We are looking for a Compensation & Benefits Specialist to join a contract position based in Illinois. This role is ideal for a compensation specialist who can interpret pay practices, evaluate market data, and guide stakeholders through compensation processes with clarity and strong customer service. The position also requires a thorough approach to managing manual workflows, analyzing large spreadsheets, and supporting projects tied to job architecture and process improvement.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Conduct compensation evaluations by reviewing job details, analyzing market information, and aligning roles to appropriate pay structures.<br>• Prepare and present pay recommendations that reflect internal guidelines, external competitiveness, and business needs.<br>• Partner with managers and stakeholders to explain compensation practices, answer questions, and provide clear guidance on process steps.<br>• Review job descriptions to support role leveling, pay grade placement, and broader job architecture initiatives.<br>• Manage high-volume spreadsheet work, using Excel formulas to organize data, validate inputs, and support compensation analysis.<br>• Identify inefficiencies in manual processes, document workflow gaps, and recommend practical improvements for greater accuracy and consistency.<br>• Support benefits-related analysis, including areas such as leave administration and workers compensation, as needed within the role.<br>• Track deliverables, timelines, and milestones for compensation-related projects, ensuring work progresses according to schedule.<br>• Contribute to implementation or process-related activities in systems such as Dayforce when compensation expertise is needed.
<p>I am partnering with a well-established, financially stable organization to identify an experienced Payroll & Benefits Manager. This is an outstanding opportunity to join a company that truly values its employees, offers long-term stability, and has built a collaborative, team-oriented culture where people enjoy coming to work. If you're looking for a role where you can own payroll and benefits while partnering with an experienced HR team, I'd love to speak with you. Located in Glendale Heights, IL - onsite.</p><p>Compensation & Benefits:</p><ul><li>$110,000–$120,000 base salary</li><li>Performance bonus</li><li>Profit sharing</li><li>401(k) with company match</li><li>Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and additional benefits</li><li>Three weeks of PTO</li><li>Stable, supportive, employee-focused culture</li></ul><p>About the Role</p><p>The Payroll & Benefits Manager will oversee the full payroll function for a multi-state workforce while managing employee benefits administration and ensuring compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations. This position partners closely with Human Resources, Finance, and third-party vendors to deliver an exceptional employee experience.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities</p><p>Payroll</p><ul><li>Manage the full-cycle weekly payroll process for a multi-state employee population.</li><li>Ensure payroll is processed accurately and on time, including overtime, bonuses, commissions, deductions, garnishments, and tax withholdings.</li><li>Maintain and administer ADP Workforce Now.</li><li>Process new hires, terminations, employee changes, PTO, and payroll updates.</li><li>Prepare payroll reports and reconcile payroll with Finance.</li><li>Coordinate year-end payroll activities, including W-2 processing.</li><li>Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll regulations.</li><li>Recommend and implement process improvements.</li></ul><p>Benefits</p><ul><li>Administer employee benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and voluntary benefit plans.</li><li>Manage benefit enrollments, qualifying life events, and terminations.</li><li>Serve as the primary contact for benefit vendors and brokers.</li><li>Coordinate annual open enrollment and employee communications.</li><li>Reconcile benefit invoices and payroll deductions.</li><li>Ensure compliance with ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, ERISA, FMLA, and other applicable regulations.</li><li>Partner with HR on leave administration and employee support.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p><em>The salary range for this position is $130,000 - $140,000 plus bonus, and it comes with benefits, including medical, vision, dental, life, and disability insurance. To apply to this hybrid role please send your resume to [email protected].</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Role Overview:</strong></p><p>Primary responsibility for the oversight, governance, and execution of payroll operations across non-US jurisdictions. This role ensures compliant, accurate, and timely payroll processing while managing complex cross-border matters such as expatriate payrolls, tax protection, and multi-country reporting. This position serves as the central point of coordination for internal stakeholders (HR, Finance, Tax, and Legal) and external payroll providers for all cross-border and non-US payroll-related matters, ensuring alignment with global payroll strategy, regulatory requirements, and internal controls.</p><p><br></p><p><b>Job Description:</b></p><ul><li>Ensure end-to-end payroll processing for Canada and APAC</li><li>Coordinate with European colleagues to ensure consistency in all global payrolls</li><li>Ensure timely and accurate payroll execution, including earnings, deductions, statutory filings, payments, and income allocations</li><li>Monitor payroll calendars and coordinate multi-country payroll cycles</li><li>Lead payroll support for internally mobile employees, including cross-border travel, expatriates, split payrolls, and tax gross-up calculations</li><li>Partner with Global Mobility and Tax to ensure alignment on cross-border compliance and reporting</li><li>Prepare IRS Forms 1042/1042-S, treaty-based return filings, and other similar tax forms</li><li>Coordinate with Tax on ad-hoc cross-border matters, such as strategic opportunities, expansion and permanent establishment analyses</li><li>Maintain strong internal controls and SOX compliance over payroll processes</li><li>Establish and maintain standardized global payroll policies, procedures and documentation</li><li>Drive process improvements, automation and harmonization across jurisdictions</li><li>Assemble clear and concise workpapers</li><li>Respond to inquiries from tax authorities</li><li>Assist in various payroll-related tasks with a great attitude and willingness to contribute</li></ul><p><br></p>