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Payroll Personnel Assistant

DeKalb County
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 Dec 2025
💰 $62,860/yr($39,040/yr$62,860/yr)

About the role

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Salary Grade: 11    Salary Range: $19.52 - $31.43/hour depending on experience    FLSA: Nonexempt 

Essential Functions: 

The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

Performs payroll duties; reviews and enters timesheets into timekeeping system; monitors and maintains time sheet records and leave reports; prints and reviews payroll registers; and makes corrections and submits to payroll office.

Performs personnel duties; educates staff on payroll/personnel policies and procedures; and assists management and supervisors with technical and administrative issues.

Prepares Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) requests; processes FMLA and Donation of Leave requests; ensures leave is used as approved; and maintains related documentation and records.

Performs insurance duties; receives and responds to disputes relating to benefit eligibility; processes employee documents concerning benefits; and works with various insurance vendors.

Serves as a primary contact with Human Resources, Payroll, Information Technology and Workers’ Compensation on a variety of payroll/personnel processing matters.

Approves adjustments or corrections for work/leave time or Workers’ Compensation; and monitors employees on- the-job injuries and exposure reports.

Minimum Qualifications:

High school diploma or GED required; two years of experience in payroll, insurance or human resources; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.

Specific License or Certification Required:  None.

Supplemental Information:

*To be considered for this position, you must pass a pre-hire assessment. Qualified applicants will receive a link via email to take the assessment. Please check your spam/junk folder.

You will be evaluated on Filing, Spelling, Math and Data Entry. Please read and follow all instructions before beginning each assessment module. The time limit for each assessment module will be displayed on the screen, and are listed below:

 

Module                 Time Limit           Passing Overall Score

Filing                  10 minutes       ��70%Spelling              10 minutes        70%Math                  15 minutes      70%Data Entry          3 minutes       6000 Net Keystrokes per hour

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TOTAL TIME:      38 minutes

*Offer is contingent upon the successful completion of a background investigation and pre-employment physical and a drug/alcohol screen.

 

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