How do they match: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

  • Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

  • Accounting Technician
  • Payroll Technician
  • Payroll and Benefits Specialist
  • Personnel Technician
  • Time Recorder
  • Time and Attendance Clerk

  • Compile and record employee time and payroll data. May compute employees' time worked, production, and commission. May compute and post wages and deductions, or prepare paychecks.

  • Record employee information, such as exemptions, transfers, and resignations, to maintain and update payroll records.
  • Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
  • Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits, such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.
  • Issue and record adjustments to pay related to previous errors or retroactive increases.
  • Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
  • Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
  • Provide information to employees and managers on payroll matters, tax issues, benefit plans, and collective agreement provisions.
  • Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
  • Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.

  • Record personnel information.
  • Check data for recording errors.
  • Enter information into databases or software programs.
  • File documents or records.
  • Prepare research or technical reports.
  • Provide information to coworkers.
  • Reconcile records of sales or other financial transactions.
  • Verify employee information.