Benefits And Payroll Analyst

Salary Range
USD $60,000.00/Yr. - USD $70,000.00/Yr.
Posting Timeline
Applications are accepted by the date below, which may be updated if the hiring timeline is extended.
3/28/2024
Overview
The Job in a Nutshell:
The Benefits and Payroll Analyst functions as an analytics expert within the Benefits and Payroll Department. This position will evaluate and analyze benefit/payroll plans and programs, while ensuring systems are set up to function as necessary and data is transferred to outside vendors timely and accurately. This position is hybrid on-site and requires a minimum of 2 days working from the SSC Lakewood office.
Responsibilities
Main Ingredients:
Works with the Benefits team on administering benefit plans to include plan set up and monitoring, HRIS updates and uploads, carrier updates and uploads, data integrity, enrollments, terminations/COBRA, 401(k) administration, and billing. Assists with annual Open Enrollments including tracking enrollments, compiling, and auditing data feed files, working with vendors to ensure data accuracy and timely uploads/benefit card distribution. Maintains PPACA records, including the annual creation of 1095-C and 1094-C forms in HRIS. Review and reconcile monthly benefit enrollments with invoices to ensure accuracy and timely payment processing. Complete Paid Time Off reconciliation each pay date to ensure balances are reflected correctly. This process also includes reporting to the accounting team for posting tax accrual purposes. Assist with payroll cash and tax account reconciliations.
Although this is a general outline of job responsibilities all employees are expected to be "hands on" and do whatever it takes to get the job done and make the company thrive.
Qualifications
Recipe for Success:
College degree preferred. Minimum of 1 year experience with Benefits and Payroll Ability to work with external customers, vendors, etc. Dayforce experience preferred. Exceptional attention to detail Strong analytical, data analysis, and reporting skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel Excellent customer service and communication skills - accurate and courteous service to employees and management Ability to think critically, solve complex problems.
This job description is not an employment contract. It does not guarantee a job or that the above-listed duties are the limit of responsibilities. The job and job description are subject to change with and without notice. Employees are required to accomplish any and all tasks assigned to them by their manager and/or other Store Support Center manager that might not be listed in this job description.
Benefits
Here's an overview of the benefits we offer our good4u Crew to help ensure the health and wellbeing of you and your family, now and well into the future:
All Crew Members
* Birthday Bonus Pay
* Vitamin Bucks (up to $2,080 earned as store credit annually)
* Holiday Pay for 5 Holidays - Stores Closed
* Paid Time Off (sick days and vacation) that Increases with Tenure
* Paid Nutrition Education
* good4u Crew Member Discount
* {N}power Program (customer appreciation and rewards program)
* Regular, Scheduled Pay Increases
* Advancement Opportunities and Career Development
* Health and Wellness Program
* Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
* Employee Referral Program
Full-Time Crew Members (30+ hours/week)
* Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
* Paid Parental Leave
* Paid Medical Leave (through company paid short-term disability insurance)
* Company Paid Short-Term Disability Insurance
* Company Paid Life Insurance
* Voluntary Benefits Including Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Long-Term Disability Insurance, Term Life Insurance
* Retirement Savings Plan (401k) with discretionary Company Match
* Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
* Health Savings Account (HSA) with Company Match
Diversity Statement
At the heart of Natural Grocers' commitment to our community and crew is this belief: All people should be empowered to experience health and wellbeing! We cannot be true to this conviction without honoring diversity and cultivating inclusion throughout every aspect of our organization.
At Natural Grocers, we honor our differences, embrace diversity, and cultivate inclusion because both individual and societal health are rooted in these principles. Our Crew is diverse not only in gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, abilities, and age but also in cultural backgrounds, thoughts, and ideas. Celebrating our diversity refreshes, expands, and shapes our perspective, energizing our mission of equitable access to health and wellness for all. We welcome everyone who would like to join us in this mission, with gratitude for the unique life experience each person brings to the table. We're committed to nurturing an ecosystem of diversity and inclusion in which our Crew can continue to thrive.
Physical and Environmental Requirements
Physical Requirements:
* Must have the ability to occasionally lift or carry up to 50 lbs.
* Must have the ability to occasionally push or pull up to 30 lbs.
* Must be able to constantly use the computer for data entry and use of mouse.
* Must be able to constantly sit, use fine motor manipulations, and reach outward for the duration of the work shift.
* Must be able to frequently grip, bend, twist, and turn.
* Must be able to occasionally walk, stand, squat, kneel, and reach above chest as needed.
Environmental Requirements:
* Must be able to work occasionally with cold, heat, sharp tools and equipment, noise, contact stress, dust, fumes, and congested worksite.