Payroll Office

The Payroll Office ensures that all student, faculty and staff employees of UC Berkeley are accurately paid in a timely manner and that all payroll transactions are properly and routinely recorded on a timely basis. Payroll also actively promotes and monitors compliance with State and Federal tax and payroll laws.

Our responsibilities include:

• Processing checks
• Monitoring and maintaining security for the Payroll Personnel system (PPS)
• PPS System and production maintenance
• Inter-campus Transfers
• Separation pay processing
• Collaborating with HR to install rate increases and/or retro pay
• Tax audit, payments, foreign tax and tax form processing
• Post doc Billing Direct and imputed income for foreign students
• Payroll journal adjustments
• OPTRS training
• PageCenter reporting application security
• Oversee and grant authorization for Payroll Authorization Notifications request
• Consolidated Billing: Reconciliation of Payroll benefits deductions
• Leave Adjustments
• Provide Payroll customer service: Answer questions, troubleshoot, process adjustments.