Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Payroll and Benefits Specialist

BL Companies is growing, and were looking for a detail-oriented Payroll and Benefits Specialist to join our Human Resources team! This role is perfect for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and enjoys multitasking.

As a Payroll and Benefits Specialist youll play a crucial role in our payroll functions, ensuring pay is processed on time, accurately, and in compliance with government regulations as well as support human resources benefits functions. Youll serve as a key liaison between internal teams and external partners, ensuring smooth payroll and benefits processes from start to finish.

The ideal candidate can navigate changing situations, manage multidisciplinary team communications, and always maintains professionalism.

This position will be based in our Meriden office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Implements, maintains, and reviews payroll processing systems to ensure timely and accurate processing of payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions.
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Prepares and maintains accurate records and reports of payroll transactions.
• Ensures compliance with federal, multi-state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Responsible for W-2s, annual reporting, and internal tracking spreadsheets.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Manages the processing of payroll, including managing employee data, time sheet information reporting and importing into payroll software, compiling payroll statistics, maintaining payroll control records and reconciliations, and processing data within payroll software system.
• Works closely with Accounting and payroll vendor to establish proper coding of taxes and other benefit related processing, such as 401k and other benefits.
• Prepares accounting entries for all payroll related data/accruals for Accounting to enter into accounting software
• Records employee information such as personal data, compensation, benefits, tax data, and attendance.
• Compiles and maintains records for use in employee benefits administration.
• Participates in benefits administration to include claims resolution, change reporting, and approving invoices for payment.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field preferred. 8 - 10 years of related experience preferred
• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function; including preparation, reconciling, internal controls, and payroll taxes.
• Knowledge of human resources benefits functions.
• Proficient with payroll and benefits software.
• Strong time management and prioritization; understanding payroll timelines and commitment to meet the deadlines.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite and related software.

BL Companies is 100% employee owned, giving us a competitive edge and a unique distinction from most other companies. We offer a competitive benefit package which includes 6 paid holidays plus the week from Christmas to New Years paid, generous PTO, Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, disability insurance, life insurance, 401k matching, and our Employee Stock Ownership Plan. We are an ENR Top 500 firm that provides engineering, architecture, land surveying, and environmental consulting services to the public and private sectors. BL has 18 offices and is expanding.

Our employee owners are capable of being successful working in hybrid environments, and we are now offering opportunities to continue in this setting.