Finance, Accounting, & Procurement
Payroll Examiner, Bureau of Controller
$65,091 to $75,000 a year
Posted until October 20, 2026 · posted August 21, 2026
Requirements
License or certificate
Exam
Competitive title
A job title where you show you are right for it by passing a competitive exam: multiple-choice, practical, education and experience, or a mix. On our job pages this shows as "Civil service exam title".
From ≈ $31.29 an hour · $2,504 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $14.29/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$2,495 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 10.4 subway rides ($3 fare).
Price anything in hours of this job
Overtime added $1,750 on average that year, and it isn't guaranteed. Base salary of active employees paid a yearly rate, fiscal year 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). Source: NYC's payroll data
Check yourself
What they actually ask for.
A license or certificate is part of the requirements
- A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university, accredited by regional, national, professional or specialized agencies recognized as accrediting bodies by the U.S. Secretary of Education and by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), including or supplemented by 24 semester credits in accounting, including one course each in advanced accounting and auditing; or
- A valid New York State Certified Public Accountant license.
Read the rest of the requirements
To be eligible for placement in Assignment Level II individuals must have, in addition to meeting the minimum requirements, at least one year of experience as an Accountant - Assignment Level I or at least two years of satisfactory full-time professional accounting or auditing experience.
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The work
What the job is.
The Division of Finance has central responsibility and authority for policy analysis, program development, performance tracking and improvement, financial management, resource maximization and technical assistance.
Finance helps to ensure that programs and administrative operations have the information, analysis, funding, and technical capacity to deliver critical services effectively and meet DOHMH's objectives.
Read the rest, from the posting
Position Summary:
The candidate will perform professional accounting and payroll analysis functions to ensure employees are compensated accurately and in a timely manner.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Analyze transactional information on payroll reports generated from changes processed in the Payroll Management System (PMS) in the Payroll Information system (Pi).
Approve pay generated from retroactive salary adjustments due to changes processed from collective bargaining agreements and audits
Process overpayment letters, communicate with employees regarding overpayments and underpayments
Respond to inquiries from employees via Service Tickets and Payroll Hotline
Ensure payments to employees are correct by reviewing appropriate payroll reports and required payroll systems.
Analyze leave without pay details on report.
Respond to inquiries from employees and internal bureaus e.g., Human Resources and Oversight Agencies concerning payroll issues and discrepancies.
Compute one-time payment for unused leave balance to separated employees, and legal settlements.
Preferred Skills:
The ideal candidate should have knowledge of Payroll Management System (PMS), Citywide Human Resources Management System (CHRMS), Payroll Information System (Pi), Reports Management Distribution System (RMDS), Financial Management System (FMS) and CityTime.
Proficient in Excel, Word, Outlook
Before you apply
The fine print.
Where you have to live
Live in NYC within 90 days (usually)
New York City residency is generally required within 90 days of appointment. However, City Employees in certain titles who have worked for the City for 2 continuous years may also be eligible to reside in Nassau, Suffolk, Putnam, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange County. To determine if the residency requirement applies to you, please discuss with the agency representative at the time of interview.
Sources
Straight from the city.
Updated every day from the city's job data (last city update September 21, 2026). You apply through the official posting.
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