[Hiring] Payroll Supervisor @City of Oakland

Role Description

The City of Oakland is an equal opportunity employer that values workforce diversity, inclusion, and equity. Oakland has a long history of activism around issues of justice and equity. As public servants in one of the most diverse cities in the nation, we strive to develop employees who understand the harm and impacts of systemic inequity to create lasting, meaningful outcomes for everyone.

As a Payroll Supervisor (Human Resource Operations Supervisor), you will be an integral member of the Department of Finance’s Payroll Team. You will be key in managing day-to-day payroll processes, developing innovative processes and procedures, creating user documentation, and implementing payroll solutions.

We are looking for someone who is:

• An experienced leader who supports and guides the payroll operations unit to ensure superior performance.
• A strong relationship builder with excellent communication skills, conveying payroll information to employees and being the first point of contact for escalated issues.
• Dependable and results-driven, overseeing payroll operations for the entire City while balancing multiple tasks.
• Self-motivated, expected to take initiative and use resources to solve problems.
• Organized and detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills due to a large volume of work with overlapping deadlines.
• Able to work as part of a team or independently, collaborating with different team members and using sound judgment.

What you will typically be responsible for:

• Assigning, directing, training, and evaluating the performance of 6 staff members in the operations unit.
• Researching and resolving complex and unusual payroll problems and issues.
• Developing training programs for operations and departmental payroll staff.
• Interpreting and implementing complex procedures, regulations, guidelines, and policies.
• Completing complex sets of activities within critical schedules, often under stressful working conditions.
• Serving as a system security administrator.
• Staying up to date on payroll regulations.
• Serving as a technical resource to both departmental payroll staff and operations unit personnel.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade, and college level coursework in data processing and accounting.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in the operation of an automated payroll/personnel system including at least three years as a lead worker or supervisor.

Requirements

• Municipal government and organization experience.
• Experience with Oracle E-business version R12 payroll system.
• Experience with retroactive calculations.
• Experience with payroll laws/regulations.
• Experience with creating user documentation and training.

Benefits

• 37.5-hour work weeks.
• 15 paid holidays.
• 2 weeks per year minimum vacation with the ability to accrue more depending on public sector years of service.
• CalPERS retirement with a pension formula of 2.5% @ 55 (for Classic CalPERS members) and 2% @ 62 for new CalPERS members.
• The City of Oakland pays the full cost of employee and eligible dependent coverage at the Kaiser rate.
• Delta Dental full premium for employees and eligible dependents.
• VSP full premium for employees and eligible dependents.
• Employees accrue 12 days of sick leave per year.
• 457(b) pre-tax plan and an after-tax ROTH 401(k) plan.
• Other benefits include a Flexible Spending Account, Wellness Program, Employee Assistance Program, Tuition Reimbursement, Life Insurance up to $200k & Employee Training.