Payroll Specialist

About Glide

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through its integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and to thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice.

GLIDE’s mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

Reporting to the Assistant Director for HR & Payroll, the Benefits and Payroll Specialist will play a critical role in supporting GLIDE's leave administration, enrollment of employee benefits during onboarding, and payroll operations. In this role, you will be fully immersed in all aspects of benefits administration, payroll support, leave administration/management, onboarding new hires into our benefit programs, and providing all employees with steady support.

Specifically, you will work with the hiring team to coordinate the logistics related to onboarding our new hires and connecting them with employee benefits, supporting staff through all aspects of leave administration, and ensuring the coordination of wages, union dues, etc. are sufficiently coordinated within payroll. With your expertise, attention to detail, and commitment to excellent service, you will help improve processes and deliver a seamless experience for our staff.

• You are detail-oriented, highly organized, and can thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• You excel in benefits, payroll and leave of absence administration.
• You can successfully manage competing priorities with minimal supervision.

• Serve as the primary administrator and support to the Senior and Assistant Directors of HR and Payroll for employee leave programs including FMLA, CFRA, Paid Family Leave (PFL), San Francisco Paid Parental Leave Ordinance (SFPPLO), and short-term and long-term disability programs.
• Point of contact for all staff for LOA administration. Manage leave requests from intake through return-to-work, including employee meetings, eligibility review, documentation collection, tracking, and communications.
• Coordinate with third-party administrators, healthcare providers, managers, and employees throughout the leave process.
• Track leave balances, entitlements, documentation, disability integrations, and benefit continuation requirements.
• Prepare and process leave-related payroll calculations, EDD documentation, disability paperwork, wage replacement coordination, and benefit continuation activities.
• Maintain leave administration records and reports while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and organizational policies.

• Serve as a reliable resource and point of contact for all benefit-related employee questions regarding commuter benefits, FSA programs, 403(b) plans, EAP offerings, COBRA, disability benefits, and other employer-sponsored programs
• Conduct new hire benefits orientations and educate employees regarding benefit eligibility, enrollment procedures, and qualifying life events. Establish system for checks and balances.
• Administer all employee benefit programs and resources (i.e. medical, dental, vision, retirement, COBRA, and ancillary benefits).
• Process benefit enrollments, terminations, waivers, and life event changes accurately and timely.
• Maintain and routinely audit benefit plan configurations and employee enrollment records within ADP…