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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 12/23/25

Applications Due01/08/26

Vacancy ID205725

NY HELPNo

AgencyHealth, Department of - Veterans Home at Oxford

TitlePayroll Examiner 2 - 61222

Occupational CategoryAdministrative or General Management

Salary Grade15

Bargaining UnitASU - Administrative Services Unit (CSEA)

Salary RangeFrom $59787 to $72429 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 40

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Chenango

Street Address Veterans' Home at Oxford

4207 State Hwy 220

City Oxford

StateNY

Zip Code13830

Duties Description The Payroll Examiner 2 will oversee payroll for full-time, part-time, and temporary employees, following the basic rules and guidelines, using the NYSTEP, PAYSERV, NYBEAS, and NYSLRS systems. They will be responsible for providing reports every two weeks about payroll, staffing, hours worked, yearly audits, and reimbursement for the Fiscal Administrator and facility management as well as the following:

• Prepares and distributes pay checks to CSEA, PEF, NYSCOPBA and M/C employees.

• Oversee job titles for different areas of the facility, such as Nursing, Medical, Rehab Therapy, Food Service, Maintenance, Security, Business Office, Social Services, Housekeeping, Recreation, and Administration.

• Use Human Resource Information System (HRIS) and Personnel Transaction Forms prepared by Human Resources to input new hires and changes in employees’ job status.

• Maintains Per Diem salary caps through Civil Service transactions in NYSTEP.

• Must interpret and apply policies and regulations issued by the Department of Civil Service, the Division of Budget, and the Office of the State Comptroller.

• Must administer the in-house leave and attendance system for timekeeping purposes for employees through LATS.

• Submission of payroll on approved timecards bi-weekly in LATS to PAYSERVE, which produces pay checks.

• Help employees understand and sign up for different health insurance options and explain how health insurance payments work.

• We will keep in touch with employees, insurance companies, and other departments to solve any questions or issues that come up.

• Assist with the NYS Employees Retirement System, helping with retirement enrolments and completing necessary paperwork.

• Help with the new Employee Orientation training that happens every two weeks. New employees will fill out forms for taxes, health insurance, and retirement; explain how pay checks work and what’s included in them.

Minimum Qualifications Transfers: Current New York State employee with one or more years of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a position eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law to Payroll Examiner 2.

Promotion Provisional Appointment: In the absence of an eligible list with three or more candidates willing to accept a position, a temporary provisional appointment may be considered. For provisional appointment, you must be a qualified employee of New York State and have had one year of permanent competitive, non-competitive NY HELPS*, or 55-b/55-c service as Payroll Assistant, Payroll Assistant Trainee, or Payroll Examiner 1; or an Office Assistant 2 (Calculations); or in a clerical, keyboarding, or paraprofessional title allocated to Grade 11 or higher.
Qualifying titles are available at: https://www.cs.ny.gov/examannouncements/announcements/31188010qualifying.cfm.

Preferred Qualifications: The preferred candidate will have experience using LATS, NYSTEP, PAYSERV, NYBEAS, NYS Retirement System and NYSLRS systems.

Additional Comments One permanent, competitive, full time appointment.

Transfer candidates may be asked for their Social Security Number to verify your transfer eligibility. For more information on transfer types, transfer eligibility criteria, and the current transfer determinants for your title, visit the following website: https://careermobilityoffice.cs.ny.gov/cmo/gotit/title-search/index.cfm

If there are three or fewer qualified candidates interested in the appointment to this position, a permanent appointment may be made pursuant to Section 52.7 of the Civil Service Law. To be eligible, candidates must be an employee of the Department of Health Veterans Home at Oxford and have one year of permanent competitive, non-competitive NY HELPS*, or 55-b/55-c service as a Payroll Examiner 1.

The NYS Department of Health is committed to making New York a safer, healthier, and more equitable place to live. Understanding health equity, social determinants of health and health disparities is critical to accomplish our goal of eliminating health disparities. For more information on the NYS Department of Health’s Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan, please visit: https://health.ny.gov/commissioner/index.htm

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Name NYS Veterans Home at Oxford

Telephone 607-843-3128

Fax 607-843-3236

Email Address oxfordhr@nysvets.org

Address

Street Veterans Home at Oxford

4207 State Hwy 220

City Oxford

State NY

Zip Code 13830

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit your resume and cover letter as one (1) document, preferably in PDF format, by email to oxfordhr@nysvets.org, with Reference 61222 included in the subject line or by mail to the Veterans Home at Oxford, 4207 State Highway 220, Oxford NY 13830, or by fax to (607) - 843 - 3236. Failure to include the required information may result in your resume not being considered for this position.

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