Strategic Benefits & Payroll Specialist

carthage; Kenosha (WI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin seeks a Benefits Specialist to administer and educate about our benefit programs, enrollments, and related requirements. The role partners with vendors to ensure compliance and will support payroll processing tasks as needed.

The ideal candidate has a related Bachelor's Degree and at least three years in HR/Benefits/payroll, with experience in Workday or similar HR platforms, and strong communication and customer service skills.

Qualifications

• Requires education generally equivalent to a related Bachelor's Degree, from the disciplines of Business, Accounting, or Human Resources.
• Requires a minimum of three years of similar professional Human Resources, Benefits programs, and Payroll experience.
• Ability to work with Workday, Payroll software, and other HR platforms.
• Requires excellent oral and written communication skills to effectively communicate with employees, faculty members, leadership team, vendors, and candidates.
• Requires strong customer service
• Proven skills in the areas of team building, time management, problem solving, conflict management, and employee relations.
• Ability to work with confidential information.
• Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply
• to perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

Responsibilities

• Administer benefits programs including plan options, features, enrollment, and requirements.
• Provide education and assistance with benefit programs
• Help employees access benefit programs
• Develop and present benefits informational material
• Maintain accurate benefits records and complete monthly audits to reconcile
• Resolve employee questions related to benefits plans
• Consult with vendor partners as needed
• Ensure compliance with federal and state laws
• Assist with payroll administration and also coordinating contributions/deductions
• Assist with other duties as assigned

Skills

Communication

Customer service

Teamwork

Time management

Problem solving

Conflict management

Employee relations

Confidential data

Bilingual

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business/HR

Tools

Workday

Payroll software

HR platforms

Job description

Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin seeks a Benefits Specialist to administer and educate about our benefit programs, enrollments, and related requirements. The role partners with vendors to ensure compliance and will support payroll processing tasks as needed.

The ideal candidate has a related Bachelor's Degree and at least three years in HR/Benefits/payroll, with experience in Workday or similar HR platforms, and strong communication and customer service skills.