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Payroll Administrator (Remote)

Chicago, IL · Remote

$65K - $80K/yr

Payroll Administrator (Remote Position) Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; or Maitland, Florida At ... Track W2 healthcare costs for a self-insured insurance plan. * Track missed deductions for ...

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Payroll Administrator (Remote)

Chicago, IL · On-site +1

$65K - $80K/yr

Payroll Administrator (Remote Position) Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; or Maitland, Florida At ... Track W2 healthcare costs for a self-insured insurance plan. * Track missed deductions for ...

Allara

$65K/yr

Fully remote within the U.S. Your Impact * Analyze intake assessments, including medical history, dietary habits, laboratory results, and more. * Conduct diet and lifestyle counseling and education ...

Allara

$120K - $130K/yr

Fully remote within the U.S. Your Impact * Conduct thorough patient assessments and develop personalized treatment plans via video visits * Collaborate with a multidisciplinary care team to deliver ...

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Payroll Administrator (Remote)

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Chicago, IL • Remote

$65K - $80K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement, PTO

Posted 24 days ago

Key responsibilities

  • Manage voluntary deductions, audit benefits, and process payroll for multiple entities.

  • Track employee deductions, healthcare costs, missed deductions, and work with benefit and 401(k) administrators.

  • Create payroll journal entries, prepare month-end reports, and process end-to-end payroll for approximately 250 employees.

Job description

Payroll Administrator (Remote Position)

Chicago, Illinois; Houston, Texas; or Maitland, Florida

At EXP, we're driven to provide innovative solutions for the world's built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world's most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, that believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results and shares ambitions for each other, our clients and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience, while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Are you ready to design your future?

Be our next Payroll Administrator!

Your work environment at EXP

In this role, you will be a part of the Payroll Team, of the Shared Services Sector, in a remote setting. The position involves managing voluntary deductions, auditing benefits, and payroll processing for multiple entities.  The work schedule will be based on Central and Eastern Time Zones (CST/EST).

What a day at EXP has in store for you

  • Track voluntary deductions for 1200+ employees.
  • Track W2 healthcare costs for a self-insured insurance plan.
  • Track missed deductions for employees on leave.
  • Work with 3rd party benefit and 401(k) administrators.
  • Review reports from 3rd party administrator for new enrollments, terminations, and changes.
  • Update employee deductions in ADP and tracking spreadsheets.
  • Upload bi-weekly payroll deduction files to 3rd party benefit & 401(k) administrators.
  • Reconcile insurance invoices, process payments, and send paperwork to accounting.
  • Process garnishments.
  • Create payroll journal entries.
  • Prepare month end reports.
  • End-to-End Payroll processing for 2 entities; approximately 250 employees 
     

What your experience looks like

  • Minimum 5 years multi-state payroll experience 
  • Knowledge of State and Local Payroll Laws
  • Accounting experience helpful.
  • ADP experience preferred.
  • Deltek Vantagepoint experience is a plus
  • FPC or CPP is a plus 
  • Advanced Excellent Excel skills (Pivot Tables, X Look Up, V Look Up, Understanding of Macros)
  • Accurate data entry skills.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Able to maintain confidential information.
  • Work well in team environment.
  • Must have reliable internet services 

The salary range for this role is $65,000 to $80,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to the candidate's skill set, experience, certifications, and geographic location. Compensation may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor.

In addition to competitive pay, we offer a comprehensive benefits package for all full-time employees, including health insurance, vacation time, and 401(k) retirement benefits.

Our story

With a mission to understand, innovate, partner and deliver, EXP provides engineering, architecture, design and consulting services to the world's built and natural environments.

Our heritage dates back to 1906, when the earliest of EXP's predecessor companies started its engineering infrastructure practice. Today, thousands of creative professionals across EXP work together to deliver extraordinary experiences year after year.

What makes us different

The passion, enthusiasm, diversity and industry-leading capabilities of our employees make us who we are. We're committed to providing a challenging work environment that cultivates career growth, encourages creativity and rewards excellence.

Find out more about life at EXP by visiting www.exp.com.

EXP is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer who fully and actively supports equal access for all people regardless of Race, Color, Sex, Religion, Gender, Age, National Origin, Veteran Status, Disability, Genetic Information or Testing, Family and Medical Leave, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity or Expression. 

Should you need any special accommodations, please feel free to contact us at hrsupport@exp.com and we will arrange for the most suitable accommodations based on your needs.

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