Total Rewards Specialist

Are you detail-oriented, analytical, and passionate about delivering an exceptional employee experience? Do you enjoy working with payroll, benefits, HR systems, and data? Knape & Vogt is looking for a Total Rewards Specialist who excels in connecting with people, process and data to create a seamless employee experience. Company Overview:Knape & Vogt Manufacturing Company has been based in Grand Rapids for more than 125 years. We are a global leader specializing in the design, manufacture and distribution of functional hardware, office and healthcare ergonomics and storage-related components for original equipment manufacturers, specialty distributors, hardware chains and major home centers.Job Summary: The Total Rewards (TR) Specialist will assist in the administration of payroll, benefits, and Human Resources Information Systems(HRIS. The TR Specialist provides excellent customer service to employees for payroll, benefits, and HRIS related questions and other HR assistance as needed. The Total Rewards Specialist reports to the Total Rewards Manager.PayrollProcess bi-weekly payroll for assigned business unit within Dayforce HRIS environmentAudit hourly employee time recordsReview tax, wage garnishments, pay changes, and deductions on each payroll cycle Maintain a high level of confidentialityProvide required reporting to other departmentsRespond to employee and internal dept inquiries regarding payrollBenefitsReconciles monthly invoices from multiple benefits carriers, submits invoices for paymentsMaintains employee benefit information in HRIS databases and external benefit carrier databasesAssist with annual open enrollment process including administration of enrollment changes within HRIS and benefit meetingsAssist to ensure company compliance with Health plan, Retirement plansDevelops communications to promote benefitsHRIS userMaintain company HRIS-DayforceManage day to day HRIS activities including report development, workflow management and process changes required to support evolving businessProcesses changes and updates to personnel dataPrepares timely HR reports summarizing and analyzing findings, and providing recommendationsPerform other duties as assignedRequirements:Work Experience: 3 years of experience in Benefits, Payroll or HRIS within an HR departmentEducation: College Degree in arelated field or 3 years of equivalent experienceComputer Skills: Intermediate skills in Microsoft Office Suite specifically with Word and Excel (i.e. pivot tables, VLOOKUP, Mail merge), experience with HRIS systemsOrganization Skills: Excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task and shift priorities as neededCross-functional skills: Ability to work well cross-functionally with other departments; provides excellent internal and external customer serviceCommunication Skills: Excellent written and verbal skills; Ability to deal with sensitive and confidential information; Ability to communicate well with all levels of the organization; strong interpersonal skills