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Ideal Candidate
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE GUIDELINES – Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities, may qualify. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:
Payroll Technician I
Education/Training: Completion of an Associate’s degree from an accredited college with an emphasis in accounting, business or a related field.
Experience: One year of payroll processing or accounting experience.
Payroll Technician II
Education/Training: Completion of an Associate’s degree from an accredited college with an emphasis in accounting, business or a related field.
Experience: Two years of increasingly responsible financial and statistical record keeping experience, including experience in developing and administering a payroll system.
License or Certificate:
Possession of an appropriate California Driver License.
Benefits
Health: The City contributes toward the combined monthly premiums for medical, dental and vision a maximum of $710, $1,470 or $2,090, dependent on level of medical coverage enrollment. Some of the monthly plan premium options are currently at no cost to the employee and family! Any employee contributions to health premiums are taken as pre-tax deductions. Employees eligible to waive medical coverage receive $200 per month in additional taxable compensation. Carriers include: Two Blue Shield HMOs, Blue Shield PPO, Kaiser HMO; Stanislaus Foundation Dental and Blue Shield MES Vision.
Retirement/Pension: The City offers a generous defined benefit plan pension (membership required) in the Stanislaus County Employees’ Retirement Association (StanCERA), as governed by County Employees’ Retirement Law of 1937 and Public Employees’ Pension Reform Act (PEPRA). “Classic members” (within the last six (6) months a member of StanCERA or a reciprocal retirement plan, e.g. CalPERS) are enrolled in the City’s 2% @ 55 plan; final compensation at retirement is based on the single highest year. Non-classic or “new members” are enrolled in the 2% @ 62 plan, and employees are required to pay 50% of the normal contribution rate as prescribed by PEPRA, currently 9.41%, on a pre-tax basis; final compensation at retirement is based on the average of the three highest years.
Other Benefits: The City contributes an additional $100 per month through a qualified Section 125 plan to the employee’s Flexible Spending Account (FSA – for non-reimbursable medical expenses or daycare) or Health Savings Account (HSA), as applicable.
Voluntary Benefits & Leave: Employee Assistance Program, voluntary options for Deferred Compensation (457), Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Life and AD&D coverage, 96 hours of sick leave accrued each year with unlimited accrual; vacation accrual based on years of service with maximum accrual of 480 hours and 13 paid holidays (including one personal day) each year.
The City also participates in Social Security, which has a mandatory 7.65% contribution for Social Security and Medicare.
Special Instructions
EXAMINATION PROCESS Candidates who achieve a passing score of 70% and above on the Oral Panel Interview Test, will be certified on an Employment List and may be contacted for an in-person interview with the Director of Finance.
SELECTION PROCESS
Offers of employment may be subject to successful completion of a pre-employment background check, fingerprint clearance, and a physical examination, including a drug test. An additional condition of employment includes employment verification and authorization to work in the United States, by completing the I-9 verification form designated by Immigration and Naturalization Services.
Recruitment Contact
Contact phone:
(209)538-5746
Contact email:
jessica.swanton@ci.ceres.ca.us
Recommended Skills
- Driver's License
- Payroll
- Accounting
