Payroll and Benefits Specialist

• 3+ years of hands-on payroll, benefits, or HR operations experience with meaningful payroll responsibility.
• Experience independently processing payroll or serving as a primary payroll administrator; weekly payroll experience strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of payroll taxation, including taxable and non-taxable earnings, reimbursements, deductions, and fringe benefits.
• Experience administering employee benefits and reconciling carrier invoices against payroll deductions.
• Strong spreadsheet skills and comfort working with detailed payroll and reconciliation data.
• Exceptional attention to detail, sound judgment, and the ability to recognize when a calculation or system result does not look right.
• Strong organization and follow-through across recurring weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines.
• Clear, professional communication with employees, managers, Accounting, brokers, consultants, and vendors.
• High discretion with confidential employee and payroll information and a strong sense of ownership through resolution.

Multi-state payroll experience.

• Experience with Rippling, Employee Navigator, Human Interest, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.
• Experience with 401(k) administration and contribution reconciliation.
• Experience administering FMLA or other employee leaves.
• Experience supporting payroll year-end activities and resolving payroll tax notices.