Payroll & HRIS Specialist

Discover an exceptional career path at Challenger Group Support, LLC, and its parent company, The Challenger Group, Inc., one of the largest locally owned and operated homebuilders, land developers, and multi-family developers in Colorado Springs, Colorado. At Challenger Group Support, LLC we are energetic and passionate about what we do. We value creative, flexible, thorough, bold, and determined people in our organization with a passion for building beautiful communities. Our company mission is “Making Life Better” for our customers, trade partners, investors, employees, and our community. Together we contribute to the success of the organization but also to the success and growth of our community. We understand the impact we have and strive to develop and build in smart, innovative ways that we are proud to call our communities. We seek qualified candidates who share our vision, values, and mission. We are searching for a Payroll & HRIS Specialist with knowledge of all matters concerning payroll administration. 

Position Title Payroll & HRIS Specialist

Position Reports to: Human Resources Benefits Manager

Supervises: N/A

Location: Colorado Springs, CO On-site

Career Level: Individual Contributor (nonexempt)

Pay Rate: $32.00 – 35.00 = $66,560 - $72,800 Starting Range Depends on Experience.

Benefits: 

• Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
• Life/Accidental death insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit-sharing plan
• 401K Investment with 6% company match 

As a Payroll & HRIS Specialist you will leverage your broad knowledge and experience in payroll to support process improvement, accuracy, compliance, and efficiency payroll administration. Additionally, as a member of the Human Resources & People Operations team, you will support a variety of tasks related to new hire orientation, benefits, reporting, audits, and assisting employees with day-to-day questions.

Payroll responsibilities include:

• Responsible for ensuring accurate and timely payroll for The Challenger Group and other entities.
• May enter, maintain, and/or process information in the payroll HRIS; information may include employees’ hourly rates, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other compensation, time worked, paid leave and holidays, fringe benefits, deductions and withholding, address changes, and other information.
• Works with ADP payroll processors on all payroll activity including changes in payroll based on new hires, terminations, and salary changes, as well as changes to payroll resulting from division/department assignment, benefit deductions, and all other deductions.
• Reviews the automated timesheets via the ADP platform each weekly pay period, communicates with the managers, employees, and HR & People Operations staff.
• Provides guidance and assistance to employees when using ADP payroll and other functions on the platform and refers them to ADP resources as appropriate.
• Ensures individual employee deductions and taxes are accurate in HRIS.
• Maintains accurate and secure records and employee payroll files to provide timely and accurate reporting of payroll history and current information.
• Troubleshoots payroll issues, errors, and corrections.
• Manages new entity setups in HRIS.
• May assist in responding to unemployment claims by providing payroll information.
• Acts as contact for all payroll garnishments.
• Responds to verifications of employment.
• Runs reports using ADP Workforce Now as requested by the HR & People Operations team, management, and executive staff.
• Performs reconciliation of Federal and State taxes; reconciliation of quarterly and year-end statements; reconciliation of W-2's; verification of W-4's; reconciliation of payroll withholding accounts to the General Ledger; reconciliation and posting of payroll journal entries to the General Ledger; reconciliation of payroll bank account; reconciliation and payment of benefit invoices; maintenance of payroll.
• Issues, or reissues, physical or replacement checks or direct deposits due to payroll errors or final discharge.
• Responds to all questions regarding pay registers, paychecks, and pay processes.
• May research and recommend payroll and/or HRIS configuration changes.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• High School Diploma or equivalent required.
• Minimum of three to five (3-5) years of proven experience processing/administering payroll.
• Payroll or HR Certification (PHR. SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, Certified Payroll Professional (CPP), Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or the ability to get certified or re-certified within the first 12 months.
• Knowledge of Federal and state employment laws as it applies to the administration of payroll and employment to include but not limited to FLSA, garnishments and leave laws, taxes, and fringe benefits.
• Experience facilitating multistate payroll for both exempt and nonexempt staff.
• Ability to work well with others in a highly team-focused, collaborative environment.
• Proficiency in a Microsoft Office environment (Excel, Word, Teams.)
• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn payroll software.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, are necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and administer multiple tasks.
• Commitment to excellence and the confidentiality required in the payroll function.
• Skilled in exercising a high degree of orderliness.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related field.
• Recent experience in ADP Workforce Now payroll processing (Comprehensive Benefits & Payroll.)
• Experience setting up state payroll tax and unemployment insurance accounts.
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) or Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) with active certification.
• Five to ten (5-10) years of proven experience processing/administering payroll.
• Extensive knowledge of payroll functions including preparation, balancing, internal control, and payroll taxes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Key Personal Traits: 

• Embraces and is the embodiment of the company’s mission, vision, culture, and values.
• Treats all he or she encounters with respect and dignity, creating an atmosphere of mutual respect, trust, and effective/transparent communication.
• Exercises integrity, fairness, and honesty.
• Demands excellence from self, striving always to grow, learn and develop as a human being. Adept at honest self-reflection, personal assessment and acknowledging shortcomings.
• Desires to be the best. Loves to work and loves the challenge of being one of the best.

Ideal candidate will demonstrate the following character qualities on a regular basis 

• Dependability
• Orderliness
• Thoroughness
• Truthfulness
• Integrity
• Transparency

An Equal Opportunity Employer/Smoke free campus