Job Title: Payroll & HRIS Specialist (Ceridian Dayforce)

Location: Wood Dale, IL (fully onsite role - 5 days per week)

Salary: Up to 110k depending on experience

Bonus: 5% Annual Bonus

• Experience using Ceridian Dayforce for payroll strongly preferred

- Strong payroll background on complex pay policies – unions, shifts, differentials, etc

- Must be tech savvy and willing to learn not just payroll but the HRIS

- Extremely detail oriented and accurate

- This is a complex payroll software and they must have a strong understanding leading payroll in a work environment where there are salaried employees, hourly employees, weekly payroll and bi-weekly payroll, employees with shift differentials, union & non-union, etc

- Back end work like setting up a job into the system, how to reverse out checks, deduction codes, etc

- Experienced leading payroll for multiple plants is a Plus

- Experienced with auditing

- Must have strong understanding of how payroll is affected by FSA, HSA, 401k, ACA, etc

- Experience in multi-state payroll processing

- *They need to be able to understand when there is an issue with Ceridian, work with Ceridian on the issue by putting in a ticket, and reporting it back to the team so everyone understands. This person is going to need to own this role and be the subject matter expert that can teach others if needed. Will need to understand and explain issues that come up to leadership

Payroll and HRIS Specialist

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for full cycle payroll processing and resolving issues with Ceridian Dayforce.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Full cycle payroll processing for weekly and bi-weekly payroll.
• Communicate to leadership regarding deadlines for timesheet review and changes.
• Review timesheets for accuracy, coordinate supervisor approvals, and make corrections as required.
• Ensure changes in 401-K were correctly received into Ceridian.
• Review and analyze payroll register to ensure accuracy.
• Ensure deductions are accurate and are compliant with legal requirements including FSA, HSA, 401-K.
• Submit weekly and bi-weekly payroll.
• Enter changes into Ceridian including new hires, compensation changes, title changes, entitlement changes, terminations, etc.
• Work with Ceridian to setup garnishments.
• Process manual checks.
• Responsible for opening and closing states for SIT and SUTA.
• Responsible for EEO-1 reporting.
• Responsible for all year-end activities related to payroll.
• Maintain payroll records.
• Assist with audits and reconciliations.
• Review union invoices for accuracy.
• Create ad hoc reports.
• Responsible for maintaining and troubleshooting all issues with Ceridian including but not limited to:
• Organization setup
• Jobs and job names
• Pay Groups
• Pay Policy
• Employee Group
• Entitlement Policy
• Punch Policy
• Forms
• Change Codes
• Security setup
• Setting and/or changing file feeds / EDI’s.
• Navigate and resolve all payroll and HRIS issues.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Knowledge, understanding, and experience with complex payroll systems
• Demonstrated understanding of legislative regulations regarding payment, overtime, deductions, tax tables, benefits, etc.
• Detail oriented
• Analytical
• Accurate
• Problem Solver
• Effective Communication
• Deadline Driven
• Time Management and Organizational Skills
• Ability to handle extremely confidential and sensitive data, requiring discretion.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• 3 years of recent experience in payroll processing within complex payroll systems
• Ceridian Dayforce experience strongly preferred
• Technically savvy.
• Computer proficiency in MS Office.