Payroll Specialist

$60,000 - $70,000/Yr

Uhy Resource Solutions Group - Auburn Hills, MI

Full-time - Mid Level

Auburn Hills, MI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Payroll Analyst/HR Generalist role at UHY LLP is a full-time position focused on managing payroll and human resources functions for the company. The ideal candidate will possess strong HR and compliance experience, ensuring adherence to federal and state employment laws while fostering a positive work environment. This role involves direct interaction with employees and management, handling various HR tasks including payroll processing, benefits management, and compliance with labor regulations.

Responsibilities

• Develops, recommends, and implements various human resources plans and procedures for all company personnel.
• Implements and annually updates the compensation program; rewrites job descriptions as necessary; conducts annual salary surveys and develops merit pool (salary budget); analyzes compensation; monitors the performance evaluation program and revises as necessary.
• Serve as a link between management and employees by handling questions, interpreting, and administering policies/procedures and helping resolve work-related problems.
• Manages benefits, compensation, safety, and ITAR information to new employees at orientation.
• Plan and conduct new employee orientation to foster positive attitude toward organizational objectives.
• Manages annual open enrollment and ensures that all changes are processed within the benefit admin system, payroll, and with all carriers.
• Maintain Medical, Dental, Rx, Vision, life insurance, STD/LTD, Optional Life, Group/ACC/CI, FSA (medical/dependent), Opt Out, and Cobra, including new hire enrollment, termination, and any applicable life status changes.
• Conducts annual FSA NDT testing when required.
• Manage third party sick pay and after-market products to ensure monthly bills are audited and paid.
• Monitor yearly 3PSP FICA to ensure W2s are accurate.
• Manage yearly processing of 1094/1095s for self-funded plan for all employees and their dependents, ensuring accuracy prior to third party filings and mailings.
• Manage Leave of Absence requests for FMLA, Short-term Disability, and Long-term Disability, ensuring company compliance with applicable policies, local, state, and federal laws.
• Maintains DOT/FMCSA qualified drivers list and ensures proper documentation is filed.
• Maintain paperwork and drug/alcohol records for FAA MRO Program.
• Maintain valid Permanent Resident Card records for ITAR purposes.
• Workers Compensation reporting and processes required documentation as requested.
• Maintain OSHA logs and submit to MIOSHA online; maintain contact with WC provider and medical facilities.
• Process all MIWAM UIA notices received, and dispute unemployment claims as required.
• Notify third party payroll vendor of any UIA rate changes that occur.
• Attend UIA court hearings as required.
• Ensure proper PTO balances are updated annually and weekly, applying PTO as required by the Michigan Paid Leave Act.
• Files EEO-1/Vets100A annually; maintains other records, reports and logs to conform to EEO regulations.
• Manage the processing of weekly payroll for both hourly and salary employees, auditing payroll data for annual W-2 and 1099 processing.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in HR Generalist role
• 2-4 years of clerical experience
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of Federal and State employment laws, including FMLA, FLSA, EEO, ADA, Workers' Comp, Unemployment, Cobra, Payroll taxing, etc.
• Knowledge of OSHA/MIOSHA standards as it relates to employment policies and practices.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
• HRIS software / Websites (ADP, Monday.com, Applicantpro, MIWAM, Visual, SOS-MVR, ITSA, Action Trac, E-Verify, US DOL, Clinics, benefit vendor sites such as BCBSM, Rx, Basic COBRA, TASC, UNUM, etc.)
• Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
• Proficient in MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-Outlook and MS-PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• 4-year college degree and/or exclusive training/experience in all HR subject matter

Benefits

• Disability insurance
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid sick time