Payroll Specialist Hybrid - Blue Balloon ABA

About Children's Specialized ABA:

Children’s Specialized ABA is designed to address the comprehensive needs of children, teens, and young adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). By leveraging the expertise of the Children’s Specialized Hospital Autism Center of Excellence, the program aims to expand access to innovative and compassionate care, empowering children diagnosed with autism to thrive. Children’s Specialized ABA embraces a holistic approach, recognizing the interconnectedness of physical, emotional, and social well-being, ensuring every aspect of a patient’s life is consider in their therapeutic journey.

Our integrated care model brings ABA therapy services augmented by complementary therapies, such as speech and language, occupational, and behavioral health services, ensuring a comprehensive, whole-child approach that supports a wide range of needs, from verbal to behavioral and social skills.

The Values that set Children's Specialized ABA apart: 

• Inclusivity: We celebrate the diversity within the Autism spectrum and are committed to creating an inclusive environment that respects and values each person’s individual strengths and differences.
• Innovation: We foster a culture of creativity and collaboration, exploring new ideas to develop personalized solutions that enhance quality of life for all children with Autism.
• Connection: We actively engage with the health systems and broader community to coordinate services and care for people with Autism. 
• Quality and Safety: We invest in research and training to provide cutting-edge, effective, safe and personalized services tailored to the unique needs of those we serve.

What we offer you:

• Free best-in-class training to receive certification as a Registered Behavior Technician (RBT)
• A distinctive track record of promotion to roles that meet your unique skills and interests—ask us about career path options today!
• Free CEUs & fieldwork supervision hours if you are or chose to become a BCBA student
• Guaranteed full-time hours in our early intervention centers
• Excellent benefits for eligible employees – including health, dental, vision, PTO and 401k
• Ongoing training to build your skills and experience including safety and CPR training
• Use of company tablets and a comprehensive set of technology and tools to make your work easier and enable you to focus on the best parts of the job
• Opportunity to collaborate with leading clinicians and experts in our comprehensive care model

 We are growing and hiring a hard-working, dedicated, positive payroll professional to support the day-to-day payroll operations!

This role is M-F and the core work hours are 8:30am - 5:00pm EST (with a 30-min. meal period); flexibility is required to meet department/organizational goals and ensure payroll processing deadlines are met. This is a Hybrid role located in Kearney, NJ!

Ideal candidates will have strong organizational skills, and successful customer service experience (internal and external customers)

Key Responsibilities: 

• Assist Payroll Manager with day-to-day payroll operating tasks
• Work closely with Finance Team, HR Team, CR Team, and Scheduling Team to resolve any payroll/time and attendance issues/concerns
• Understands service codes in CR work to resolve questions from employees
• Maintains payroll database, including program modifications,  additions, and/or deletions to earnings/deductions fields.
• Process payroll on a biweekly basis (hourly & salaried), including information related to new hires, terminations, salary continuances, garnishments, and bonus and reimbursements, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely disbursement.
• Reconciles pay cycle.
• 401(k) management/enrollment and audits.
• Run weekly/bi-weekly/monthly and quarterly payroll reports/audits from both payroll system (Paylocity) and billing system (Central Reach) and reconciliation for payroll/benefits
• Responds to day-to-day employee and department inquiries for payroll and/or timekeeping questions accurately using strong customer service and problem-solving skills.
• Works with Benefits teams to ensure accurate benefits deductions and record keeping.
• Partner with stakeholders to research and resolve payroll and/or timekeeping discrepancies and resolve exceptions and ensure accurate and complete payroll records.
• Research issues in HRIS systems to ensure that data accurately transfers between systems and perform corrections as required.
• Maintain payroll records, resolve payroll discrepancies, and respond to employee inquiries about payroll and tax issues.
• Track, input employee late submits from CR system into excel and upload to payroll system to ensure accurate payment of hours worked.
• Set up state unemployment taxes
• Confirm local taxes
• Process garnishments (including employee communication)
• Income verifications
• Special projects
• Other duties and needed and assigned  

Required Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's degree preferred; high school diploma or equivalent with demonstrated success
• Paylocity experience strongly preferred
• Detail-oriented and organized 
• Proficient in excel (v-lookup and pivot tables) 
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage sensitive and confidential situations with tact, professionalism, and diplomacy; excellent verbal and written communication skills 
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail  
• Proficient with or the ability to quickly learn payroll management, human resource information system (HRIS), applicant tracking system (ATS) and similar computer applications 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing circumstances while maintaining a positive attitude

Children’s Specialized ABA provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.