Senior Payroll Technician

The County of Yolo is recruiting to fill one (1) regular, full-time position in the class of Senior Payroll Technician within the Human Resources Department.  This position reports to the Human Resources Manager over the Payroll unit and performs a wide variety of advanced level payroll activities such as analyzing and implementing payroll regulations and processing and preparing County-wide payroll. As a secondary assignment, the position serves as the lead worker to train, guide, check, assign, and correct the work of Payroll Technicians and/or other clerical staff.

To review other essential functions, employment standards, and requisite knowledge and abilities, click here for the complete Senior Payroll Technician class description.

The ideal candidate:

• Has lead experienced in payroll and personnel transactions processing, preferably within a government or unionized environment.
• Is comfortable in a fast-paced, detail-oriented position serving the County of Yolo employees and departments.
• Is a positive, customer focused, self-directed employee that enjoys working closely with a variety of stakeholders to meet the needs of the organization.
• Is skilled in computer applications with a quick ability to learn a new payroll system and processes.

HOW TO APPLY
Interested applicants must apply online at Senior Payroll Technician 2025-00179-1 to submit a County of Yolo Employment Application packet by the closing date. 

Education: Possession of a high school diploma, G.E.D. equivalency or high school proficiency certificate; AND
Experience: Five (5) years of full-time (or the equivalent of full-time) experience in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of accounting documents and records, at least two (2) years of which included processing payroll documents comparable to the Yolo County class of Payroll Technician.

Substitution: Completion of college coursework may substitute for up to two years of the non-payroll experience, on the basis that thirty (30) semester or forty-five (45) quarter units is equivalent to one year of experience.