
Assistant Commissioner of Payroll & Timekeeping
New York, NYFull-time$197K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The FDNY Assistant Commissioner for Payroll and Timekeeping leads the units responsible for Fire, EMS, and civilian payroll and timekeeping operations. Reporting to the Deputy Commissioner for Human Capital, the role oversees compensation preparation, audits, and distribution; manages CityTime; establishes policies and internal controls; and advises FDNY leadership on payroll and timekeeping matters.
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Job Description
The Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the largest Fire Department in the United States and universally is recognized as the world's busiest and most highly skilled emergency response agency. The Department's main goal is to provide fire protection, emergency medical care, and other critical public safety services to residents and visitors in the five boroughs. FDNY members are sworn to serve and protect life and property, and the Department works to continually educate the public in fire, life safety and disaster preparedness, along with enforcing public safety codes. Since its inception in 1865, FDNY has helped lead efforts to make New York the safest big city in the nation. This accomplishment requires a steadfast and daily commitment to maintaining the Department's core values.
The New York City Fire Department (FDNY) seeks a full-time Assistant Commissioner for Payroll and Timekeeping. Reporting directly to the Deputy Commissioner for Human Capital, the Assistant Commissioner for Payroll and Timekeeping will manage and lead the units responsible for FDNY’s Fire, EMS and civilian payroll and timekeeping operations. In addition:
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Manage the preparation, audit and distribution of employee compensation; ensure via regular audits that employees are compensated in compliance with the guidelines set forth by Federal and State oversight, Comptroller’s office, the Office of Labor Relations, and the Office of Payroll Administration.
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Manage the agency’s timekeeping functions, including CityTime.
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Create and administer written policies and standard operating procedures. Prepare agency response plan in the event of system upgrades, outages or payroll disruption. Develop communications plan for actions affecting employee pay.
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Establish internal controls to ensure payroll accuracy and maintain audit readiness in accordance with best practices.
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Review, analyze and implement collective bargaining agreements and special pay, in collaboration with FDNY Labor Relations
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Ensure that all FDNY employees are supported and are provided with exceptional customer service when seeking assistance.
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Provide expert guidance to FDNY leadership on matters related to payroll and timekeeping.
ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (FD) - 95039
Qualifications
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A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college and 4 years of satisfactory experience of nature to qualify for the duties and responsibilities of the position, at least 18 months of which must have been in administrative, managerial, executive capacity or supervising personnel performing activities related to the duties of the position; or
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A combination of education and/or experience equivalent to "1" above. However, all candidates must have the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive, consultative or supervisory experience described in "1" above.
Additional Information
The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.
Salary Min: $196,683.00
Salary Max: $196,683.00
How this job compares
Set against the 617 open Payroll jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 7, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$197K/yr
- New York median$73–96K/yr37 salary ranges
- US median$80–114K/yr218 salary ranges
This rate, $197K, is 125% above the New York median midpoint ($88K) — in the top quarter of Payroll salary ranges in New York.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 62 open Payroll jobs in New York and 617 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in New York
- City of New York (this employer)4 open
- Robert Half4 open
- Blank Street2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Payroll postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (469 postings).
- Education
- 124 of the 617 open Payroll jobs (20%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 7, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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