Senior Personnel Specialist (Retired Annuitant)
Who are we?
Californians rely on us—the California State Auditor—to ensure the effective and efficient use and management of public funds and programs. We provide nonpartisan, accurate, and timely assessments of California government's financial and operational activities. Our work results in truthful, balanced, and unbiased information with recommendations for actions that lead to improving government operations.
Why should you join us?
- You want to be part of an agency that makes a difference for Californians and future generations.
- You want to work in a professional environment with a team dedicated to progressive human resources practices.
- You enjoy working in a collaborative and solution-oriented environment, and want to use your human resources knowledge to help others.
- You desire an annual salary range of $61,032 - $76,392.
What will you do?
Under the general direction of the Human Resources Manager, the Senior Personnel Specialist (Retired Annuitant) is responsible for the full range of the most difficult, complex, and sensitive personnel transactions assignments. The incumbent has contact with a wide variety of office staff in addition to close contact with the Department of Human Resources (CalHR), State Controller's Office (SCO), the State Personnel Board (SPB), and California Public Employee Retirement System (CalPERS) staff, personnel staff of other State departments, and with potential employees. The incumbent is expected to have extensive knowledge of and ability to apply relevant laws, rules, policies, and procedures.
- Administer, review, analyze, and process all personnel/payroll transactions in accordance with civil service laws, rules, policies, and procedures for a roster of approximately 160 excluded employees.
- Compute and request salary advances; process judgments against wages; request and release supplemental payments; coordinate with the accounting desk for salary advances, and accounts receivable activities; and balance and certify the monthly master payroll.
- Initiate and complete transactions for Non-Industrial Disability Insurance (NDI), Industrial Disability Leave (IDL), Temporary Disability (TD), and worker's compensation payments.
- Process benefits offered by the State of California for excluded employees.
- Track, collect forms, and maintain a variety of sensitive and confidential personnel files.
- Generate pre-written reports or create ad hoc reports for employment history, payment history, employer-sponsored deductions, leave accounting and position inventory through the Management Information Retrieval System.
Who are you?
- You have the ability to work under pressure on multiple projects with short deadlines.
- You have experience processing payroll and benefits and experience with SCO's payroll system.
- You are highly organized and have the ability to track multiple projects with competing priorities.
- You have the ability to develop strong working relationships and interact with all levels of staff and stakeholders in a customer service focused manner.
- You have experience working with sensitive and confidential information.
- You have the ability to interpret and accurately apply State and Federal laws, rules, policies, and procedures.
- You have experience in Microsoft Word/Outlook.
How do I join?
The California State Auditor is part of the merit-based California civil service selection system. To complete this process, you must do the following:
You can submit your complete application package via your CalCareer account or by mail:
California State Auditor
Human Resources Office
621 Capitol Mall, Suite 1200
Sacramento, California 95814
The Fine Print:
The office has a hybrid telework program that allows employees to work from home when their work is conducive to a telework environment.
Any applicant receiving a conditional job offer will be subject to a background check, fingerprinting and an inquiry to the California Department of Justice to disclose criminal records prior to appointment. State Auditor's Office employees are excluded from collective bargaining. The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation. It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free state work place. Any applicant for state employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the state, the rules governing civil service and the special trust placed in public servants.