Payroll & Benefits Administrator

The Role: 

The Payroll & Benefits Administrator is key to the fundamental daily, weekly and monthly administrative activities behind HR, Payroll, and Benefits here at Meati.  These tasks include, but are not limited to, entering data into the human resources information system (ADP), reporting, document filing and data collection.  This role also ensures payroll is processed with speed and accuracy, including being able to serve as a liaison to employees and with third party payroll vendors to ensure payroll processing accurately reflects company specific pay policies. This role will also be an important part of ensuring our HRIS & Payroll processes properly reflect employee withholdings and deductions.  Lastly, this role will also partake in benefits administration, handling tasks such as conducting audits, processing enrollments, monitoring carrier connections, and ensuring the company is being compliant.  This is a great opportunity for a candidate who is looking to enter and grow within Meati’s HR Organization.

Responsibilities:

• Provides HR support with the ability to transact all employee lifecycle activities in a timely manner and no errors, to include the following: new hire paperwork coordination and onboarding, end of employment coordination and paperwork, severance package creation, job/position transfers, etc.
• Ensures payroll is processed with speed and accuracy, including being able to serve as a liaison to employees and with third party payroll vendors to ensure payroll processing accurately reflects company specific pay policies
• Audits employee pay records and reconciles totals by department, location, country, etc.
• Coordinates third party payroll system implementations and upgrades. Interprets pay policies, (e.g., vacation, LOA, disability, workers compensation, union contracts, government regulations, withholding exemptions, etc.) and ensures appropriate amounts/deductions are calculated and applied to the various accounts correctly.
• Verifies compliance with federal and state payroll requirements; stays current with changes in the law.
• May assist with audits of internal records, workers compensation, tax filings and related documentation.
• Documents payroll processes and procedures
• Gain expertise on HRIS functionality and transactions, including the ability to process and troubleshoot logins and tactical issues.
• Performs daily, weekly and monthly audits of company HRIS, carrier connections, employee files and documents
• Prepare paperwork and training documents for various classes, trainings, seminars and others as assigned.
• Support the HR team with mass template creation, mail merges, notification creation, mailing, HR case submission and the processing of unemployment claims; This will be done by routinely updating the employee contact lists, attending team calls, reporting assistance and escalations.
• Prepare and maintain reports regarding employee data, benefits administration, new hires, terminations and transfers
• Create, maintain, and update departmental and onboarding processes as needed.
• Complete additional projects as assigned by HR Leadership

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Accounting, Business Administration, or in a related field, or 4 years of equivalent experience in lieu of degree 
• 1 to 2 years or more of professional work experience in an HR, Payroll or Benefits capacity preferred.
• Must be able to exercise and maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Must be able to pay attention to detail, maintaining a very high level of minimizing errors in data entry, processing tasks related to Payroll, Benefits and HR
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Office (Word/Excel/Outlook/PowerPoint/Teams).
• Must have excellent time management and communication skills (oral and written).
• Must be detail-oriented, possess excellent teamwork and interpersonal skills, with the ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Must have strong mathematical and analytical skills.

Compensation:

Range starts at $56,000 - $77,000 / yearly, including a potential annual bonus and equity. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.