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Becoming a Payroll Clerk

Becoming a Payroll Clerk

A look at the job specifications of what is required to be a payroll clerk

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About this course

Welcome to your EP Academy course, Becoming a Payroll Clerk. This course gives a walkthrough and prepares you for a day in the life of the payroll clerk, the key assistant of a payroll accountant. Payroll is the key to a production, and in this role, you gain exposure to that world though the day-to-day of a clerk.  

 

Who is this course for? The course is designed with the guidance of payroll accountants and key accountants who are currently in the field.  They have given us a look at what it takes to even be looked at for a potential career in payroll.   

Duration: 3 Hours 49 minutes

Covered topics include:  

  • What is a payroll clerk?
  • What are some typical responsibilities?
  • How to break time cards
  • Verifying vouchers against production reports

Becoming a Payroll Clerk3 hr 49 min

  • Learning Goals and Navigating the Course 0 hr 1 min
  • Course book download 0 hr 1 min
  • Getting Started
  • What is Payroll Accounting? 0 hr 2 min
  • What is a Payroll Clerk? 0 hr 1 min
  • Stories from the Field: How they Got their First Job 0 hr 1 min
  • Getting Your Foot in the Door 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: How they Got their First Job 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Getting Started 0 hr 12 min
  • Who are the Players?
  • Who is Your Team? 0 hr 4 min
  • Common Terminology 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: What to know when working with your first team? 0 hr 3 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Who are the Players? 0 hr 10 min
  • Time Cards and You
  • Reading a Time card 0 hr 1 min
  • Top Portion 0 hr 3 min
  • Middle Portion 0 hr 3 min
  • Bottom Portion 0 hr 4 min
  • The Clock 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Time Cards and You 0 hr 10 min
  • Phases of Production
  • Phases of Production 0 hr 2 min
  • What is a Payroll Week? 0 hr 1 min
  • Stories from the Field: Be ready to Learn 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Phases of Production 0 hr 14 min
  • Pre-Production
  • Helping to Prep the Office 0 hr 3 min
  • Start Cards & I-9's 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: Having Fun During Pre-Production 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Pre-Production 0 hr 12 min
  • Production
  • A Week in These Shoes 0 hr 4 min
  • What is the Production Report? 0 hr 2 min
  • Pay Day 0 hr 2 min
  • Stories from the Field: A Flood Hits Payday 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Production 0 hr 14 min
  • Post-Production
  • Cleaning Up 0 hr 2 min
  • Stories from the Field: Wrap Parties 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Post-Production 0 hr 10 min
  • Additional Tasks
  • The Importance of Breaking Timecards 0 hr 1 min
  • Breaking California Time Cards 0 hr 5 min
  • Breaking Federal Time Cards 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories From the Field: Changes Since the Pandemic 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Additional Tasks 0 hr 18 min
  • Martini Shot
  • Martini Shot: Course Review 0 hr 1 min
  • That's a Wrap
  • Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Certification Final Exam 1 hr 0 min
  • Congratulations! 0 hr 1 min

About this course

Welcome to your EP Academy course, Becoming a Payroll Clerk. This course gives a walkthrough and prepares you for a day in the life of the payroll clerk, the key assistant of a payroll accountant. Payroll is the key to a production, and in this role, you gain exposure to that world though the day-to-day of a clerk.  

 

Who is this course for? The course is designed with the guidance of payroll accountants and key accountants who are currently in the field.  They have given us a look at what it takes to even be looked at for a potential career in payroll.   

Duration: 3 Hours 49 minutes

Covered topics include:  

  • What is a payroll clerk?
  • What are some typical responsibilities?
  • How to break time cards
  • Verifying vouchers against production reports

Becoming a Payroll Clerk3 hr 49 min

  • Learning Goals and Navigating the Course 0 hr 1 min
  • Course book download 0 hr 1 min
  • Getting Started
  • What is Payroll Accounting? 0 hr 2 min
  • What is a Payroll Clerk? 0 hr 1 min
  • Stories from the Field: How they Got their First Job 0 hr 1 min
  • Getting Your Foot in the Door 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: How they Got their First Job 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Getting Started 0 hr 12 min
  • Who are the Players?
  • Who is Your Team? 0 hr 4 min
  • Common Terminology 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: What to know when working with your first team? 0 hr 3 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Who are the Players? 0 hr 10 min
  • Time Cards and You
  • Reading a Time card 0 hr 1 min
  • Top Portion 0 hr 3 min
  • Middle Portion 0 hr 3 min
  • Bottom Portion 0 hr 4 min
  • The Clock 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Time Cards and You 0 hr 10 min
  • Phases of Production
  • Phases of Production 0 hr 2 min
  • What is a Payroll Week? 0 hr 1 min
  • Stories from the Field: Be ready to Learn 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Phases of Production 0 hr 14 min
  • Pre-Production
  • Helping to Prep the Office 0 hr 3 min
  • Start Cards & I-9's 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories from the Field: Having Fun During Pre-Production 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Pre-Production 0 hr 12 min
  • Production
  • A Week in These Shoes 0 hr 4 min
  • What is the Production Report? 0 hr 2 min
  • Pay Day 0 hr 2 min
  • Stories from the Field: A Flood Hits Payday 0 hr 2 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Production 0 hr 14 min
  • Post-Production
  • Cleaning Up 0 hr 2 min
  • Stories from the Field: Wrap Parties 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Post-Production 0 hr 10 min
  • Additional Tasks
  • The Importance of Breaking Timecards 0 hr 1 min
  • Breaking California Time Cards 0 hr 5 min
  • Breaking Federal Time Cards 0 hr 3 min
  • Stories From the Field: Changes Since the Pandemic 0 hr 1 min
  • Knowledge Check: Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Additional Tasks 0 hr 18 min
  • Martini Shot
  • Martini Shot: Course Review 0 hr 1 min
  • That's a Wrap
  • Becoming a Payroll Clerk - Certification Final Exam 1 hr 0 min
  • Congratulations! 0 hr 1 min