Benefit - Payroll Specialist - Christian Health Care Center

About Christian Health:
We have had the privilege of caring for those in need for more than a century. Founded on the belief that everyone has the right to exceptional care, today we continue to provide quality care and services for our many residents, patients, and clients. Caring is not simply what we do, it is who we are.

Why Join Our Team
Across our four campuses, eleven communities, five service offerings, and hospital, we are ultimately one unified team. Together, we nurture a compassionate, collaborative culture that enables continuous improvement and allows our team members to learn, grow, and shine in their careers. Surround yourself with people who care about making a difference – come join us!

We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Benefit – Payroll Specialist to join our Human Resources department.  The Benefit – Payroll Specialist is responsible for a variety of tasks related to employee benefits and payroll administration. Performs generalist Human Resources functions for the department. Demonstrates an understanding of, and embraces, the mission statement of Christian Health.

Competencies:

Benefits:

• Serves as a point of contact to new hires for problem resolution related to benefit and payroll related questions. Follows up on day-to-day inquiries.
• Assists with employee walk-ins for benefit and payroll related questions.
• Notifies full-time new employees of benefit eligibility by mailing benefits packets.
• Meets with new employees to assist with employee benefit plan selections.
• Ensures timely enrollment of full-time new employees in medical, dental and/or FSA.
• Updates Human Resources Information System with full-time benefits/waivers, full-time benefit accruals, part-time benefit accruals, long-term disability (LTD) and group term life (GTL).
• Responsible for reviewing, reconciling and approving the following benefit related invoices; Cigna Admin, stop loss, Boston Mutual and Mass Mutual.
• Notifies part-time new employees of dental and FSA eligibility.
• Ensures timely enrollment of part-time new employees in dental and FSA.
• Notifies and enrolls full-time employees in group life insurance benefit.
• Assists with year-end letter communication and mailing.
• Assists with open enrollment communication and mailing.
• Informs carrier and updates Human Resources information system of open enrollment changes.
• Removes benefit time taken in previous year but paid in the new year.
• Assists with wellness updates in Human Resources Information Systems.
• Performs special projects for Human Resources Department.

Payroll:

• Tracks, logs and sends reminders for 3-month and annual performance appraisals in Trakstar.
• Enters new hires into Human Resources Information System (HRIS).
• Enters information into payroll batch.
• Processes rate adjustments in HRIS.
• Completes day-to-day system updates (address change, name change, direct deposit, etc.). Processes payment for payroll invoices.
• Coordinates with department timekeepers to ensure accurate reporting of hours.
• After payroll is processed, runs payroll reports and saves on shared server.
• Processes check requests and mails payroll garnishment checks.
• Backs-out holiday accrual information.
• Updates Human Resources dashboard with required reports.
• Processes payroll, auditing payroll data entry, and ensuring timely transmittal of payroll in the absence of the Payroll Director.
• Enters workman compensation claims and collaborates with Employee Health on return to work information. Tracks employee compliance throughout workman compensation claim.

Schedule: 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday – Friday.

Education: Bachelor's degree Human Resources, business, psychology or other related field required.

Christian Health offers a wide variety of benefits to full-time employees that includes Health Insurance, a Dental Program, Paid Vacation and Holidays, 401k, Life Insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program and Direct Deposit.

Demonstrates compliance with the CH ASPIRE Standards of Performance.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of (2) years experience in the areas of benefit and payroll, preferably in a health care setting.
• Previous experience in a payroll system required.
• Previous experience in ADP systems strongly preferred.  
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills required. 
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and experience with applicant tracking systems. 

If you are interested in this great opportunity, please apply today on our website listed below.

https://christianhealthnj.org/careers