Senior Payroll & Benefits Specialist

Company Description

Roland Berger is a global strategy consulting firm with 3,000 colleagues working in 34 countries. In the US, we have 200+ colleagues across offices in Chicago, Boston, and Detroit. We help our clients solve strategic problems across several industries and leverage the diversity of our teams in our daily work. We are recognized as a Great Place to work and are a market leader in benefits programs.

The success of Roland Berger is rooted firmly in our values: entrepreneurship, empathy, and excellence. We have built our reputation on the development of "creative strategies that work". Our consulting approach is based on our global network of industry, functional experts who provide our clients with creative and unique solutions, combined with a strong regional presence in the Americas.

Job Description

We are hiring a Senior Payroll and Benefits Specialist to join our dynamic and growing HR team. The role will be responsible for administration of the company's multiple payrolls and administration of employee benefits programs in the US. The role may be based in our Boston, Chicago, or Detroit office, working in a hybrid environment.

This position requires payroll and benefit preparation, processing, and reporting duties with adherence to state and federal regulations.

Responsibilities

Payroll

• Process semi-monthly and bi-weekly, multi-state payroll for approximately 200 exempt and non-exempt employees using ADP WorkforceNow.
• Prepare payroll inputs, such as employee status changes, benefits deductions, taxable fringe benefits, and garnishments
• Maintain employee-related payroll changes in a timely manner, such as hires, transfers, terminations, and pay adjustments
• Participate in month-end and year-end payroll closing tasks.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors.
• Continuously review local, state and federal laws to ensure systems and processes are compliant, including statutory reporting and tax filing requirements
• Liaison with the Payroll and Benefits manager as a point of contact to address colleague questions regarding pay

Benefits

• Maintain all employee-related benefits changes in a timely manner, such as hires, life events, terminations, and COBRA enrollments
• Process all types of employee leaves with third party administrators where necessary
• Intake and review benefit invoices from benefits vendors
• Prepare benefit reports for HR and Management, as well as for regulatory requirements (e.g., ACA Reporting, EEO, PCORI, 5500)
• Liaison with the Payroll and Benefits manager as a point of contact to address colleague questions regarding benefits, directing colleagues to third party administrators as appropriate
• Work with candidates and new hires to deliver benefits presentations and help them to understand Roland Berger benefits offerings

Administrative

• Manage and update HRIS, vendor and corporate systems in a timely manner
• Onboard and maintain employee records
• Assist in Compensation process.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or related work experience
• 5+ years of experience with full cycle multi-state payroll administration for 200+ employee population
• 3-5 years of experience with US benefits administrations
• Experience using ADP or another major payroll processor
• Knowledge of processing payroll in Canada and Mexico is a plus
• Knowledge of administering Canada and Mexico benefits is a plus
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential situations and documentation
• Strong knowledge of MS Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Excellent organizational skills, multitask and attention to detail
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Additional Information

Roland Berger provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry or national origin, pregnancy (including childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, military and veteran status, physical or mental disability, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Roland Berger is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please contact your recruiter.

Current Company policy encourages that all employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, and all new hires must certify to their vaccine status by the time they start employment. Based on vaccine status, employees may have different safety protocols at different times based on COVID-19 levels.

If applying within the US, this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship now or in the future