WAGE & SALARY GENERALIST

Saint Barnabas Medical Center•New York, NY

About The Position

The Wage & Salary Generalist supports compensation and HR operations in a healthcare environment. The role processes and documents employee staffing, salary, and status changes; coordinates payroll placement for new employees according to salary scales and union contracts; and implements wage increases and other compensation items in accordance with contractual requirements and hospital policy. The position communicates salary information and policy to hospital personnel, serves as a liaison between Human Resources and hospital departments, and audits payroll and employee data for accuracy and currency. The role also prepares personnel and payroll reports, processes uniform allowances, experience differentials, evaluations, and year-end increases, and coordinates projects and workload with the team. It reviews and audits workload, maintains job descriptions, and meets with department heads annually to revise them as needed. The position assists the Vice President and Assistant Director with other projects. The general duties listed are not an exhaustive description of all possible work requirements. The position promotes a safe, cooperative, and professional healthcare environment and prioritizes courteous, professional customer service. It follows hospital policies and procedures and helps ensure questions and concerns are directed to the appropriate personnel in a timely manner.

Requirements

Minimum of 7–10 years of progressive experience in compensation, wage and salary administration, HR operations, or related human resources functions.
Strong attention to detail and systematic adherence to control systems.
Proficiency in mathematics and computer literacy in Excel and Microsoft Word.
Above-average analytical and communication skills.
Ability to perform repetitive tasks without loss of accuracy.
Demonstrated experience interpreting, administering, and implementing collective bargaining agreements and Memoranda of Agreement, particularly compensation and economic provisions.
Extensive experience developing, maintaining, and administering union and non-union wage structures, salary schedules, pay grades, and compensation programs.
Experience administering non-merit-based compensation structures, including contractual wage scales, step progressions, longevity increases, fixed salary schedules, and position-based pay systems.
Demonstrated experience conducting salary analyses, market benchmarking, job evaluations, internal equity assessments, and wage compression reviews.
Experience with collective bargaining cost projections, wage modeling, and financial impact assessments of proposed contract provisions.
Experience overseeing compensation-related payroll transactions, salary adjustments, retroactive payments, differentials, and contractual wage implementations.

Nice To Haves

B.A./B.S. degree or equivalent education, preferably in Human Resource Management, Business, or Economics.
Minimum of 5 years of experience administering compensation programs within a complex healthcare environment.

Responsibilities

Promote a safe, cooperative, and professional healthcare environment to support optimum patient care.
Follow hospital policies, procedures, rules, and regulations.
Provide professional, courteous, and tactful customer service to patients, visitors, and coworkers, and direct questions or concerns to the appropriate personnel.
Process and document staffing, salary, and employee status changes on Personnel Action Forms.
Communicate relevant salary information and hospital policy to hospital personnel.
Coordinate the placement of new employees on payroll in accordance with existing salary scales and union contracts.
Process and document across-the-board union and non-union wage increases in accordance with contract stipulations.
Act as a liaison between Human Resources and hospital departments.
Conduct audits to ensure employee data in the payroll system is accurate and current.
Prepare personnel and payroll reports, including reports on experience and educational differentials, uniforms, turnover, EEO, and salary adjustments.
Process and document uniform allowances, experience differentials, evaluations, and year-end increases monthly.
Coordinate project completion and workload with the team.
Review and audit workload.
Oversee maintenance of existing job descriptions and meet annually with department heads to revise them as necessary.
Assist the Vice President and Assistant Director with miscellaneous projects.