Senior Payroll & HRIS Specialist

Highmark Health Company; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to oversee enterprise-wide payroll, ensuring accurate weekly, bi-weekly and monthly disbursements and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The role emphasizes strong analytical skills and the ability to develop process improvements across payroll operations.

The position requires deep knowledge of complex pay structures including union/non-union and exempt/non-exempt, and provides subject matter expert support for escalated

Qualifications

• Experience with multi-state payrolls and compliance with FLSA.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities for complex pay issues.
• Ability to interpret payroll regulations and ensure accuracy.

Responsibilities

• Payroll Execution: process multi-state payroll on weekly/bi-weekly/monthly cycles.
• Record maintenance, reporting, and audit preparation, including DOL compliance.
• Handle garnishments, off-cycle payments, and year-end W-2 processes.
• HRIS documentation, training materials, and SOPs development.
• Respond to employee inquiries and escalate issues enterprise-wide.
• Lead testing/validation of new payroll procedures and ensure controls.

Skills

Payroll processing

Analytical thinking

Regulatory compliance

Customer service

Tools

HRIS

EIB

Job description

Highmark Health is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist to oversee enterprise-wide payroll, ensuring accurate weekly, bi-weekly and monthly disbursements and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. The role emphasizes strong analytical skills and the ability to develop process improvements across payroll operations.

The position requires deep knowledge of complex pay structures including union/non-union and exempt/non-exempt, and provides subject matter expert support for escalated