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a. Approve amending Fiscal Year 2019-20 Auditor-Controller budget (1110-AUD001-8372-001) in reallocating one (1) Accountant Auditor III (20B22) to one (1) Auditor-Controller Analyst I (20B24); and
b. Direct the Auditor-Controller and County Administrative Office to incorporate the approved changes in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve amending Fiscal Year 2019-20 Auditor-Controller budget (1110-AUD001-8372-001) in reallocating one (1) Accountant Auditor III (20B22) to one (1) Auditor-Controller Analyst I (20B24); and
b. Direct the Auditor-Controller and County Administrative Office to incorporate the approved changes in the Fiscal Year 2019-20 Adopted Budget.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The vacancy of an Accountant Auditor III position has created the opportunity to reorganize the Payroll Division within the Auditor-Controller's Office (ACO) to a more efficient and effective long-term structure. This will involve moving higher end management functions from existing management positions to one position to ensure a single point of accountability and responsibility for payroll functions. In addition, this vacancy allows the ACO to address the complexity of the combined duties that will be performed by this position.
This change is driven by the shift in technology from mainframe to pc based and cloud-based systems which has moved substantial system configuration planning and design work to the payroll function. This change will also address the increased size of the payroll unit responsibility (an addition of 25% or 1,000 paychecks over last ten years) and new complex reporting and compliance issues due to legislative actions such as the ACA, and Tax Cuts and Jobs Acts requirements.
Approval of this reallocation request will allow the ACO to recruit a payroll professional who possesses the knowledge and experience necessary to handle the management-level work and oversight ...
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