The Human Resources Advisor – Payroll & Benefits Specialist serves as a key member of the Human Resources team, with primary responsibility for payroll administration, benefits administration, HRIS data integrity, and employee support.

This position requires strong hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now and Workday and will support payroll processing, employee benefits, HR systems, employee lifecycle transactions, reporting, compliance, and general Human Resources activities.

The ideal candidate is a highly detail-oriented HR professional with demonstrated payroll and benefits expertise who is comfortable working across multiple HR systems and supporting employees and managers in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

Payroll Administration – Approximately 40%

Support and/or process payroll activities using ADP Workforce Now.
Review employee timekeeping, payroll changes, deductions, earnings, taxes, and other payroll-related transactions for accuracy.
Process new hires, terminations, transfers, compensation changes, bonuses, deductions, and other employee changes impacting payroll.
Audit payroll data prior to processing and research discrepancies.
Partner with managers to resolve timekeeping and payroll issues.
Respond to employee questions regarding pay, deductions, taxes, direct deposit, and payroll procedures.
Support payroll reconciliation, reporting, audits, and year-end activities.
Maintain accurate payroll records and documentation.
Ensure payroll practices comply with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and data accuracy.

Benefits Administration – Approximately 25%

Support day-to-day administration of employee health and welfare benefit programs.
Serve as a primary point of contact for employee benefit questions and enrollment issues.
Process and monitor benefit enrollments, changes, qualifying life events, and terminations.
Support annual Open Enrollment activities, employee communications, and benefit education.
Work with benefits administration platforms, brokers, insurance carriers, and third-party vendors.
Coordinate and reconcile benefit eligibility and enrollment information between HRIS, payroll, benefits platforms, and vendors.
Assist with life insurance and related benefit programs
Review benefit deductions and resolve discrepancies between payroll and benefit systems.
Support COBRA, leave-related benefit changes, and other benefit continuation processes as applicable.
Maintain appropriate benefits documentation and support benefit-related audits and compliance activities.

HRIS & Data Administration – Approximately 20%

Maintain accurate employee data within Workday and ADP Workforce Now.
Process employee lifecycle transactions, including hires, terminations, transfers, promotions, compensation changes, organizational changes, and personal information updates.
Audit information across HR systems to identify and correct discrepancies.
Maintain data integrity between Workday, ADP, benefits systems, and other HR platforms.
Prepare recurring and ad hoc HR, payroll, benefits, and workforce reports.
Assist with system implementations, integrations, testing, upgrades, and process improvements.
Maintain confidential employee records in accordance with company requirements.

HR Advisor Responsibilities – Approximately 15%

Respond to employee and manager questions regarding HR policies, procedures, payroll, benefits, and employment practices.
Support onboarding and offboarding activities.
Prepare and process employee documentation related to employment changes.
Assist managers with employee relations matters and escalate more complex matters to HR leadership when appropriate.
Support workplace investigations and corrective action processes as needed.
Assist with leave administration and employee status changes.
Support HR compliance activities, audits, employee communications, and HR projects.
Maintain confidentiality of employee and company information.
Partner with HR leadership and operational leaders to provide effective day-to-day HR support.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or related field preferred.
Equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered.

Experience

Minimum 5 years of progressive HR, payroll, benefits, or HRIS experience.
Demonstrated hands-on experience administering payroll in ADP Workforce Now – REQUIRED.
Demonstrated hands-on experience using Workday – REQUIRED.
Strong experience with employee benefits administration, including enrollment, eligibility, deductions, qualifying life events, and employee benefit inquiries.
Experience working with benefit administration platforms, insurance carriers, brokers, and/or third-party benefit administrators.
Experience auditing and reconciling payroll, benefits, and employee data.
Working knowledge of payroll practices and applicable wage-and-hour requirements.
General Human Resources experience supporting employee lifecycle activities.
Strong Excel, reporting, analytical, and data-management skills.
Ability to handle confidential employee and payroll information with a high degree of discretion.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with benefits administration platforms.
Experience with life/disability insurance carriers.
Experience supporting an HR/payroll or benefits system implementation or migration.
Multi-state payroll experience.
Manufacturing or multi-site HR experience.
Experience with employee relations, onboarding, leave administration, and HR compliance.
SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, CPP, CEBS or similar certification preferred.

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