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City of Newton Payroll Assistant in Newton, Massachusetts
Qualifications ? Must be able to handle high stress situations ? Due to the nature of the role, the high importance to individual employees, the potential for misunderstandings, and the ramifications of errors, high stress situations such as quick deadlines and meetings with other employees or management may occur ? Knowledge of administrative office procedures and the operation of office equipment such as personal computers and computer software, word processing and spreadsheet applications (demonstrated skill in the use of Microsoft Excel is required) ? A strong commitment to public service required ? Strong organizational skills and the ability to work under pressure ? Proficient knowledge of office practices and procedures, equipment and clerical techniques, including a variety of software applications ? Strong knowledge of grammar, punctuation, spelling, syntax, appropriate style and arithmetic ? Knowledge of specific department operations ? Position requires the ability to comprehend the scope of laws, rules and regulations pertaining to specialty area ? Ability to organize time, work independently and accomplish tasks despite frequent interruptions ? Ability to maintain detailed statistics, records and data base ? Ability to operate various types of office equipment ? Ability to maintain confidentiality of information ? Ability to organize clerical and statistical records ? Ability to maintain detailed and extensive records and to prepare reports from same ? Ability to work effectively under time constraints to meet deadlines ? Ability to deal tactfully and appropriately with thegeneral public and City departments in an effective manner ? Ability to interpret and follow departmental procedures and guidelines ? Ability to be a strong team player ? Ability to absorb and learn quickly and maintain a departmental sense of urgency ? Ability to use judgement in the analysis of facts and circumstances to solve practical problems and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations ? Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form ? Experience in Microsoft Office Suite ? Must be able to demonstrate advanced abilities in Microsoft Excel ? Ability to analyze and manipulate large amounts of data ? A skills test may be administered for applicants Responsibilities ? Responsible for a wide variety of Financial and Payroll activities involving the processing of accounts payable and receivable, payroll processing, budgetary accounting, procurement processing, administrative projects, and any other related activities ? Scope and Judgment: Performs professional office and administrative duties requiring good judgment and initiative to analyze, solve problems and process actions based on departmental and city policies and procedures ? Supervision Received: Position reports to the Finance Director, operating with limited supervision ? Operates in accordance with applicable state and local laws and regulations, department policies and procedures, requiring the ability to plan and perform operations to independently complete assigned tasks according to a prescribed time schedule ? Incumbent independently establishes own daily work plan based on regular routine and special assignments and only elevates concerns to supervisors when matters require interpretation or policy decisions ? Supervision Given: Has no supervisory responsibility ? (The essential functions or duties listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed ? Completes special projects as assigned ? Maintains a variety of records, logs, and reports ? Follows and adheres to department, City and other government rules, regulations, policies, and procedures ? Runs various water billing, accounting and payroll reports and audits or gathers information for managers or supervisors as r