Industry: Cybersecurity Services
Location: Remote – Eastern Time Zone Preferred
Assignment Type: Temp-to-Hire
Pay: $35 – $40 / hour | $80,000 salary upon conversion
Work Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM EST
Benefits: This position is eligible for medical, dental, vision, and 401(k).
About The Company:
Our client is a growing IT and cybersecurity services organization providing technology solutions to businesses in highly regulated industries.
This is a fully remote position; however, employees will be expected to travel to the once per quarter for team gatherings.
Job Description:
Our client is seeking an HR Specialist to join their growing team in a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on payroll administration and compliance. This individual will manage bi-weekly payroll activities through ADP Workforce Now while also supporting payroll taxes, unemployment administration, benefits, leaves of absence, onboarding, and other general HR functions.
The ideal candidate has 2 – 3 years of HR or payroll experience, is highly detail-oriented, and is comfortable taking ownership of payroll-related processes in a fast-moving environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage bi-weekly payroll processing through ADP Workforce Now, ensuring employee pay is processed accurately and on schedule.
- Review payroll information, deductions, compensation changes, and other data prior to processing.
- Reconcile payroll records and research discrepancies or errors as they arise.
- Respond to employee questions related to payroll, deductions, and compensation.
- Maintain organized payroll documentation and records to support internal reviews and audits.
- Partner with accounting and finance teams on payroll reconciliation and related reporting.
- Oversee federal, state, and local payroll tax requirements and ensure appropriate withholdings are maintained.
- Review unemployment claims, unemployment insurance rates, and related filings throughout the year.
- Track payroll tax deposits, returns, filing deadlines, and other regulatory requirements.
- Maintain compliance with applicable wage and hour laws and payroll regulations.
- Prepare documentation and provide support in connection with payroll or regulatory audits.
- Assist employees with benefits enrollment, plan changes, and general benefits questions.
- Provide administrative support during annual benefits open enrollment.
- Coordinate and track employee leaves, including FMLA, parental, and medical leave.
- Maintain accurate employee information within HR systems and personnel records.
- Support employee onboarding and offboarding activities.
- Assist with HR policies, documentation, compliance initiatives, and additional HR projects as needed.
- 2 – 3 years of experience within human resources, payroll administration, or a related function.
- Hands-on experience with ADP Workforce Now is required.
- Working knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll and employment regulations.
- Familiarity with payroll tax compliance and unemployment insurance administration.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to reconcile data and identify discrepancies.
- Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to appropriately handle confidential employee and payroll information.
- Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions is a plus.
- SHRM certification is not required.
- Fully remote position working Eastern Time Zone hours.
- Temp-to-hire opportunity with the potential to convert to a permanent position.
- Opportunity for long-term conversion and career growth.
- Company-paid quarterly travel for team events.
- Work with a growing organization in the IT and cybersecurity industry.
- Collaborative team environment with a fun, personable culture.
- Opportunity to take ownership of critical payroll and HR processes.
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