Senior Manager, People Operations – Payroll, Benefits, Analytics

Job not on LinkedIn

🔥 5 minutes ago

⛰️ Colorado, District of Columbia, +3 more states – Remote

⛰️ Colorado – Remote 🏛️ District of Columbia – Remote 🌽 Illinois – Remote 🦀 Maryland – Remote ☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $90k - $110k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👥 People Operations

🦅 H1B Visa Sponsor

This company has sponsored H1B visas in the past.

👻 Ghost score 0%

What it means: the chance that no one is really hiring for this job.How to read it: 60% or higher means we think this is a ghost. Lower scores are less of a worry.How we score it: age, reposts, open roles vs team size, how fast jobs close, and whether pay is listed.Fine print: an estimate from public data, not a judgment of the company. Real jobs can score high, so treat it as a hint, not a fact.

Apply Now

Find Similar Remote Jobs

Highwire

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

51 - 200 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Highwire is a company that specializes in mitigating contractor risks for various industries, such as construction, data centers, and manufacturing. They provide prequalification assessments and field applications to ensure contractor safety, financial viability, and compliance with insurance requirements. Highwire helps clients deliver projects on time and within budget by understanding and managing contractor risks, thus supporting contractor success. They cater to over 60,000 contractors by offering tools to benchmark risks, improve safety, and enhance financial performance.

📋 Description

• Own end-to-end accurate, timely and compliant semi-monthly payroll for a multistate workforce • Administer Rippling payroll configuration, employee and tax setup, reporting, integrations and issue resolution • Manage Rippling relationship and resolve payroll, tax, system and integration issues • Lead federal, state and local payroll tax administration, filings, notices, amendments and W-2 processing • Maintain payroll controls, review protocols, documentation and audit trails • Partner with Finance on payroll funding, general ledger mapping, reconciliations, accruals, invoices, workforce cost reporting, audits and forecasting • Lead benefits strategy, plan design, financial evaluation, administration, renewals, vendor management and employee communications • Analyze claims, utilization, enrollment, benchmarking and employee feedback to improve benefit programs • Administer 401(k) eligibility, enrollment, contributions, loans, distributions, corrections, compliance testing and annual audits • Support Form 5500 preparation and filing • Oversee multistate leave-of-absence administration, documentation, notices, payroll, benefits deductions, disability payments and return-to-work requirements • Build people analytics dashboards, recurring reports, workforce metrics and executive-ready insights • Partner with People and Finance leaders on headcount planning, labor forecasting, compensation analysis, workforce cost modeling and scenario planning • Establish metric definitions, reporting standards and data governance • Own payroll-related systems configuration, workflows, integrations, automation, permissions and reporting within Rippling • Optimize People processes, conduct audits, resolve data discrepancies and lead scalable cross-functional implementations • Equip People team members, managers and employees to use systems and processes effectively

🎯 Requirements

• At least seven years of progressive experience across multistate payroll, payroll tax, benefits, leave administration, HR systems, people analytics and People–Finance operations • Direct, hands-on experience processing and administering multistate payroll through Rippling, including payroll processing, employee and tax setup, deductions, reporting, configuration, integrations and complex issue resolution • Experience managing a payroll-provider relationship, including vendor performance, service delivery and issue escalation • Deep knowledge of multistate payroll and payroll tax requirements, including quarter-end and year-end processing • Demonstrated experience leading benefits plan design, renewals, financial analysis, administration, compliance and employee communication • Hands-on experience administering a 401(k) or other qualified retirement plan and executing annual plan audits, compliance testing and Form 5500 support • Experience overseeing multistate leave administration and coordinating statutory, company, disability, payroll and benefits requirements • Advanced people analytics capability, including dashboard building, complex dataset interpretation, workforce models and actionable recommendations • Strong financial acumen and experience partnering with Finance or Accounting on reconciliations, general ledger activity, audits, forecasting and workforce cost analysis • Advanced proficiency in Excel or Google Sheets, including complex formulas, pivot tables, lookups, data validation and financial or workforce modeling • Strong HR systems expertise, including configuration, workflows, integrations, automation, reporting and data governance • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Exceptional judgment, organization and attention to detail, with ability to manage competing priorities and confidential information • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business, finance, accounting, analytics or related field, or equivalent professional experience • Preferred: Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) certification • Preferred: Experience in professional services, agency, private equity-backed or similarly fast-paced distributed organizations • Preferred: M&A support, self-funded or level-funded health plans, and payroll, benefits, HRIS or vendor implementations

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary with merit-based opportunities for growth • Flexible hybrid work model tailored to your schedule and lifestyle • Generous vacation policy, including extended summer and winter breaks • Early log-off on Fridays through our Empower Hours program • 401(k) plan with employer matching • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus FSA options • Paid parental leave benefits • Commuter benefits • Annual Growth Mindset stipend for books, events, or learning experiences • Monthly technology reimbursement • Wellness benefit program for mental and physical health • 501c3 donation matching program • Mentorship and ongoing professional development opportunities • Monthly recognition and team celebrations • Employee referral and new business referral bonuses • Quarterly Highwire events and team gatherings • Dog-friendly office environment • Supportive, inclusive, and collaborative workplace • Additional perks designed to support overall well-being and growth

📊 Check your resume score for this job

Improve your chances of getting an interview by checking your resume score before you apply.

Upload Resume