Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Objective:

Administer activities relating to the company payroll, benefits and Human Resources Information System. Manage all Health Care benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, 401 (k), and COBRA. Processes bi-weekly payroll for the Noblesville, Indiana location.

Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

• Process bi-weekly payroll for hourly and salaried employees. Reconcile payroll prior to transmission and validates reports. Manages workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely.


• Design, recommend, and implement new benefits programs. Examine possible plan designs and benefits cost changes.


• Negotiate with service providers for best plans, options and rates.  


• Maintain employee data in Human Resources Information System, including voluntary deductions, wage garnishments, taxes, etc.


• Compile payroll data reports, including month- and year-end reports, ensuring reports are accurate and distributed in a timely manner.


• Ensure compliance with applicable federal, state, local and regulatory reporting requirements and guidelines; remain current on new legislation and regulatory rulings that impact payroll.


• Assist employees with payroll issues and errors, and process payroll adjustments to correct errors.  Respond to employee questions and verify time records are correct and approved. Audit time records for errors.


• Process bi-weekly reports for various departments, including Finance and Production.  


• Actively participates in developing and implementing human resource departmental goals, objectives, programs, processes, policies and systems


• Explains, notifies and, advises employees regarding company benefits plans through administration of the company’s Health and Welfare and Ancillary Benefit Plans. 


• Assists employees with claims issues and updating employee benefit coverage records.


• Prepares and distributes informational literature to employees.


• Compiles benefit data and prepares as necessary or required.


• Receives, reconciles, audits and submits for payment monthly billing.


• Recommends competitive changes in benefits that also simultaneously satisfy and retain employees.


• Develops and maintains superior vendor relationship to ensure overall optimum and competitive benefit plan and services for company and its employees. 


• Administers the 401(k) plan and completes yearly compliance reporting.


• Plans, develops and schedules annual benefit enrollment and provides associated benefit training as required.


• Provides new employee benefit orientation.


• Administers COBRA continuation benefits.


• Administers the FMLA function while maintaining compliance with all local, state and federal regulations.


• All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to speak read, write and understand English


• Bachelor’s degree required


• Five years’ experience working in the payroll field