For City Council Meeting [November 15, 2022]
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Shama P. Curian, Director of Human Resources & Risk Management
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Request the City Council to (1) Approve the New Classification Specifications for the positions of Payroll Technician, Payroll Analyst, and Senior Payroll Analyst, and (2) Adopt Resolution No. 7986 updating the Citywide Classification and Compensation Plan for Full-time and Part-time employees.
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BACKGROUND
There are currently three full-time personnel conducting payroll processing duties within the Finance Department. These incumbents have the position titles of Accounting Technician, Administrative Analyst, and Senior Administrative Analyst. After a recruitment for the vacant Administrative Analyst in payroll netted zero qualified candidates with government payroll experience, a request was made to the Human Resources and Risk Management Department to determine if the incumbents conducting the duties of payroll processing were properly classified within their current positions or if other classification specifications are needed to accurately reflect specialized functions of payroll and payroll processing.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
A comprehensive review into the functions within the classifications of Accounting Technician, Administrative Analyst, and Senior Administrative Analyst determined that these are generalized classifications that are assigned to a broad scope of work and do not have specialized focus specific to the payroll functions within the Finance Department. Therefore, separate classifications of Payroll Technician, Payroll Analyst, and Senior Payroll Analyst are needed to accurately reflect the scope of work and specialized skillsets needed for the functions of payroll and payroll processing.
The position of Payroll Technician will perform paraprofessional accounting work in the preparation and maintenance of payroll, processing employee recor...
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