Payroll and Benefits Specialist

About the role

The Redesign Group is looking for a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to run day-to-day payroll and help with employee leave and benefits administration across our US, Canadian, UK, and French operations. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role for someone who is detail-oriented, comfortable owning payroll processing end to end, and ready to grow their scope as we expand internationally.

• Own full-cycle US and Canada payroll processing, keeping every pay periodaccurateand on time
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for UK and France payroll, working with our third-party payroll providers
• Keep payroll dataaccuratein Rippling, including employee changes, pay adjustments, and terminations
• Look into and help resolve payroll tax notices (unemployment insurance, withholding), working with payroll providers and tax agencies as needed
• Help reconcile payroll and benefits, keeping payroll deductions, benefits invoices, and general ledger entries aligned
• Support compliance-related audits (e.g., ERISA, workers’ compensation, payroll tax) by preparing payroll and benefits documentation as directed by Finance and People Operations

• Handle leave request intake and check initial eligibility against policy
• Coordinate the pay impact of leave with payroll processing
• Track leave case status and manage return-to-work logistics
• Partner with People Operations on compliance review for complex or unclear leave cases

• Answer employee questions about benefits enrollment, coverage, and plan details
• Processbenefitschanges tied to qualifying life events
• Support open enrollmentlogisticsas needed (enrollment itself runs through Rippling)

• 3-5 years of payroll processing experience, including multi-state US payroll
• Experience with Canadian payroll preferred; willingness to build thisexpertiserequired
• Experience with Rippling or a comparable HRIS/payroll platform strongly preferred
• Familiarity with US leave laws (FMLA, state paid leave/PFML) preferred
• Experience researching and resolving payroll tax notices (SUI, withholding) directly with tax agencies or through a payroll provider
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive, confidential data
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance and third-party vendors
• Experience coordinating with international payroll vendors a plus (UK/France)

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match (annual dollar cap applied)
• Flexible time off plan
• 15 paid holidays