Hybrid 401(k) Administrator - Payroll & Compensation

Optim Recruiting; Riverside (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Competitive hourly pay

On-site 3 days per week

Job summary

Optim Recruiting in Riverside, CA, seeks a 401(k) Administrator to run U.S. 401(k) administration, payroll audits, and sales bonus calculations while a teammate is on extended leave. Assignment runs through July 2027 with potential conversion to permanent, depending on the leave resolution.

Reporting to Human Resources, you will support about 300 US employees. This is an individual contributor role focused on retirement plan administration, compensation analysis, and related reporting with a

Qualifications

• 1–3+ years in compensation, benefits, payroll, or retirement plan administration with hands-on 401(k) administration
• Strong Excel skills: pivot tables, IF statements, and lookups
• SuccessFactors or SAP experience preferred
• Experience handling confidential employee data
• Associate’s degree or higher in HR, Business, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Availability to start soon enough to train before December

Responsibilities

• Biweekly 401(k) payroll audits, including deferrals and loan deductions
• Payroll media-out files on the established payroll schedule
• U.S. annual profit-sharing calculations and follow-up
• Quarterly sales bonus calculations and reporting
• Job pricing, market analysis, and compensation survey participation
• Monthly Market Value Reports and quarterly compensation/incentive plan reports
• Quarterly reconciliation of compensation data with Payroll
• Support for annual retirement plan compliance testing and audit requests
• 401(k) enrollment communications for new hires
• Review and routing of retirement plan vendor invoices

Skills

Excel expert

Attention to detail

Confidential data handling

Education

Assoc. degree or higher in HR/Business/Finance/Accounting

Tools

SuccessFactors

SAP

Job description

Optim Recruiting in Riverside, CA, seeks a 401(k) Administrator to run U.S. 401(k) administration, payroll audits, and sales bonus calculations while a teammate is on extended leave. Assignment runs through July 2027 with potential conversion to permanent, depending on the leave resolution.

Reporting to Human Resources, you will support about 300 US employees. This is an individual contributor role focused on retirement plan administration, compensation analysis, and related reporting with a