Payroll and Benefits Specialist

🔥 12 hours ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $30 - $33 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Magnificent Differences Consulting, LLC

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1 - 10 employees

Founded 2021

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Healthcare • Logistics

Magnificent Differences Consulting, LLC is a B2B HR and business consulting firm specializing in human resources, talent acquisition, and outsourced HR/business solutions for associations and nonprofits. With over 25 years of experience, MDC delivers strategic recruitment, employee relations support, career coaching, and process/technology optimization to help organizations build winning cultures and achieve their strategic goals. The firm also invests a portion of revenue into career services for underrepresented jobseekers and emphasizes measurable outcomes such as high client satisfaction and reduced recruitment timelines.

📋 Description

• Execute end-to-end, multi-state payroll for MDC and assigned client accounts on established schedules • Validate and reconcile timesheets, leave balances, earnings, deductions, and payroll reports; secure required approvals • Process employee status changes, pay adjustments, bonuses, special pays, garnishments, and other payroll updates • Coordinate payroll tax registrations, filings, notices, and quarterly and year-end reconciliations with providers and state agencies • Administer benefit enrollments, changes, terminations, and open enrollment; coordinate with carriers to resolve discrepancies • Reconcile benefits and retirement invoices and funding reports against payroll deductions and employer contributions • Calculate retirement contributions and transmit required files • Support leave-of-absence administration and coordinate related pay and benefit changes • Respond to employee payroll and benefits questions, resolve discrepancies, and escalate complex issues to the HR Manager • Maintain payroll and benefits system data, troubleshoot routine issues, support testing and validation, and keep records, calendars, SOPs, and checklists current • Report to the HR Manager and identify opportunities to improve efficiency

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience • 5+ years of experience owning end-to-end, multi-state payroll and benefits administration • Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) preferred • Paylocity experience strongly preferred • Working knowledge of multi-state payroll, earnings, deductions, taxes, and payroll schedules • Knowledge of benefits enrollment requirements, contribution rules, deductions, and payroll integration • Proficiency with payroll, HRIS, benefits, and retirement platforms, including reporting, imports, and data validation • Ability to document procedures and checklists clearly • Ability to handle sensitive information confidentially

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits administration responsibilities, including enrollment, changes, terminations, and open enrollment • Retirement plan contributions, employer matches, loan repayments, and catch-up contributions • At-will employment • Equal employment opportunity and reasonable disability accommodations