Sr. Payroll, Benefits & Compensation Administrator

Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park•Grand Rapids, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Payroll, Benefits & Compensation Administrator plays a key role in supporting the employee experience at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park through the accurate and effective administration of payroll, benefits, and compensation programs. This position independently manages the organization’s bi-weekly payroll process, administers employee benefit programs, supports compensation and market-pricing activities, and helps ensure the accuracy and integrity of employee and HRIS data. As a key Total Rewards resource, this role works closely with Human Resources, Finance, employees, and external partners to resolve issues, strengthen processes, and ensure programs are administered accurately and consistently. The ideal candidate combines strong technical knowledge with exceptional attention to detail, analytical ability, sound judgment, and a service-oriented approach. Payroll, benefits, and compensation touch every employee at Meijer Gardens. This role helps ensure employees are paid accurately and on time, can confidently navigate their benefits, and are supported by compensation programs that are consistent, competitive, equitable, and rewarding. Behind the scenes, you'll also help strengthen the data, processes, and controls that allow Human Resources and organizational leaders to make informed decisions.

Requirements

5-7 years of progressively responsible experience in payroll, benefits, compensation, or broader HR operations
Demonstrated experience independently managing payroll processes and administering employee benefit programs
Working knowledge of payroll practices, payroll taxation, wage-and-hour requirements, benefits administration, and compensation practices.
Strong analytical skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience analyzing and reconciling complex employee and payroll data.
Exceptional attention to detail, organization, judgement, confidentiality, and ability to independently research and resolve discrepancies.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience with Paycor or a comparable HRIS/payroll platform.
Experience conducting compensation market pricing and benchmarking; PayFactors or comparable platform experience preferred.
Experience working directly with benefit carriers, brokers, payroll providers, and other HR vendors.
CCP, FPC, CEBS, CPP, or another relevant payroll, benefits, or compensation credential.
Experience within a nonprofit or similarly complex organization.

Responsibilities

Independently manage the end-to-end bi-weekly payroll process, including calculations, deductions, approvals, reconciliations, and timely processing.
Audit payroll records, research and resolve discrepancies, and maintain appropriate documentation and internal controls.
Support payroll compliance, year-end processing, W-2s, reporting, taxation, wage-and-hour requirements, and employee payroll questions.
Administer employee benefit programs, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, and other benefit offerings.
Manage enrollments, qualifying life events, terminations, annual open enrollment, employee communications, and benefit recordkeeping.
Partner with carriers, brokers, and other vendors to resolve eligibility, enrollment, billing, deduction, and service issues.
Administer compensation programs and processes in alignment with established compensation philosophy, structures, and guidelines.
Conduct market pricing and benchmarking, maintain salary ranges and job grades, and prepare analyses supporting new hires, promotions, internal equity, and organizational changes.
Support annual compensation and merit planning and identify potential market competitiveness, compression, or internal equity concerns for HR leadership review.
Serve as a key functional resource for payroll, benefits, and compensation within the HRIS and related systems.
Maintain accurate employee and Total Rewards data and develop reports, reconciliations, dashboards, audits, and documentation.
Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, strengthen controls, improve data accuracy, and support HRIS implementations, upgrades, testing, and system configuration.
Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for payroll, benefits, compensation, and related HR vendors and external partners.
Partner closely with Human Resources and Finance to reconcile information and support reporting, budgeting, audits, and employee data needs.
Provide knowledgeable, responsive guidance to employees, managers, and HR team members regarding established payroll, benefits, and compensation programs and processes.