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70 lines
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name: payroll-clerk
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description: "Occupational skill for the role 'payroll clerk' (also: payroll accounts clerk, wages clerk, payroll bookeeper, payroll officer, payroll technician, payroll administrator). Use when the user asks for typical payroll clerk work such as: Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.; Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.; Conduct verifications of employment."
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# Payroll Clerk
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Payroll clerks manage the time sheets and pay checks of the employees and ensure the accuracy and correctness of the information. They check overtime, sick days and vacations and distribute the pay checks.
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## Core workflow
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1. Process paperwork for new employees and enter employee information into the payroll system.
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2. Keep track of leave time, such as vacation, personal, and sick leave, for employees.
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3. Conduct verifications of employment.
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4. Process and issue employee paychecks and statements of earnings and deductions.
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5. Compute wages and deductions, and enter data into computers.
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6. Compile employee time, production, and payroll data from time sheets and other records.
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7. Review time sheets, work charts, wage computation, and other information to detect and reconcile payroll discrepancies.
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8. Verify attendance, hours worked, and pay adjustments, and post information onto designated records.
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## How to use this skill
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- Read [references/profile.md](references/profile.md) for the occupation profile and scope.
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- Consult [references/tasks.md](references/tasks.md) for the full task and activity inventory.
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- Check [references/skills.md](references/skills.md) for essential vs. optional competences.
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- Check [references/tools.md](references/tools.md) for the software commonly used in this role.
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- See [references/ai-skills.md](references/ai-skills.md) — matched external AI agent skills (per-source attribution).
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## Key competences (essential)
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- calculate wages
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- carry out financial transactions
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- check payrolls
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- examine budgets
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- manage payroll
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- mathematics
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- prepare paychecks
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- procure time sheet approval
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- trace financial transactions
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## Hot technologies
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- Intuit QuickBooks
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- Microsoft Access
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- Microsoft Outlook
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- Oracle PeopleSoft
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- SAP software
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- Workday software
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- Microsoft Office software
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- Microsoft PowerPoint
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- Microsoft Excel
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- Kronos Workforce Timekeeper
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## Hot technologies
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Top tools from 53 gated job ads (see references/market.md, as of 2026-07-18):
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- Microsoft Excel — 32 %
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- Microsoft Word — 9 %
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- ADP — 6 %
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- Microsoft PowerPoint — 6 %
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---
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*Sources: ESCO v1.2.1 (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/ade351da-7bda-424e-8682-bbdcab2a25be), O*NET 30.3 (43-3051.00). See manifest.json for licensing/attribution.*
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