Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Full Time, Monday – Friday, 9am-5:30pm

Compensation: $60,000-$70,000

Benefits:

Health & Dental, Vision, Life, Critical Illness, Short-Term and Long Term Disability.; Wellness Incentive Program, Employee Assistance Program: 401K matching program; Flextime, summer hours, paid vacation, personal time off, and a paid day off dedicated to Diversity and Inclusion; Causal and fun environment; Lively social calendar; Generous employee discount on all our cool gear; On-going learning opportunities

Responsibilities:

· Work closely with HR, Accounting and HRIS.

· Process payroll biweekly.

· Process wage garnishments.

· Support department with new state payroll tax setup.

· Track and validate employee vacation and personal time.

· Run and analyze various reports in Excel.

· Assist with year-end preparation, such as W2 and 1095-C forms, as well as various compliance reporting.

· Conduct regular audits of payroll documents.

· Process Canadian payroll on an as needed basis.

· Responsible for the administration of all benefits and retirement programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, voluntary short- and long-term disability, and 401(k) plan.

· Verifies and processes qualifying event changes as well as COBRA administration.

· Monthly reconciling of group insurance invoices

· Provide support during annual Open Enrollment

· Resolve password resets and answer employee inquiries regarding time off requests utilizing the HRIS.

· Support Accounting with required reporting.

· Support the team in any other administrative duties related to payroll, benefits, and human resources.

Qualifications/Experience

· Minimum 3 years’ experience as payroll specialist.

· Bachelors in business administration, human resources, or relevant field

· Good understanding of year-end reporting.

· Basic knowledge and experience with benefit administration.

· Strong multi-state payroll processing experience is a requirement. (CT, CA, NY)

· Experience with HRIS (Ceridian Dayforce is preferred, but not required)

· Experience with wage attachments and garnishments.

· Understanding of data recording and analysis.

· Invoice reconciliation.

· Outstanding organizational ability with great attention to detail

· Excellent communication skills

If you are interested in learning more and qualified, please contact Damaris Diaz @ Damaris.Diaz@expresspros.com