Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist - Multi-State

ALTAIR ENERGY SERVICES LLC; Tehachapi (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

Altair Energy Services is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Administrator in Tehachapi, CA. This role owns payroll accuracy, benefits administration and cross-state compliance for a distributed workforce across roughly 20 states.

You will work closely with Operations, Finance and HR to identify risks, improve processes and ensure timely, accurate employee pay and benefits enrollment. Strong ADP experience is highly preferred.

Qualifications

• At least five years of progressive payroll experience with ownership of processing and reconciliation.
• Hands-on benefits administration including enrollment, eligibility tracking and broker/carrier coordination.
• Strong multistate payroll experience with knowledge of state withholding and wage-hour rules.

Responsibilities

• Own payroll from time-record review to processing, reconciliation and follow-up; ensure on-time pay.
• Review time records, rates, deductions, reimbursements and bonuses; resolve discrepancies with managers.
• Apply federal, state and local payroll rules for traveling workforce across states; coordinate with HR/Finance/ADP as needed.
• Maintain accurate payroll records and coordinate state registrations where needed.
• Reconcile payroll reports and tax data; coordinate with Finance for entries and year-end reporting.

Skills

Payroll processing

Benefits administration

Multistate payroll

Excel

Discretion & confidentiality

Education

Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)

Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC)

Tools

ADP HRIS

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Altair Energy Services is seeking a Payroll and Benefits Administrator in Tehachapi, CA. This role owns payroll accuracy, benefits administration and cross-state compliance for a distributed workforce across roughly 20 states.

You will work closely with Operations, Finance and HR to identify risks, improve processes and ensure timely, accurate employee pay and benefits enrollment. Strong ADP experience is highly preferred.