Job Type
Full-time
Description
The HR Assistant is responsible for assisting all areas of the Human Resources Department. This person will assist in recruitment, onboarding, payroll, benefits, and employee recordkeeping.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Assist Benefits Manager with the implementation of new benefit programs and the renewal of existing benefit programs.
• Communicates benefits information to employees, including new hires and existing employees.
• Processes enrollments, changes, and terminations of employee benefits.
• Provides benefits administration including responding to employee questions, claims issues, new hire enrollment, mid-year status changes, terminations, COBRA notifications, leave payments and annual open enrollment.
• Assists Benefits Manager by providing 401k administration, communication to employees, gathers all information for the 401k audit.
• Maintains accurate employee records and files.
• Assists with the preparation of annual reports and audits related to the HR Department.
• Assists with HR report generation for other departments.
• Assists department with compliant documentation and correspondence regarding leave of absence and workers' compensation accommodations and restrictions.
• Serve as Payroll backup to the Payroll Administrator.
• Maintain data integrity by inputting and processing new hires, terminations, employee data, changes, garnishments, deductions, time-off requests.
• Manage payroll benefit deductions, 401K deductions, HSA account set-up and manage.
• Order company-wide business cards, name plates, retirement plaques, employee recognition awards, and similar items.
• Assists with and conduct employee onboarding meetings.
• Assists Talent Management with employee onboarding tasks.
• Assists Talent Acquisition with candidate dispositions and interview scheduling.
• Assists with password resets within Paylocity.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements
Minimum Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities):

• High School Diploma or equivalent; Associate degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of successful "HR Assistant" experience.
• Commitment to excellent client service and high standards.
• Strong communication skills, written and verbal.
• Ability to work under general supervision in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines; multitask with a sense of urgency between competing tasks.
• Possess basic computer skills with a strong knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite of products.
• Experience with Paylocity software highly preferred.
• Strong data entry, attention to detail, organization skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Ability to work well in a team environment, cross-functionally.
• Works with a sense of urgency.
• Successful completion of pre-employment background and drug screening.
• Fosters good coworker citizenship and contributes to a positive work environment.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk, working on a computer
• Ability to repeat motions, such as typing and filing
• Ability to lift and carry to 15 lbs.

M&D provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability, military status, and genetic information.
This job posting does not state or imply that these are the only duties to be performed by this employee. The employee will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform any other duties requested by their leader.