HRIS, Payroll & Benefits Specialist

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Patriot Bank, N.A.

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1994

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

Banking • Finance

Patriot Bank, N. A. is a full-service financial institution headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut. It offers a wide range of personal, business, and commercial banking services, including personal checking and savings accounts, certificates of deposit, mortgage loans, and home equity options. For businesses, it provides small business checking accounts, commercial real estate loans, and various lines of credit. The bank is committed to community involvement and supports local educational programs, such as the Junior Achievement Career Speaker Series. It also offers digital solutions like online and mobile banking, ensuring accessibility and convenience for its customers.

📋 Description

• Process and validate accurate, timely full-cycle multi-state payroll, including regular and off-cycle payrolls, employee changes, earnings and deductions, garnishments, taxes, final pay, retroactive adjustments, timecard review, audits, reconciliations, funding files, reports, and employee inquiries • Research routine payroll discrepancies and escalate complex matters as appropriate • Serve as a Paylocity payroll resource across HRIS, Benefits, Time & Labor, Reporting, Workflows, Onboarding, Employee Self-Service, document management, and related modules • Maintain and audit employee, position, compensation, department, manager, work location, employment status, benefit, and other HRIS data • Support testing and maintenance of Paylocity workflows, approval chains, custom fields, templates, reports, and process documentation • Support HRIS enhancements, releases, integrations, vendor tickets, and process improvements with HR, Paylocity, IT, Finance, Compliance, and other stakeholders • Partner with Finance on payroll registers, tax liabilities, benefit deductions, payroll funding, general ledger mapping, cost centers, journal entries, and variances • Support quarter-end and year-end payroll activities, including tax reconciliation, W-2 review, corrections, and coordination with vendors and agencies • Support employee benefits administration, including enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, COBRA coordination, carrier updates, open enrollment, deductions, invoices, notices, compliance reporting, and inquiries • Support Paylocity Time & Labor and other timekeeping platforms; audit timecards, punches, exceptions, approvals, overtime, PTO, leave coding, and accruals • Support recruitment, onboarding, and offboarding activities • Prepare and validate HR, payroll, benefits, compliance, turnover, headcount, compensation, timekeeping, and workforce reports and analyses • Maintain confidentiality, segregation of duties, audit-ready records, and compliance with Bank policies, controls, recordkeeping requirements, and applicable laws • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated proficiency in full-cycle payroll processing, payroll controls, reconciliations, payroll taxation, wage-and-hour requirements, and resolving or appropriately escalating payroll discrepancies • Ability to explain payroll calculations and controls, analyze payroll registers, identify errors, and document corrective actions • Strong attention to detail, accuracy, follow-through, analytical ability, troubleshooting skills, and sound judgment • Ability to manage confidential information with discretion and provide responsive service to employees and managers • Ability to manage payroll calendars, vendor timelines, multiple deadlines, and competing priorities • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Bachelor’s degree in a related field preferred; equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and payroll or HRIS experience may be considered • Minimum of three years of progressive HR operations experience, including at least three years of direct, hands-on full-cycle payroll processing • Experience with multi-state payroll, HRIS administration, benefits administration, timekeeping, reconciliations, and employee lifecycle processes • Two to three years of recent hands-on Paylocity experience preferred; comparable experience with another major payroll or HRIS platform may be considered • Experience administering employee benefits, reconciling invoices and deductions, maintaining eligibility and election data, and supporting compliance and audit documentation • Advanced Excel and Microsoft 365 skills • Working knowledge of HR and payroll data governance, confidential records handling, system controls, audit support, and compliance expectations in a regulated environment • CPP or FPC preferred • SHRM-CP or PHR preferred; advanced HR certifications are a plus but are not required • Paylocity product training or certification, or equivalent demonstrated system proficiency, is a plus

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote work arrangement • Occasional travel to Bank offices, branches, and business-related events • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities • Equal Employment Opportunity protections