Benefits & Payroll Specialist — Onsite, Full-Time

Vaco by Highspring; Salem (MA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an experienced Benefits & Payroll Administrator to ensure accurate benefits processing, payroll operations, and leave management in a manufacturing-adjacent setting. You will work with employees and HR leadership, administer enrollments, coordinate open enrollment, review timekeeping, and maintain data in the HRIS/HCM system while ensuring compliance and confidentiality.

The role is full-time, onsite, with Monday–Friday schedule and opportunities to influence

Qualifications

• 5+ years of benefits administration experience.
• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Experience with payroll administration and HRIS/HCM systems.
• Strong knowledge of benefits, leave administration, and wage/hour regulations.
• Experience with open enrollment, vendor management, and benefits compliance.

Responsibilities

• Administer employee benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations.
• Support benefits eligibility, employee questions, and new-hire benefits orientation.
• Coordinate benefits billing, reconciliations, and annual open enrollment.
• Assist with bi-weekly and off-cycle payroll processing.
• Review timekeeping, wages, deductions, and payroll reports for accuracy.
• Maintain payroll and employee information within the HRIS/HCM system.
• Support year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing.
• Manage leave and absence programs, including FMLA/PFML, COBRA, Workers' Compensation, and STD/LTD.
• Ensure compliance with applicable payroll, benefits, and employment regulations.
• Assist with HR projects, audits, reporting, and employee communications.

Skills

Benefits administration

Payroll administration

HRIS/HCM systems

Communication

Confidentiality

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business Administration or related field

Job description

Vaco by Highspring is seeking an experienced Benefits & Payroll Administrator to ensure accurate benefits processing, payroll operations, and leave management in a manufacturing-adjacent setting. You will work with employees and HR leadership, administer enrollments, coordinate open enrollment, review timekeeping, and maintain data in the HRIS/HCM system while ensuring compliance and confidentiality.

The role is full-time, onsite, with Monday–Friday schedule and opportunities to influence