Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Atlanta, GA

The ideal candidate will possess strong interpersonal skills and critical thinking skills and will be responsible for assisting the Payroll & Benefits Administrator with a semi-monthly and monthly payroll as well as administering benefits.

Hybrid position: Work will be performed both in office and remotely.

Responsibilities:

- Accurately, prepare and process both semi-monthly & monthly payroll

- Reconcile pay discrepancies to ensure data integrity

- Verify accuracy of payroll earnings and deductions.

- Maintain and update payroll information regularly

- Maintenance of federal, state, and local taxes accounts and assist with the setup of new tax accounts in new states

- Manage 401k and Roth deductions and funding contributions in a timely manner.

- Process new hire and termination paperwork accurately according to each states laws.

- Maintain confidentiality of sensitive information

- Process verification of employments

- Assist with the annual Workmans Compensation audit

- Manage benefit enrollments in several platforms

- Review and assist with open enrollment and qualifying events as they relate to benefits

- Reconcile benefit statements

- Process journal entries in accounting software as they relate to payroll & benefits.

- Assist employees with questions related to payroll and benefits

- Stay up to date and comply with federal, state, and local laws as they relate to payroll and benefits

- Assist with the annual 401k external audit

- Review and assist with end reporting such as W-2, 1099 and 1095-C.

- Reconcile payroll tax accounts and benefit insurance accounts.

Requirements:

- BS degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources Management, or relevant field is preferred

- Must have at least 3-5 years of multi-state payroll processing and benefit administration experience

- Knowledge of federal and state labor and payroll laws and regulation

- Knowledge of benefit laws and regulations.

- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information

- Strong knowledge of various software applications especially Microsoft Excel: Pivot Table, V-Lookups, filters, etc.

- Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.

- High level analytical and problem-solving skills and strong attention to detail.

- Possess strong organization skills working on multiple tasks with varying deadlines