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Category: Business, Management and Administration

Type: Internship

Location: In-Person in Tacoma

Application Deadline: Feb. 14, 2025

Starts: Jan. 13, 2025

Available Positions: 1

Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00

Hours Per Week: 16 - 20

$ Paid
 Full Time
 Part Time

Available Days of the Week

  • Monday - Flexible
  • Tuesday - Flexible
  • Wednesday - Flexible
  • Thursday - Flexible
  • Friday - Flexible
  • Saturday - Flexible
  • Sunday - Flexible

Description

Essential Functions

HUMAN RESOURCES -  PAYROLL DEPARTMENT - Internship is coordinated through Professor Rothenberg’s class and includes 100 to 150 hours of work per quarter. 

  • Learn about payroll fundamentals and actual processing including:
    • Determination of pay and gross pay calculations 
    • Payroll deductions
    • Payroll reporting
    • Semi-monthly,  Quarterly,  and Annual Tax reporting and tax calculations
    • Benefits processing and determination of cost and timing differences
    • Exception pay processing
    • Labor and Industries premium calculations and Reporting
    • Union agreements and application of provisions impacting pay
    • Federal and State laws and their payroll applicability
    • Learn about integrated business processing including interrelatedness between departments and personnel.
  • Learn about the applicability of other State agency rules and payroll applicability 
  • Learn about customer service and 3rd party organizations that impact employee pay 
  • Learn about differences between payroll processing in the United States including IRS application of Rev Proc 98-16 for Student-FICA exemptions
  • Learn and observe the different jobs included in a Human Resources and Payroll jointly shared office.
  • Complete standard payroll processing tasks including:

    • Wage calculations,  benefit calculations,  deduction calculations,  tax calculations
    • Complete and learn about Human Resources and Payroll related forms  e.g.  I-9 form,   Form W-4 and required banking data for online processing of direct deposits.
    • Learn about records management in a payroll environment.

Responsibilities

Duties of the position require knowledge,  skills and abilities: 

  • Ability to use Microsoft Word,  Excel,  PowerPoint,  internet web browser,  and email
  • Ability to proactively build positive relationships,  foster team unity at all levels of the college,  and strive for positive interactions with individuals across the campus; 
  • Ability to work as part of a team and independently;
  • An appreciation of diversity and the benefits of a commitment to cultural awareness and sensitivity in the workplace;
  • Ability to establish and maintain positive and collaborative working relationships with students,  colleagues,  and staff;
  • Engaging in critical self-reflection and growth;  openness to feedback,  change,  and professional development;
  • Ability to accept personal responsibility for the quality and timeliness of work,  ability to learn from mistakes,  and be proactive with identifying solutions to prevent future issues.  Able to be relied upon to achieve excellent results with little need for oversight.
  • Skill in building and maintaining internal and external customer satisfaction;
  • Excellent customer service skills;  including establishing,  building and maintaining internal/external customer satisfaction.
  • Identify and understand issues,  challenges,  and learning opportunities;  be proactive and strategic with solutions; 
  • Ethics,  integrity,  and sound professional judgment;
  • Communicate promptly and responsively to the needs of the department and college community;  including communicating with supervisor,  end customer and customer’s manager about work order status.
  • Maintain established standards of work,  customer response and professional conduct in performance of the position duties;
  • An understanding and willingness to follow applicable laws,  regulations and other standards to establish and/or maintain a safe work environment.
  • Ability to analyze and resolve problems.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Duties of the position required experience:

  • Ability to use a computer;  including Word Processing,  Excel,  PowerPoint,  internet research,  and email;

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