HR Generalist Payroll Specialist

HR Generalist:
Benefits & Payroll Specialist

Job Title: Human Resources Generalist (HRG) - Benefits & Payroll Specialist

Location: Naples, Florida

Company: David Lawrence Centers For Behavioral Health

Job Type: Full-Time & Salaried/Exempt

• Monday-Thursday, 8AM-5PM
• Friday, 8AM-3PM
• On-Site Role with Potential For 1 Remote Workday After Training Period

Starting Salary: $65,000 per annum

Potential

Offer:

Based on related experience, language skills & potential impact

Immediate PTO Accrual, Professional Development & Tuition Programs, Wellness Programs & EAP, Licensure & Certification Assistance.

This role serves as the primary operational resource for benefits administration, payroll coordination, HRIS administration, employee transactions, compliance reporting, and leave administration support. It provides responsive, accurate, and customer-focused support while ensuring HR records, benefits programs, payroll‑related transactions, and employee data are administered accurately and compliantly. The HRG‑BP functions as DLC's subject matter expert for benefits and payroll processes and is an imperative part of a growing Human Resources Team!

• Administer employee benefit programs including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) retirement plans, FSA/HSA, COBRA, and voluntary benefits.
• Coordinate benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, status changes, and terminations (including deductions calculations).
• Manage annual Open Enrollment activities and employee benefit communications.
• Serve as primary liaison with benefit vendors, brokers, carriers, and third‑party administrators.
• Provide employee education regarding benefit eligibility, coverage, enrollment, and payroll deductions.
• Process and reconcile monthly vendor invoices for all employee benefit plans, ensuring employee coverage elections, premiums, billing adjustments, and invoice amounts are accurate and resolved in a timely manner.
• Conduct monthly benefits billing audits and reconciliations to identify discrepancies in eligibility, coverage, and premium charges; research and coordinate corrections with carriers and internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with benefits vendors, payroll, finance, and HR teams to reconcile enrollment, deduction, and billing data and ensure accurate benefit administration.
• Review and resolve benefits‑related discrepancies, including retroactive enrollments, terminations, premium adjustments, over payments, and underpayments.
• Process all retirement plan contributions through Fidelity, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and compliance with plan and regulatory requirements.
• Support annual compliance reporting and audits, including but not limited to Non-Discrimination Testing (NDT), Form 5500 preparation, retirement plan audits, and other required regulatory filings.

• Serve as Human Resources’ primary liaison with Payroll and Finance regarding all employee‑related transactions.
• Coordinate and validate payroll‑impacting transactions including hires, promotions, transfers, compensation changes, leaves, and separations.
• Review and process Personnel Action Forms (PAFs) and related documentation.
• Assist employees with payroll, deductions, earnings statements, and related inquiries.
• Conduct payroll audits and coordinate correction of discrepancies.

• Maintain employee records and HRIS data accuracy.
• Perform routine audits of employee, payroll, and benefits data.
• Generate standard HR, benefits, payroll, and compliance reports.
• Support system testing, upgrades, process improvements, and data integrity initiatives.

• Provide administrative support for leave programs including FMLA, ADA‑related documentation processing, military, workers compensation, and personal leave.
• Track leave documentation, deadlines, communications, and record retention requirements.
• Coordinate benefit continuation and payroll deduction administration during approved leaves.

• Support compliance activities related to ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, benefits…