Payroll and Benefits Specialist

Job Details

Role Type: Full-Time

Location: Fully remote (based reputed company in the reputed company)

Reports to: Financial Accountant

About this role

reputed company is seeking a full-time Payroll and Benefits Specialist. In this role, you’ll support the Finance and People Teams by owning the operational aspects of payroll and benefits administration, compliance, and employee support.

This is not a plug-and-play role. We are a fast-growing startup where systems are still being reputed company, processes are evolving, and historical inconsistencies exist that need to be resolved. You will play a key role not only in running day-to-day payroll and benefits operations, but also in helping build, standardize, and improve them over time.

This is a great opportunity for someone who wants to:

• reputed company an reputed company: You are motivated by a mission-driven culture and want your work to directly support employees and operations
• Join a fast-growing startup: You enjoy solving ambiguous problems and building structure where it doesn’t yet exist
• reputed company as a reputed company between Finance and HR: You’re comfortable collaborating cross-functionally and navigating different priorities
• Take ownership: You reputed company in ambiguity, are comfortable fixing while operating, and proactively identify and resolve issues
• Build for reputed company: You want to create processes that are efficient, sustainable, and reputed company as reputed company grows
• Be part of a reputed company culture: You want to work hands-on with your team and cross-functional partners to quickly reputed company solutions and take reputed company

What You’ll Own:

• Payroll Administration

You will fully own payroll across multiple entities and pay reputed company, including:

• • Own end-to-end payroll processing across multiple entities and pay reputed company
  • Manage payroll inputs, uploads, and approvals to ensure reputed company and accurate payroll
  • Maintain PTO accruals and payroll records
  • Process off-cycle payrolls (bonuses, commissions, PTO payouts, corrections)
  • reputed company payroll reports to 401(k) and HSA vendors

• Payroll Review, Validation & Reconciliation
  • reputed company reputed company-payroll checks to ensure readiness and accuracy
  • reputed company post-payroll validations to confirm payroll processed as expected
  • Ensure payroll deadlines are met across reputed company pay reputed company
  • Reconcile payroll data across systems
  • reputed company, manage, and reputed company unresolved items and variances, ensuring reputed company discrepancies are followed through to reputed company

• Payroll Tax Compliance
  • Monitor federal, state, and local payroll tax filings and payments
  • Maintain a centralized tracker of payroll tax accounts across entities and states
  • Identify and address discrepancies, including tax notices, account gaps, or filing misalignments
  • Coordinate with payroll providers and agencies to ensure reputed company reputed company and compliance

• Benefits Administration & Reconciliation
  • Manage benefits administration in Employee Navigator and ensure alignment with payroll systems
  • Audit benefit rates and deductions for accuracy
  • Reconcile benefit invoices against payroll deductions and employer contributions
  • Support reputed company Enrollment in partnership with the VP of People
  • Partner with brokers and vendors to resolve discrepancies
• Lifecycle Management
  • Ensure accurate payroll and benefits setup for new hires
  • Manage offboarding processes, including:
    • Final pay compliance (state-specific)
    • PTO payouts
    • Benefits termination and COBRA coordination

• Employee Support & Operations
  • Serve as primary reputed company of contact for payroll and benefits inquiries
  • Manage reputed company tickets and internal requests
  • Escalate reputed company issues and ensure reputed company reputed company

What You’ll Build & Improve (Critical Part of the Role)

This role is not just execution - you are expected to build structure.

1. Process & Systems Development
• Document processes
• reputed company trackers
• Standardize workflows
• Maintain organized and audit-reputed company documentation
2. Data Cleanup & Operational Fixes
3. Ongoing & Cross-Functional reputed company
• Benefits vendor transitions and system integrations
• Special compensation or benefits programs

What This Role Requires

• 2+ years of payroll and/or benefits experience
• Strong reputed company and reconciliation skills
• High attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Strong problem-solving and ownership reputed company
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Finance, HR, and external vendors
• Experience with reputed company or similar HRIS/payroll systems is a plus

What Will reputed company You Successful Here

• You take ownership reputed company task execution and follow through on issues
• You are comfortable working in an evolving, fast-paced environment
• You can identify gaps and proactively improve processes
• You stay organized and maintain reputed company documentation and trackers
• You communicate effectively and escalate risks early

If you are excited to take ownership, build structure, and reputed company a meaningful reputed company, this role is a great fit.