentional exaggeration will result in disqualification from this examination process and possible bar from future employment opportunities with the Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE).
Select “Yes”if you have read, understood, and agree to the above statements.
Select “No” if you have read, understood, and DO NOT agree with the above statements and voluntarily withdraw your application for this position.
- YES
- NO
02
What is your highest level of education?
Please Note: Proof of education will be required. Degrees must be earned from an institution of higher learning recognized by the Council for Higher Education. Foreign degrees and credit units require translation and equivalency established by an agency recognized by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
- No education
- High School Diploma or GED equivalent
- Some college coursework but no degree
- Associate’s Degree
- Bachelor’s Degree
- Master’s Degree or higher
03
Do you have at least 24 semester or 36 quarter verifiable college coursework units in Accounting?
(NOTE: You must attach a copy of your transcript to your application for verification purposes. Failure to do so may cause the disqualification of your application for this process, if we are unable to verify that the course requirement is met.)
- YES
- NO
04
Please list the Accounting courses you have completed from an institution of higher learning. Be sure to include:a) The name of the institution where you completed the courses
b) The titles of the courses
c) The number of units (semester or quarter)
If you do not have any completed coursework in Accounting, list “n/a”.
05
How many years of experience do you have calculating, posting, reconciling, AND reporting payroll information?
- No experience
- Less than 1 year
- 1 year but less than 2 years
- 2 years but less than 3 years
- 3 or more years
06
Please describe your experience calculating payroll information.
For each related experience, please include:
a) Your job title(s)
b) Name of the organization(s)
c) Job duties/responsibilities related to the job areas described above
d) Length(s) of employment
If no experience in this area, list “n/a”.
07
Please describe your experience posting payroll information.
For each related experience, please include:
a) Your job title(s)
b) Name of the organization(s)
c) Job duties/responsibilities related to the job areas described above
d) Length(s) of employment
If no experience in this area, list “n/a”.
08
Please describe your experience reconciling payroll information.
For each related experience, please include:
a) Your job title(s)
b) Name of the organization(s)
c) Job duties/responsibilities related to the job areas described above
d) Length(s) of employment
If no experience in this area, list “n/a”.
09
Please describe your experience in reporting payroll information.
For each related experience, please include:
a) Your job title(s)
b) Name of the organization(s)
c) Job duties/responsibilities related to the job areas described above
d) Length(s) of employment
If no experience in this area, list “n/a”.
10
Do you have one year of experience as a Payroll Accountant with the Los Angeles County Office of Education?
- YES
- NO
Required Question