Part-time Temporary HR Benefits Processor (Can be remote in Columbus or Sidney, Ohio)

About the position

Thank you for checking out our posting! The HR department at Ferguson Construction is looking for short-term help supporting employee benefits administration. We expect the work to last 3-6 months. The position is available because our Benefits Manager of 27 years is retiring. We're training someone on the team to assume her responsibilities. Until she is fully trained, we are hiring someone to take care of the weekly processing needed to feed accurate benefits deductions to payroll. There will likely be other things to do as well. The schedule is 24 hours a week, from 7:00 - 4:00, on Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. The work can be done remotely, if the employee is able to come into either the Columbus or Sidney regional office as needed. We have the flexibility to make this a full-time position (still temporary) if a qualified candidate is interested in that. We are open to students enrolled in college. Our team is really fun to work with, and Ferguson is an awesome company! WE ARE NOT ENTERTAINING REMOTE CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT LIVE IN GREATER COLUMBUS OR SIDNEY, OHIO.

Responsibilities

  • Enter information in our HR Information System (iSolved)
  • Audit deduction-related information in Excel
  • Run reports and check them before sending deduction information to Sage Payroll for weekly pay runs
  • Write Standard Operating Procedures to document how things are processed.
  • Keep deductions for all medical, COBRA and 401k plans accurate for payroll
  • Enter absences in the timekeeping system
  • Process 401k deduction changes and invoices
  • Process HSA deductions and invoices
  • Process all invoices for medical, life and disability policies
  • Make Workers Compensation payments to employees on WC leaves
  • Track weekly claim costs
  • Other projects that leverage the unique skills of the person we hire

Requirements

  • We require at least 1 year of prior benefits administration experience
  • Having really good attention to detail and being highly accurate are required
  • We work closely together as a team, so strong collaboration skills is also essential!

Nice-to-haves

  • Having prior payroll experience would be helpful, yet is not required
  • iSolved experience is a plus
  • Sage experience is a plus
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