Guardian Care Hiring for HR and Payroll Administrator – Remote – Eastern Time Zone at Remote Full Time

Remote HR & Payroll Administrator

Ready to join a rapidly growing team who improves the lives of families in their community? Do you have a background in Payroll and HR, and enjoy helping special needs families and caregivers in our community? Guardian Care is currently seeking an HR and Payroll Administrator to support our growing team in Indiana.

Did you know that approximately 1 in 6 Americans suffers from a disability? At Guardian Care, our mission is to make it easy for family members to care for their medically complex loved ones, partnering with extended Care Teams to provide holistic care. We believe our seniors and special needs pediatric populace deserve to live in inclusive, supportive communities. Our vision is to improve the lives of Indiana Families and Caregivers, every day.

The HR & Payroll Administrator is responsible for overseeing the HR and payroll functions. The primary areas of responsibility include ensuring that payroll is processed on time, accurately and in compliance with government regulations, and provides general customer service oriented tasks for HR while appropriately and effectively resolving issues that arise, with a strong focus on customer service.

In this role, you will serve as Guardian Care’s front-line for solving employee HR and payroll challenges, including issue resolution, answering questions, helping staff, training users on payroll technology, and issuing letters for proof of income, employment verification, etc. This position requires a high degree of attention to detail and the ability to analyze and resolve routine problems on a consistent and regular basis.

Responsibilities:

• Process salaried and hourly payrolls, ensuring that all payroll transactions are processed correctly for time, earnings, incentives, bonuses, benefits, deductions, taxes, garnishment, and other items that affect pay and/or company liability
• Leverages software (ADP, EVV – Axis Care, MS Office, etc) to calculate payroll amounts covering both salaried and hourly staff
• Benefits and workers compensation administration, including correctly setting up and maintaining withholdings, insurance benefits, PTO, etc
• Ensures accurate and timely processing of payroll updates including new hires, terminations, and changes to pay rates.
• Investigate, answer, and ensure resolution of HR and payroll inquiries through email and phone call processing.
• Drive employee issue resolution through to completion.
• Create and/or run ad hoc reports as requested
• Respond to Tax Filing Notices as well as State, lender and other requests for Employment, Income, etc verification in a timely manner
• Occasionally prepare/process employee expense reimbursements in accordance with expense reimbursement policy.
• Annually maintains and updates HR Manual aligned with relevant local, State and Federal laws and regulations.
• Ensures the confidentiality and compliance with federal, state, and local payroll, wage, and hour laws and best practices.
• Accurately process manual and special checks.
• Maintain tax withholding edits and direct deposit information in the employee master file for all new hires and changes for existing employees.
• Facilitates audits by providing records and documentation to auditors as needed.
• Identifies and recommends updates to payroll processing software, systems, and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Proficient with ADP WorkforceNOW payroll software and Office 365.
• Ability to build rapport, establish trust, and shine with both our Care Team and caregivers.
• Extensive knowledge of the payroll function including preparation, balancing, internal control.
• Effective communications skills, with ability to effectively communicate with a diverse group of people through written inquiries and on the phone.
• Must have knowledge and hands on experience with payroll tax compliance.
• Excellent communication skills and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Must be customer service focused, collaborative, flexible, and team oriented.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications including the ability to create and modify documents using Microsoft Office (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Continually upgrade your knowledge and skills on payroll, including federal and state compliance, standard operating procedures, administrative practices, other products, and desktop support tools to develop and maintain your ability to support our employees and department.
• Adhere to a daily schedule and organize yourself to deal with a high volume of inbound calls or emails.
• Proven ability to work effectively with frequent interruptions and fluctuating priorities and deadlines with demonstrated skill for detail and accuracy.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and interpret data.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects with hard deadlines simultaneously.
• Bilingual a plus.

Education and Experience:

• 2 Year (Required) or 4 Year (Preferred) Degree in Accounting, Business Administration, Human Resources, or related years of experience
• 3+ years of progressive payroll responsibilities with companies that have managed payroll internally is required
• Experience in Indiana is highly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of regulations in US and state wage and hour regulations required.
• Strong attention to detail, problem solving and troubleshooting skills, and utmost confidentiality are required.

Other Requirements:

· US work authorization (Required)

· Must have your own computer and high speed internet.

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary
• Health Insurance/Benefits
• Flexible schedule
• Hybrid Remote/Work from Home Options
• Opportunities for Professional Growth

Schedule:

• Monday-Friday: 8AM-5PM, Eastern Time.
• No weekends

Why Join Guardian Care?

Guardian Care is one of the fastest growing Home Care providers in Indiana and is genuinely making a difference in the communities we serve. We believe everyone connected to us should be treated like Family – our clients, caregivers, families, Care Team and employees. Our goal is to improve the lives of our clients and caregivers, everyday. Guardian Care provides a family culture of doing what is right for our clients and caregivers.

Join us in this exciting opportunity as we grow and expand our Home Care presence to change lives in new markets across Indiana.

We offer flexible, remote schedules, the opportunity for professional growth, and many more employee perks. Interested? APPLY TODAY!

Guardian Care is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or promotion based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, age, disability or protected veteran status.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $41,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Physical setting:

• Office

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

• Bonus pay

Experience:

• Human resources: 1 year (Required)
• Payroll: 3 years (Required)

Work Location: Remote