Payroll and Benefits Specialist

FlexStaff Staffing Services is seeking a Payroll & Benefits Specialist with ADP experience for our client, a full-service transportation company.

This role is responsible for payroll processing, benefits administration, ensuring accurate deductions and payments, reporting, managing leave and benefits programs, onboarding/offboarding employees, and coordinating the annual open enrollment period.

• Location: Lake Success *office will be moving to Melville in August 2026
• Schedule: 9:00am-5:00pm onsite Monday-Thursday, remote on Friday
• Salary: $65,000

Responsibilities

• Enters, maintains, and processes information in the payroll system; including employees' hourly rates, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other compensation, time worked, paid leave and holidays, deductions and withholding, address changes, etc.
• Ensures proper processing of payroll deductions for taxes, benefits, and other deductions as necessary
• Issues, or reissues, physical or replacement checks or direct deposits due to payroll/third party administrator errors or final discharge
• Prepares various reports for parent company and department heads
• Manages state requirements for leave and processes information for payment accordingly
• Processes information for monthly life insurance charges and sends to parent company
• Records paid time off for all national staff
• Administrates benefits, handles benefit reporting to parent company and conducts benefit orientations to new hires
• Manages vacation cash out program
• Prepares spreadsheets for annual merit increase process and updates ADP with appropriate information
• Onboarding and offboarding new hires and terms on ADP
• Coordinates yearly review process in ADP
• Performs other duties as assigned

Supervisory responsibilities:

• Coordinates and executes Open Enrollment annually

Requirements/Qualifications

• Associate's degree or equivalent experience required.
• Two years of experience running a regular payroll schedule
• Basic HR and administrative experience
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
• Proficient with ADP system, experience with WorkforceNow a plus
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) a plus
• Expat experience a plus

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).