Flex HR provides strategic human resources outsourcing and consulting support
Payroll Manager – Human Resources
Location
Illinois
Posted
86 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Payroll Manager – Human Resources
Flex HR
• Prepare and submit payrolls for multiple clients, managing a portfolio of 6-12 clients. • Follow appropriate workflows and procedures for the payroll department. • Ensure all employees are paid on time via live check or direct deposit. • Screen time-worked inputs for calculating, coding, or other errors. • Calculate and process Federal & State tax and social security with-holdings along with other deductions including insurance, benefits, 401(k) contributions and company match. • Review and process payroll adjustments, including vacation, sick and other time off. • Collect banking information for direct deposit setup and initiate deposits on paydays. • Maintain knowledge of rules and laws which govern payroll administration practices including taxation, benefits, and state & federal regulations. • Ensure that payroll-related transactions are processed in compliance with external and internal policies. • Perform actions necessary to track and determine regular and overtime pay, and factors commission-based income or bonuses into an employee's salary. • Assist HR Department with open enrollment by manually entering new elections. • Process and monitor garnishment orders and other issues that impact payroll specifications. • Processing all employee terminations and are completed in the payroll system. • Generate accrual entries as needed. • Reconcile errors and maintain/document all payroll records. • Reconcile general ledger regarding payroll transactions. • Detect and process issues related to uncollected payroll. • Responsible for double checking all new hire information, and existing employee changes before every payroll run. • Handle all tax change requests in the payroll systems. • Field and respond to payroll inquiries and resolves discrepancies.
Job Requirements
- Associate degree in accounting or business administration
- Minimum of 2-3 years of high-volume payroll related experience
- Knowledge of benefits administration
- Knowledge of certified payroll processing requirements
- Experience running payroll within multiple US States
- Demonstrated excellence in customer service and written communications
- Excellent Excel & report writing skills
- Payroll knowledge necessary for this position.
- Experience with multiple payroll platforms is helpful. Workday, Netchex, Paychex and Paylocity payroll systems experience a plus. We are currently looking for a Paylocity expert.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical/dental/vision benefits with a significant portion of the benefit premium covered by the company
- Health savings account, flexible spending account and dependent care spending account
- Company paid employee assistance program (EAP) and short-term disability
- 401(k) plan with a 4% company match
- Flexible paid time off starting at 3 weeks per year; increases with length of service
- 12 paid holidays annually
- Educational assistance
- Company wellness program offers multiple presentations and provides access to one-on-one sessions with a wellness coach, with partial reimbursement available
- $250 employee referral bonus
- Monthly tech reimbursement
- Birthday: “Day of birthday off”
- Continuous training and development
- Virtual Flex Fun Club
- Employee discount savings program
- Great remote working environment (energetic, friendly, fun, and collaborative)
- Access to financial advisor for financial planning and consulting
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