Payroll Specialist

About Sound Physicians:

Headquartered in Tacoma, WA, Sound Physicians is a physician-founded and led, national, multi-specialty medical group made up of more than 1,000 business colleagues and 4,000 physicians, APPs, CRNAs, and nurses practicing in 400-plus hospitals across 45 states. Founded in 2001, and with specialties in emergency and hospital medicine, critical care, anesthesia, and telemedicine, Sound has a reputation for innovating and leading through an ever-changing healthcare landscape — with patients at the center of the universe.

Sound Physicians offers a competitive benefits package inclusive of the items below, and more:

• Medical insurance, Dental insurance, and Vision insurance
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending account
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match
• Paid time off (PTO) begins accruing immediately upon start date at a rate of 15 days per year, in accordance with Sound's PTO policy
• Ten company-paid holidays per year

About the Role:
The Payroll Specialist is responsible for accurate computation and execution of monthly and semi-monthly and other periodic compensation transactions. Able to communicate effectively and resolve colleague's questions with consistently demonstrated service excellence.

Essential duties and responsibilities:

• Coordinate with Human Resources and Physician Services as necessary for initial processing of newly hired colleagues.
• Maintain colleague compensation files.
• Coordinate documentation processing for terminated colleagues.
• Review scheduling, shift assignment and revenue reports from operating units supporting payroll compensation.
• Coordinate with operating units to assure timely and accurate submission of information.
• Perform compensation calculations in time for scheduled pay dates.
• Perform timely inputs and review within payroll processing service to submit accurate payrolls.
• Maintain and review criteria for bonus determination; document and report bonus determinations.
• Maintain and review documentation for colleague advances and other transactions.
• Maintain and review documentation for levies, garnishments and similar transactions.
• Research and resolve various tax questions with payroll service.
• Research and resolve colleague's compensation questions to colleague's satisfaction in a service oriented manner.
• Advise management about general and specific issues regarding compensation payments, particularly those issues related to perceptions of communication with colleagues.
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned by manager.

Special knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform your job:

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent personal organizational abilities
• Excellent oral communication, good written communication skills
• Demonstrated service excellence (both internal and external customers)
• Able to handle confidential material in a professional manner
• Ability to interact and communicate with individuals at all levels of organization
• Strong interpersonal skills to handle sensitive situations and confidential information. Position continually requires demonstrated poise, tact, diplomacy, and good judgment.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, comfortable with other MS Office Suite applications
• Knowledge of relevant state and federal laws, including COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA and FMLA and local taxes helpful.

Education and Experience:

Education

• Minimum: College-level tax, business or accounting courses desirable

Experience

• Minimum: At least 3 years compensation processing experience.
• Preferred: 3 years in compensation experience in $25mm or larger organization with multiple business locations and operating units, in physician management or healthcare field

Other details:

• Hybrid -for those located in greater Tacoma/Seattle area, 2 days a week in Tacoma office 3 days from home
• 100% Remote for those not in greater Tacoma/Seattle area
• Sitting at desk for up to eight hours (w/breaks)
• Occasional work requirements on weekends or beyond normal daytime work hours associated with month-end closings (once monthly)
• Working on computer for up to eight hours (w/breaks)

Pay Range: $25-$29. Exact pay will be determined based on candidate experience and geographical location.

This job description reflects the present requirements of the position. As duties and responsibilities change and develop, the job description will be reviewed and subject to amendment.