Personnel and Payroll Analyst
Geography Department
Summary of Job Details
Provides administrative and analytical support for all aspects of employment and payroll in the Geography department on a wide range of funding sources (including state, gift, and federal sponsored research awards) and appointment types. Independently manages, administers, and analyzes complex personnel activities for a wide range of funding sources (including state, gift, and federal sponsored research awards) and appointment types including undergraduate students, hourly graduate students, GSRs, career staff, limited or contract staff, postdoctoral scholars, specialist, project scientist, and researchers. Demonstrates a strong understanding of knowledge of UC Policies and Procedures, collective bargaining agreements, fund accounting, and campus financial systems. Analyzes, interprets and implements new and frequently changing campus and federal policies and procedures. Oversees processing of all personnel, timekeeping, and payroll actions via UCPath, Kronos, and ServiceNow. Provides high-level advice to faculty and PIs on employment classification, policy, processes personnel budgeting and payroll forecasting. Responsible for hiring processes via UCPath, Job Builder, TAM, and UC Recruit. Onboards employees, serves as I-9 US Work Authorization administrator, and maintains personnel files. Assists with Job Description updates and equity and reclassifications requests as appropriate. Facilitates Postdoctoral Scholars visas. Independently responsible for inputting, tracking, and monitoring salary and benefits projections of GSRs, student assistants, research scholars and career and limited appointment staff on approximately 81 funding sources, including several highly complex and diversified extramural awards with multiple PI's both within and outside the Geography department. Independently manages faculty summer salary. Serves as a liaison with academic personnel, graduate division, human resources, payroll accounting, UCPath center, office of equal opportunity, and office of international students and scholars.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent training and/or experience.
High-level of initiative, problem solving ability with a strong professional orientation.
Strong organization skills and ability to handle a wide-range of responsibilities accurately and consistently with demanding timeframes.
Ability to maintain independent judgment and critical thinking; communication skills and customer service focus.
Ability to use discretion and maintain confidentiality.
Special Conditions of Employment
Satisfactory conviction history background check
UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment.
Days/Hours: M-F; 8am - 5pm
UC Santa Barbara is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.
For the University of California's Affirmative Action Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.
For the University of California's Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.
Application review begins 05/28/24
Apply online at https://jobs.ucsb.edu
Job #68950