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- Ufficio in Atlanta
About Shepherd Center
With five decades of experience, Shepherd Center provides world-class clinical care, research, and family support for people experiencing the most complex conditions, including spinal cord and brain injuries, multi-trauma, traumatic amputations, stroke, multiple sclerosis, and pain. An elite center ranked by U.S. News as one of the nation’s top hospitals for rehabilitation, Shepherd Center is also recognized as both Spinal Cord Injury and Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems. Shepherd is the only rehabilitation facility in the nation with an intensive care unit on-site, allowing us to care for the most complex patients and begin the rehabilitation process sooner. Shepherd Center treats thousands of patients annually with unmatched expertise and unwavering compassion to help them begin again.
Shepherd Center's culture is one of hope, humor, and hard work. You will enjoy career growth, strong relationships with co-workers, strong support from leadership, and fun activities that have kept over 12% of staff members working at Shepherd for more than 20 years.
Payroll Responsibilities:
- Manage the full payroll cycle, including quarter-end and year-end activities.
- Ensure the accurate preparation, documentation, distribution, and reconciliation of payroll.
- Administer the payroll system, ensuring it accurately computes and records time, earnings, employee benefits, special deductions, taxes, garnishments, etc.
- Respond to and resolve any inquiries regarding payroll, escalating issues as necessary.
- Coordinate and process wage adjustments and other payroll-related items.
- Monitor tax reporting and payments, and coordinate W-2 and other tax-related processing.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of city, state, local, and federal legislation affecting payroll.
- Assist the Finance and Accounting team with the reconciliation of payroll-related GL entries.
- Audit systems for accuracy and research and resolve discrepancies as they arise.
- Assist in the review, testing, and implementation of system upgrades.
- Provide or assist users with systems training and navigation support.
- Run and distribute bi-weekly and on-demand reports.
- Administer payroll-related programs and systems.
- Perform time and attendance audits to identify and resolve timecard exceptions.
HR Generalist Responsibilities:
- Support Human Resources practices and objectives that will provide an employee-oriented, high-performance culture that emphasizes engagement, empowerment, quality, productivity, and standards.
- Analyze and improve HR processes, ensuring compliance with employment laws and practices.
- Support employee engagement activities, new manager training and development and the recruitment and ongoing development of a superior workforce.
- Provide analysis of standard HRIS data and provide updates and insights on key metrics throughout the employee lifecycle.
- Provide coaching for successful contribution and performance development.
- Assist, as needed with employee relations discovery and resolution.
REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources, Business, Organization Development, or equivalent work experience.
REQUIRED MINIMUM CERTIFICATION
- No professional certification required.
REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE
- 8+ years of experience in HR and payroll roles.
- Strong knowledge of employment laws and payroll regulations.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Proficiency in HRIS and payroll systems. Workday and UKG, preferred
- High level of confidentiality and organizational skills.
- Experience in a hospital setting a plus.
REQUIRED MINIMUM SKILLS
- Above average oral and written communication skills.
- Extensive knowledge of the leave requirements and other legal protections afforded by the FMLA, ADA, and other applicable laws.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.
- Ability to effectively manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Ability to act with integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and to delegate them when appropriate.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Evidence of the practice of a high level of confidentiality.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and Organizational Skills.
- Must be able to work without direct supervision.
- Strong organizational, customer service, and teamwork skills
- Strong interpersonal and problem-solving skills
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree from a four-year college or university in Human Resources or related field
- PHR certification a plus
- CCP certification a plus
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Must be able to access and navigate each department at the organization's facilities.
WORKING CONDITIONS
- Some potential for exposure to blood and body fluids.
