Payroll & Benefits Lead (Hybrid, Paylocity)

Red Door Escape Room; Fort Worth (TX); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

Red Door Escape Room is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to ensure accurate, on-time payroll for 400+ team members across multiple states, with substantial operations in California. The role supports benefits administration, HRIS optimization, and payroll audits in collaboration with the People, Finance, and Operations teams.

This hybrid position is based in Fort Worth, with 1-2 days in the office per week and a focus on building reliable payroll processes while maintaining compliance

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of payroll experience with hands-on California payroll compliance for a large hourly or variable-hour workforce.
• Experience configuring a payroll/HRIS platform — setting up locations, pay codes, and PTO/leave policies (Paylocity experience strongly preferred).
• Experience running or supporting a proactive compliance audit process for payroll practices.

Responsibilities

• Process biweekly or semi-monthly payroll across multiple locations and states, including hourly, salaried, and seasonal team members, using Paylocity.
• Process pay and position changes in Paylocity including raises, promotions, transfers, and status updates.
• Own federal, state, and local wage-and-hour compliance for a large, variable hour workforce: daily/weekly overtime, meal and rest break premiums, split shift, reporting-time pay, and paid sick leave accrual.

Skills

Payroll processing

California payroll compliance

Paylocity

Excel

Attention to detail

Discretion

Communication

Tools

Paylocity

HRIS

Job description

Red Door Escape Room is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Specialist to ensure accurate, on-time payroll for 400+ team members across multiple states, with substantial operations in California. The role supports benefits administration, HRIS optimization, and payroll audits in collaboration with the People, Finance, and Operations teams.

This hybrid position is based in Fort Worth, with 1-2 days in the office per week and a focus on building reliable payroll processes while maintaining compliance