Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Payroll & Benefits Specialist
Salary: $70,000 - $76,000 depending on experience
Located in Portland, OR

Why This Opportunity Stands Out:

• Be a key contributor in a major payroll and HR systems integration project.

• Hybrid flexibility with 1 work-from-home day per week after the initial onboarding period.

• Opportunity to become the internal payroll subject matter expert across multiple entities.

• Exposure to multi-state payroll administration across up to 13 states.

• Work closely with HR, Finance, executive leadership, brokers, and vendors.

• Supportive, team-oriented culture that genuinely lives its core values.

Key Responsibilities for the Payroll & Benefits Specialist:

• Process full-cycle payroll for multiple entities and employee groups.

• Administer employee benefits programs, enrollments, changes, and terminations.

• Reconcile payroll, deductions, taxes, and benefits-related accounts.

• Support multi-state payroll compliance and payroll tax activities.

• Serve as a resource for employee questions related to payroll, benefits, and timekeeping.

• Partner with HR, Finance, vendors, brokers, and carriers to ensure accurate payroll and benefits administration.

Qualifications for the Payroll & Benefits Specialist:

• 2+ years of full-cycle payroll.

• Experience with multi-state payroll processing.

• Experience working within payroll or HRIS platforms; ADP Workforce Now experience is highly preferred.

• Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.

Additional Details:

• 30% travel during the first 3-6 months, primarily supporting integration efforts. Travel expected to decrease to approximately 10% thereafter.

Timing is everything. We specialize in placing accounting and finance professionals, and many of our positions are not posted online. Whether you are actively job hunting or just passively considering opportunities, we would love to connect with you to discuss this role and other exciting opportunities in the industry.

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