How do they match: Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks

  • Payroll Processor
  • Piece Work Checker

  • 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.

  • Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
  • Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
  • Complete, verify, and process forms and documentation for administration of benefits, such as pension plans, and unemployment and medical insurance.
  • Keep informed about changes in tax and deduction laws that apply to the payroll process.
  • Post relevant work hours to client files to bill clients properly.
  • 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.

  • Maintain current knowledge related to work activities.