Payroll & Benefits Administrator

Company: Netafim Irrigation Inc
Location: Fresno
Posted on: May 21, 2023

Job Description:

Description: AM I A GOOD FIT FOR THIS EXCITING OPPORTUNITY?This is a full-time salaried exempt member of the People Team (with KILLER benefits), reporting to our Executive Director, People & Development.NETAFIM USA, the industry leader in drip irrigation products, is currently recruiting for a Payroll & Benefits Administrator. This position is responsible for accurately processing payroll, ensuring the company complies with federal, state and local laws related to payroll and effectively manages open enrollment processes and benefits. The qualifying candidate must demonstrate their ability to consistently maintain a high level of focused activity and consistently strive to achieve higher levels of performance and efficiency. ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES - Processes payroll transactions including salaries, benefits, garnishments, taxes, and other deductions. - Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates. - Maintains or oversees the maintenance of employee records. - Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wages, and hour laws and best practices. - Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors. - Identifies and recommends updates to payroll software, systems, and procedures. - Ensures the accuracy of all benefit enrollments in the HRIS system to provide vendors with accurate eligibility information. - Assists with new-hire orientations. - Performs quality checks of benefits-related data. - Assists employees regarding benefits claim issues and plan changes. - Distributes all benefits enrollment materials and determines eligibility. - Enrolls employees with carriers and processes life status changes. - Responds to benefits inquiries from employees on plan provisions, benefits enrollments, status changes and other general inquiries. - Effectively understands how protective leaves such as FMLA, CFRA, ADA and California PSL affect payroll. - Responds to 401(k) inquiries from employees relating to enrollments, plan changes and contribution amounts. - Manages open enrollment process. - Effective Benefits administration with in-depth knowledge of our benefits policies - Review monthly invoices and works with vendors to keep all information accurate and up to date. - Review and responds to unemployment claims and employment verifications with appropriate documentation. - Provides necessary reports for allocation/billing charges; Creates new reports as needed. - Performs other duties as assigned.Requirements:PROFICIENCIES - 3-5 years of experience in Manufacturing, Production or related Operations environment preferred - Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field preferred; Experience and/or other training/certification may be substituted for education - Strong interpersonal skills with ability to work with people at all levels of an organization - Ability to achieve results while working with diverse personality types and styles, both internal and external - Ability to collaborate effectively with national and global colleagues in matrixed organization - Superb organizational and time-management skills - Ability to perform job functions accurately and with great attention to detail - High level of skill in handling sensitive and confidential situations/information with the demonstrated ability to maintain strict confidentiality - Proficiency in Paylocity preferred; or other enterprise HR/payroll systems - Compensation analysis experience a plus - Strong reporting skills - Hold themselves to the highest standard of ethics and integrity and practice Company values on a day-to-day basis - Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented and fast-paced environment - Excellent oral and written communications skills, sound judgment, and incorporate company goals into personal goal - Strong analytical and proactive problem-solving skills - Proficiency in Microsoft Office - Demonstrated process improvement experience - Demonstrated project management experience.Physical - Ability to perform role in an office environment with prolonged periods of computer work - Ability to bend, reach, sit and standPI216917070

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