NKPD code: 4313
Payroll clerks collect, verify and process payroll information and compute pay and benefit entitlements for employees in a department, company or other establishment. Payroll clerks perform the following main tasks: • maintaining records of employee attendance, leave and overtime to calculate pay manually or using computerised systems; • preparing and verifying payrolls showing gross and net pay and deductions, including taxes, union dues, garnishments, insurance and pension contributions; • preparing employee payments and pension benefits in cash or electronically; • checking timesheets, job cards, pay calculations and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies; • verifying attendance, hours worked and pay adjustments and posting information to the relevant records. Examples of occupations in this unit group: – Specialist, labour and wages – Clerk, payroll Excludes: – Accountant, operational – 3313 – Clerk, accounting – 4311