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Timekeeping Analyst

City of New York

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Compensation
$62–72K/yr
Location
New York, NYHybrid
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings seeks a Timekeeper to support its Human Resources Timekeeping Services Unit. The role processes and maintains time and attendance records in City Time, works with Payroll staff to ensure accurate and timely pay, and handles timekeeping inquiries, reports, and employee records. A hybrid office/remote schedule is available after the initial training period. Applicants must meet the stated civil service eligibility condition.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

City Time, requiredPMS, requiredCHRMS, requiredAttention to Detail, nice to haveTime-Critical Work, nice to haveComputer Proficiency, nice to haveData Entry, nice to haveWritten Communication, nice to haveOral Communication, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent, requiredAssociate Degree or Equivalent, requiredHigh School Diploma or Equivalent, requiredAdministrative or Supervisory Experience, requiredPermanent Principal Administrative Associate or Reachable on NYC Civil Service List, required

Full job description

Job Description

ABOUT OATH:

The City of New York’s Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings (OATH) is the nation’s largest administrative tribunal, holding more than 250,000 trials and hearings a year. As the City’s central, independent administrative law court, OATH adjudicates a wide range of matters filed by nearly every city agency, board and commission. OATH also houses the Center for Creative Conflict Resolution which provides mediation and restorative justice support to City government agencies and the general public, and the Administrative Judicial Institute, a resource center that provides training, continuing education, research and support services for administrative law judges and hearing officers.

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JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Office of Administrative Trials & Hearings is seeking to hire a Timekeeper who will provide direct administrative support to the Timekeeping Services Unit within the agency’s Human Resources Dept for an agency of approximately 800 employees. Under direction of the Director of Payroll/Timekeeping, the selected candidate will serve as a Timekeeper responsible for processing and maintaining time and attendance records in the City Time timekeeping system. This position analyzes and understands the activities being performed with respect to payroll and NYC agency policy. Strong attention to detail, ability to deal with time-critical time-sensitive activities, proficient computer and data entry skills, and excellent written and oral communication skills are essential. This position works in conjunction with the agency’s Payroll staff to assure that employees are paid accurately and on time. Some examples of typical duties may include, but are not limited to:

  • Assist in all Timekeeping functions and inquiries.

  • Perform City Time entries including approver and schedule changes, OT approvals, second level approvals, and manual entries.

  • Monitoring agency weekly timesheets for completeness.

  • Adjusting and reapproving weekly timesheets for employees.

  • Monitoring and tracking time usage and accruals for all staff members.

  • Assist with processing all manual leave adjustments and online event entries in City Time.

  • Assist in processing, documented sick leave, blood donations, FMLA requests, jury duty actions and absence control reports.

  • Provide orientation for newly hired and promoted employees.

  • Assisting with enrolling new employees, as well as re-enrollments, when necessary, into City Time.

  • Maintaining employee timekeeping folders and confidential information.

  • Prepare and generate City Time and CHRMS reports.

  • Assisting with reviewing and processing ingoing and outgoing DP2001’s for transfer employees.

  • Performing specific projects as requested by the unit supervisor.

  • Must have proficient knowledge of PMS, CHRMS, and CITYTIME.

Special Note:

Only candidates currently serving in a NYC agency as a permanent Principal Administrative Associate or who are currently reachable on the NYC civil service list should apply.

HYBRID OFFICE / REMOTE WORK SCHEDULE AVAILABLE AFTER INITIAL TRAINING PERIOD.

PRINCIPAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOC - 10124

Qualifications

  1. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience, one year of which must have been in an administrative capacity or supervising staff performing clerical/administrative work of more than moderate difficulty; or

  2. An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college and three years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience described in "1" above; or

  3. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a state’s department of education or a recognized accrediting organization and four years of satisfactory full-time progressively responsible clerical/administrative experience including one year of the administrative supervisory experience as described in "1" above; or

  4. Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must possess the one year of administrative or supervisory experience as described in "1" above. Education above the high school level may be substituted for the general clerical/administrative experience (but not for the one year of administrative or supervisory experience described in "1" above) at a rate of 30 semester credits from an accredited college for 6 months of experience up to a maximum of 3 year.

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: $ 62,371.00

Salary Max: $ 72,275.00

How this job compares

Set against the 509 open Payroll jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 15, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$62–72K/yr
  • New York median$83–105K/yr32 salary ranges
  • US median$85–118K/yr195 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $67K, is 28% below the New York median midpoint ($94K) — in the lowest quarter of Payroll salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 46 open Payroll jobs in New York and 509 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Payroll postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 403 postings).
Education
113 of the 509 open Payroll jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 15, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.

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