ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

PAYROLL SPECIALIST

(ACCOUNTING SPECIALIST II)

Job Location:

Address:

Financial Services Division
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary:  $42,120.00

Grade: 18

Closing Date: 08/31/2025

Job Summary:

Are you seasoned in governmental or professional-level business accounting? Is Payroll accounting part of your career path? Join our amazing financial services and payroll accounting team. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking to fill the Payroll Specialist position. This position is responsible for a large segment of the AZ360 payroll system, Human Resource Information Solution (HRIS) Payroll System, and following agency procedures and guidelines for performing payroll record-keeping.

Job Duties:

- Performs bi-weekly payroll activities, including timecard calculations and payroll system entries
- Updates and maintains department documents and automated records
- Serves as a subject matter expert and advises field timekeepers regarding payroll activities
- Follows up on timecard or payroll errors or questions from field timekeepers, staff, or supervisors
- Collaborates with department supervisors and managers to ensure their payroll questions and needs are met
- Ensures accurate separation dates and reasons, appropriate access terminations, and accurate final payout amounts are processed
- Prepares, compiles, and provides standardized reports, system transactions, and related functions
- May train new staff on payroll activities
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Principles, concepts, practices, methods, techniques, and procedures of governmental accounting, fiscal management and budgets
- Payroll and financial analysis
- Methods and techniques of processing accounting data
- Maintenance of payroll or financial accounts
- Summaries, audits, reconciliations and report preparation
- Computers and various software such as Microsoft Office and Google

Skill in:
- Work management and leadership
- Researching, analyzing, and interpreting payroll and financial information
- Decision-making and problem-solving of complex issues
- Utilizing and operating automated accounting systems for data tracking, inquiries and reporting
- Utilizing a 10-key adding machine to perform mathematical calculations
- Verbal and written communications
- Organization and time management
- Managing multiple projects and deadlines

Ability to:
- Work with numbers and accurately complete mandated reports
- Learn and adhere to rules and regulations governing accounting functions
- Research and compile payroll or financial and statistical information
- Work independently
- Adapt to changing priorities and situations
- Establish and maintain interpersonal relationships with all levels of agency staff

Selective Preference(s):

- One (1) year of government accounting experience
- Completion of at least 12 semester hours of accounting from an accredited college or university and two (2) years of professional-level accounting experience in business or industry
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university and one (1) year of accounting experience in business or industry

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation.

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