Payroll and Benefits Specialist

The Redesign Group; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Flexible Time Off

15 Paid Holidays

Job summary

The Redesign Group is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to run day-to-day payroll and support benefits administration across our US, Canadian, UK, and French operations. This is a hands-on role for someone detail-oriented, owning payroll end-to-end as we grow internationally.

The ideal candidate will manage payroll data in Rippling, coordinate with third-party providers, and assist with leave and benefits inquiries as we expand into new markets.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of payroll processing experience, including multi-state US payroll.
• Experience with Canadian payroll preferred; willingness to build this expertise.
• Experience with Rippling or a comparable HRIS/payroll platform.
• Familiarity with US leave laws (FMLA, state paid leave) preferred.
• Experience researching and resolving payroll tax notices with tax agencies or payroll providers.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle confidential data.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance and third-party vendors.
• Experience coordinating with international payroll vendors (UK/France) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle US and Canada payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Serve as day-to-day contact for UK and France payroll with third-party providers.
• Maintain payroll data in Rippling including changes and terminations.
• Resolve payroll tax notices with providers and tax agencies.
• Reconcile payroll and benefits and align deductions with GL.
• Support audits by preparing payroll and benefits documentation.

Skills

Payroll processing

Multi-state US payroll

Canadian payroll (preferred)

HRIS/payroll platform experience (Rip‎

Tools

Rippling HRIS

Job description

About the role

The Redesign Group is looking for a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to run day-to-day payroll and help with employee leave and benefits administration across our US, Canadian, UK, and French operations. This is a hands-on, execution-focused role for someone who is detail-oriented, comfortable owning payroll processing end to end, and ready to grow their scope as we expand internationally.

What you’ll do

_ Payroll _

• Own full-cycle US and Canada payroll processing, keeping every pay periodaccurateand on time
• Act as the day-to-day point of contact for UK and France payroll, working with our third-party payroll providers
• Keep payroll dataaccuratein Rippling, including employee changes, pay adjustments, and terminations
• Look into and help resolve payroll tax notices (unemployment insurance, withholding), working with payroll providers and tax agencies as needed
• Help reconcile payroll and benefits, keeping payroll deductions, benefits invoices, and general ledger entries aligned
• Support compliance-related audits (e.g., ERISA, workers’ compensation, payroll tax) by preparing payroll and benefits documentation as directed by Finance and People Operations

_ Leave Administration _

• Handle leave request intake and check initial eligibility against policy
• Coordinate the pay impact of leave with payroll processing
• Track leave case status and manage return-to-worklogistics
• Partner with People Operations on compliance review for complex or unclear leave cases

_ Benefits Support _

• Answer employee questions about benefits enrollment, coverage, and plan details
• Processbenefitschanges tied to qualifying life events
• Support open enrollmentlogisticsas needed (enrollment itself runs through Rippling)

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of payroll processing experience, including multi-state US payroll
• Experience with Canadian payroll preferred; willingness to build thisexpertiserequired
• Experience with Rippling or a comparable HRIS/payroll platform strongly preferred
• Familiarity with US leave laws (FMLA, state paid leave/PFML) preferred
• Experience researching and resolving payroll tax notices (SUI, withholding) directly with tax agencies or through a payroll provider
• Strong attention to detail and ability to handle sensitive, confidential data
• Ability to work cross-functionally with Finance and third-party vendors
• Experience coordinating with international payroll vendors a plus (UK/France)

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package which may include:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match (annual dollar cap applied)
• Flexible time off plan
• 15 paid holidays