Payroll and Benefits Administrator

Burnham Holdings, Inc. • Lancaster, PA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Burnham Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries provide heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) products and solutions, including boilers, for residential, commercial, and industrial applications. The Payroll and Benefits Administrator is responsible for accurate, timely day-to-day payroll processing and administration of employee benefit programs for union and non-union employees across multiple locations. The role processes payroll and benefit transactions, maintains records, assists employees with routine questions, and works with the Director, Payroll & Benefits to resolve discrepancies and more complex issues.

This is a full-time, Monday-through-Friday dayshift position located onsite at the Lancaster Corporate Office. The role processes regular and supplemental payrolls, reviews timekeeping and compensation information, applies collective bargaining agreement provisions, handles benefit enrollments and changes, supports open enrollment and reporting, and maintains accurate, confidential records. The administrator also assists with reconciliations, audits, compliance activities, employee support, and process improvements.

Requirements

• Minimum of three years of direct payroll processing experience.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, confidentiality, and timely completion of work.
• Ability to manage recurring payroll deadlines and multiple priorities.
• Ability to research and resolve routine payroll and benefit discrepancies and recognize issues requiring escalation.
• Strong customer service, communication, organization, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and Microsoft 365 applications.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence and speak effectively before groups of customers or employees.
• Ability to perform basic math operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals; calculate percentages; and interpret simple charts or graphs.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to written, oral, or diagrammatic instructions and deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Ability to work in Office, Word, Excel, ADP, PowerPoint, and company manufacturing software.
• Physical ability to regularly stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, and talk or hear; occasionally sit, reach, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to meet the stated vision requirements, including close and distance vision and differentiating colors.

Nice To Haves

• Associate degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field; equivalent education and relevant experience will be considered.
• Five or more years of payroll processing experience.
• Experience with overtime, shift premiums, incentive or piece-rate compensation, payroll deductions, and multiple pay groups.
• Benefits administration experience.
• Experience with ADP or a comparable payroll and HR information system.
• Fundamental Payroll Certification (FPC) or Certified Payroll Professional (CPP) designation.
• Benefits-related certification or coursework.

Responsibilities

• Process regular and supplemental payrolls accurately and on schedule for union and non-union employees.
• Review timekeeping, wage rates, employee changes, earnings, deductions, taxes, and other payroll information for accuracy.
• Process overtime, shift differentials, premiums, bonuses, retroactive pay, piece-rate or incentive earnings, and other applicable compensation.
• Apply collective bargaining agreement provisions, including wage rates, classifications, premiums, overtime rules, and union deductions.
• Review payroll and exception reports, research discrepancies, and coordinate with Human Resources, supervisors, managers, and operating locations to resolve issues.
• Respond to routine employee questions regarding pay, hours, deductions, taxes, direct deposit, and other payroll matters.
• Assist with payroll reconciliations, tax administration, quarter-end and year-end processing, audits, system testing, and payroll projects.
• Process benefit enrollments, changes, and terminations for company-sponsored programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, health savings, and flexible spending accounts.
• Assist employees with routine benefit eligibility, enrollment, coverage, and deduction questions.
• Review benefit information for accuracy and coordinate approved changes with carriers, third-party administrators, and other vendors.
• Reconcile benefit deductions and help resolve enrollment, contribution, and billing discrepancies.
• Support annual open enrollment, including employee communications, enrollment processing, system updates, and data review.
• Process employee and dependent benefit status changes and provide required information to the company’s COBRA or other designated administrators.
• Escalate significant benefit discrepancies, contribution issues, disputed claims, and plan-interpretation questions to the Director, Payroll & Benefits.
• Maintain complete and accurate payroll, benefit, deduction, and supporting records, and protect confidential employee and plan information.
• Follow company policies, collective bargaining agreements, benefit plan requirements, and established payroll and benefit procedures.
• Identify and promptly escalate payroll errors, compliance concerns, unusual discrepancies, or matters requiring legal, tax, benefit-plan, or collective bargaining agreement interpretation.
• Prepare reports, maintain procedures and checklists, assist with audits, support process improvements, and perform other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage available on the first of the month after the date of hire
• 401(k) plan
• Weekly pay
• 12 paid holidays
• Vacation time
• 75% tuition reimbursement after six months

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree