Finance, Accounting, & Procurement
Payroll Funding Associate
$46,503 to $73,002 a year
Posted until October 10, 2026 · posted August 11, 2026
Requirements
Diploma + experience
Exam
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From ≈ $22.36 an hour · $1,789 every 2 weeks, before taxes (40-hour weeks).
NYC minimum wage is $17/hr. This beats it by $5.36/hr, with health insurance and a pension on top.
What you'd have made
$1,782 If you'd started this job 2 weeks ago, at this pay, before taxes.
An hour of this job pays for about 7.4 subway rides ($3 fare).
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What they actually ask for.
High school diploma plus experience
Qualification Requirements
A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of satisfactory clerical experience.
Skills Requirement
Keyboard familiarity with the ability to type at a minimum of 100 key strokes (20 words) per minute.
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The work
What the job is.
The NYC Financial Information Services Agency-Office of Payroll Administration (FISA-OPA) seeks to hire a Payroll Funding Associate for the Payroll Funding, Certification and ACH Unit. The selected candidate will perform the following tasks:
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- Fund all City agencies’ payrolls by preparing Schedule of Funding Forms using various Report Management and Distribution System (RMDS) reports and submitting Payment Request – Balance Sheet (PRB1) and Payment Hold Maintenance (PHM) documents in the Financial Management System (FMS);
- Calculate Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) escrow amounts for all payroll cycles and prepare schedules of payroll funding for EFT escrows, EFT Net Pay and negative escrows;
- Confirm net pay and escrow deductions ACH credit files for the Payroll Management System (PMS) active payrolls and Pension Payroll Management System (PPMS) pension payrolls and release these files via Infodex telephone system;
- Make daily bank deposits into multiple City bank accounts using Image Direct Deposit (IDD) devices, scan and distribute deposits to all relevant parties via email;
- Assist with check refund cancellations, direct deposit reversals and negative one-time deductions for direct deposit credit returns;
- Respond to direct deposit inquiries via phone or email and;
- Perform miscellaneous tasks of a payroll funding nature as assigned by the Supervisor and/or Directors.
Preferred Skills:
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
- Experience with Pi, PMS, RMDS (Report Management and Distribution System) and CHRMS (City Human Resource Management System)
- Excellent mathematical skills or proficiency in Excel
Additional Information: #O-37
To Apply:
Applicants may visit the Jobs NYC website: www.nyc.gov/jobs and apply to Job ID: 791708.
While all complete applications will be given consideration, only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.
- Hours/Shift
35 Hours/Day Shift
- Work Location
5 Manhattan West, New York, NY
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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