Payroll and Benefits Specialist
Acadia Realty Trust - Rye, NY
posted 1 day ago
About the position
Acadia Realty Trust, headquartered in Rye, New York, is an equity real estate investment trust focused on delivering long-term, profitable growth via its dual-core and investment management platforms. Our energized team is accomplishing this goal by building a best-in-class, location-driven core real estate portfolio with meaningful concentrations of assets in the nation's most dynamic urban and street-retail corridors, including those in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Washington DC, Dallas, and Boston. At the same time, we manage opportunistic and value-add investments through our investment management platform. Our corporate office in Rye, New York, is seeking a high-touch, hands-on Human Resources Coordinator to join its Human Resources team. The Human Resources Coordinator will serve as point-of-contact for all benefits and payroll related matters. This is an onsite position that requires in-person presence.
Responsibilities
- Work directly with 3rd party payroll administrator to oversee the bi-weekly payroll process, including the 3rd party's preparation, documentation, and disbursement of all payroll checks, payroll taxes, and employee benefits payments in an accurate and timely fashion
- Assist with administration of benefits programs, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short and long-term disability and 401(k) plan
- Maintaining the HRIS and troubleshooting login issues for employees
- Assist with audit requests throughout the year, including but not limited to SOX, Worker's Comp and 401(k) audits
- Partner with outside counsel to complete annual AAP and EEO-1 reporting requirements
- Partner with benefit brokers to ensure accurate regulatory benefit compliance such as 5500 processing, plan amendments, ACA reporting requirements, annual Non-Discrimination Testing for 401(k) and applicable benefit plans, and general insurance updates or audits
- Assisting with the performance review process (mid-year and annual), ensuring reviews are completed timely
- Assisting the Vice President of Human Resources with the recruiting process including creating, posting and updating job descriptions/requisitions, drafting offer letters, completing candidate background checks
- On-boarding new hires, adding to our HRIS, ensuring all required documents are received and compliance items such as I-9 forms and E-Verify are completed
- Offboarding existing employees
- Maintaining employee files
- Manage all logistics, communications and creation of materials for summer internship program
- Pulling ad hoc reports for interpreting and analyzing data
- Other projects as assigned (benefits/perks comparison, tracking of training, tracking of volunteers, etc.)
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required
- 2 - 4 years' experience in Human Resources operations related role
- Prior ADP Workforce Now experience strongly preferred
- Prior Payroll processing experience required
- Highly proficient with benefits administration
- Ability to work onsite
- Ability to interface with employee groups at all levels with outstanding executive presence and a high level of in-person response for our client group
- Strong knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook
- Strong organizational and time management skills with an emphasis on accuracy
- Sense of urgency and problem-solving skills
- Highly effective interpersonal, communications and follow-up skills
- Self-motivated, team-oriented, attentive to detail, and capable of handling several tasks independently and simultaneously
- Strong sense of integrity and proven ability to maintain the highest levels of confidentiality
Benefits
- Base salary compensation range of $68,000 to $75,000
- Eligibility to participate in an annual discretionary bonus program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including individual and organizational performance.
