Payroll & HR Operations Specialist

Ascend HR Corp • Houston, TX

1d • $26 - $38 • Remote

About The Position

We run HR and payroll for companies of 10 to 499 employees that do not have an HR department of their own. You would own the payroll and operations side for a portfolio of them, working alongside an HR generalist and a compliance specialist. We have been at this since 2009. We started in recruitment and moved into HR because our clients kept needing help keeping the people we found them. We are hiring at either level, depending on who we meet: Payroll Specialist — $26 to $32 an hour. Two or more years running full-cycle payroll, with multi-state exposure. Senior Payroll & HR Operations Specialist — $32 to $38 an hour. Five or more years, including registering employers in new states from scratch, working agency notices, and making classification calls you can defend.

Requirements

• Two or more years running payroll for the Specialist level, five or more for the Senior level — ideally across more than one company or entity
• Multi-state payroll experience, or a real appetite for learning it quickly
• Solid on worker classification — exempt versus non-exempt, employee versus contractor — and honest about where you would want a second opinion
• Clear on the phone and clear in writing. You will be the voice of this company to several clients at once.
• Organized enough to carry a portfolio without anyone chasing you

Nice To Haves

• Certified payroll and prevailing wage
• Davis-Bacon or Service Contract Act work
• Construction or healthcare clients
• Benefits administration
• Moving a company off a PEO

Responsibilities

• Run payroll end to end: processing, tax filing and deposits, direct deposit, pay stubs
• Handle multi-state registration and withholding as clients add employees in new states
• Manage garnishments, levies and support orders
• Own quarterly and year-end filings, W-2s and 1099s
• Run onboarding and offboarding: I-9, E-Verify, new-hire reporting, benefits enrollment
• Set up and administer each client's HR system and keep the data clean enough to trust
• Answer client questions directly. Most of your day is client contact, not a ticket queue.

Benefits

• Real schedule flexibility. Start at 15 to 25 hours a week and grow toward full-time if you want it, or stay part-time. The hourly rate is the same either way.
• Your own portfolio of client relationships rather than a ticket queue.
• Direct contact with the people you serve, without three layers of internal process between you and a decision.
• A team built so you are not alone on the hard questions. An HR generalist and a compliance specialist work alongside you, and the expectation is that you use them.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed