The Semel Institute is seeking to hire a full time Payroll Analyst III to serve as Senior Payroll Coordinator for more than 600 faculty and academic appointees in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Semel Institute for the Academic Payroll Office. in this role you will serve as subject matter expert in UCPath system payroll and general ledger module. 

Major duties include: 

• Responsible for all complex academic payroll and personnel functions for approximately 600 academic appointees, including on-line processing and payroll adjustments in UCPath. 
• Oversee and serve as a primary reviewer and approver for all academic UCPath entries. 
• Respond to division administrators, PIs, fund managers questions on payroll questions. 
• Manage leave of absence and advise faculty and other academic appointees on all policies and processes in accordance with federal/state laws, departmental policies and collective bargaining agreement  
• Maintain accurate records and monitor salary and benefit related data; apply policies and procedures to resolve routine payroll issues, reviewing and analyzing Health Sciences Compensation Plan salaries, assist with the Annual Salary Negotiation process including preparation of complex Faculty Compensation Worksheets (FCWs), and maintenance of payroll records. 
• Review all UCPath entries for accuracy of appointments, merit increases, promotions, change-in-series, annual reappointment, salary adjustment, total negotiated salary (TNS) and FTE changes. 
• Assist Academic Payroll Manager with the Faculty/Academic DCR process (Distribution Change Requests). 
• Performs other routine payroll transactions as required.