Payroll & Benefits Specialist

🕒 September 11

🌵 Arizona, Colorado, +3 more states – Remote

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💵 $65k - $75k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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Nira Medical Group

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51 - 200 employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance

Nira Medical Group is a national practice platform focused on transforming neurological care by making life-changing treatment more accessible to patients. The organization empowers neurologists by providing a comprehensive range of services, allowing them to deliver world-class care. By uniting top physicians and employing a physician-led model, Nira Medical enhances healthcare outcomes through expanded access and the integration of advanced neurological practices and services under one roof. The group aims to ease administrative burdens on healthcare professionals and deliver comprehensive patient care, including ancillary services such as infusion, clinical research, and imaging.

📋 Description

• Manage the end-to-end payroll process, including regular, off-cycle, bonus, and other payrolls as needed • Review and validate payroll inputs, including new hires, terminations, compensation changes, deductions, benefits, PTO, reimbursements, garnishments, and other payroll adjustments • Perform thorough payroll reviews to ensure accuracy, completeness, and timely processing • Investigate and resolve payroll discrepancies and employee payroll questions • Partner with Finance & Accounting on payroll reporting, reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close activities • Participate in reviews of acquisition targets to identify potential payroll compliance deficiencies • Monitor state and local filing requirements, deadlines, tax rates, and regulatory changes • Complete state tax registrations for new-state expansions and coordinate payroll tax filings • Coordinate with third-party tax filers on payroll tax notices, agency correspondence, and compliance issues • Manage employee benefit programs and serve as the primary employee contact for benefits questions • Partner with brokers, carriers, third-party administrators, and external providers to resolve benefits issues • Support annual open enrollment, including system setup, employee communications, and reconciliation • Process benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations in Rippling and with benefit providers • Reconcile benefit deductions, employer contributions, and carrier invoices • Maintain accurate benefits records and timely employee-status updates • Develop and implement process improvements for payroll, tax compliance, benefits, reconciliations, and reporting • Optimize Rippling and other systems to improve workflows, controls, reporting, and employee experience

🎯 Requirements

• 3-5 years of payroll, payroll tax, benefits administration, accounting, or related experience • Proven ability to independently manage payroll for a multi-state employee population • Strong knowledge of state and local payroll tax compliance, including filings, payments, registrations, reconciliations, and tax notices • Knowledge of employee benefits administration, including enrollments, qualifying life events, deductions, and provider coordination • Ability to manage or support annual open enrollment • Proficiency with a payroll or HRIS platform; Rippling experience strongly preferred • Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail • Ability to independently manage multiple priorities, recurring deadlines, and confidential information • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to work collaboratively with Finance & Accounting, employees, and external payroll and benefits providers • Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including complex formulas, PivotTables, data analysis, reconciliations, and reporting • Familiarity with multiple state and local payroll tax jurisdictions • Experience handling payroll tax notices, audits, registrations, and agency correspondence • Accounting experience, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close support • Experience with payroll and benefits reporting and reconciliation • Experience with workflow automation, reporting tools, or process optimization initiatives

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical benefits • Dental benefits • Vision benefits • Life insurance • Disability benefits • Retirement benefits • Paid time off (PTO) • Reimbursements • Annual open enrollment support • Process improvements and technology-enabled workflows • Remote work arrangement