Payroll & Benefits Specialist - United States

*This is a Houston-based hybrid position

Allow us to introduce ourselves

dss+ is a leading operations management consulting firm offering a range of advisory and implementation transformational services in Operational Risk, Operational Excellence, and Sustainability, enabled by Learning & Development and Digital Technologies.

dss+ has employees across the globe offering services primarily in the Metals & Mining, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, Utilities, Manufacturing, Consumer Products, and Financial Services industries.

With our DuPont industrial operations heritage and expertise in operational risk management, operations excellence, learning & development, data analytics & digital technology, our capabilities provide an integrated, transformational solution to enable clients to realize their business goals.

At dss+ we embrace and celebrate diversity. We have established an inclusive culture, where everyone contributes, has the chance to develop and display their talents in solving challenging client problems. We are a team-based culture and, thus, we look for people that operate well in this environment, are intellectually curious and adaptive in ensuring their contribution fits within the evolving themes and dynamics of our projects.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity to work with a fast-paced, outcome focused HR team in supporting and coordinating payroll and benefits administration for our employees in the US and Canada. You will be supporting employees and the HR function to ensure that HR & Payroll data is processed accurately and on time to meet payroll deadlines each month. The position also coordinates benefits administration and will be an integral connection between dss+ Human Resources and third party benefits and payroll providers.

Responsibilities will include:

Coordinating the administration of payroll and benefits information for DSS employees in the US and Canada (but not limited to):

• Work directly with our external payroll providers to communicate and collate payroll changes and ensure that data is processed, and queries are answered within the different country payroll calendars each month

• Complete processing of benefits administration and ensure employee benefit data is updated with the payroll provider each month

• Administer employee benefits in accordance with country requirements

• Answer employee questions about benefits coverage; act as a liaison between the employee, third party administrators and benefit vendors

• Ensure compliance with payroll and employment taxes, and benefits regulations

• Work with our payroll providers and tax agencies resolving tax notices across multiple states

• Support in audits related to payroll and benefits

• Partner with HR and the business, to optimise and upgrade the dss+ employee experience

Qualifications

• Hands-on, strong functional knowledge and a minimum of 3 years inhouse payroll operations and benefits administration experience.

• Excellent spoken and written English communication skills

• Demonstrated working knowledge of payroll and benefits administration for the US and ideally Canada

• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a remote HR team

• Strong vendor management and project management skills

• Strong influence and stakeholder management skills

• Experience using MS Office suite

• Organised and able to correctly prioritise your workload to meet tight deadlines

• Conscientious with meticulous attention for detail

• Proactive and able to use your own initiative

• Generalist HR capabilities

At the highest level, you will have the chance to:

Live and breathe dss+ Core Values and Mission Critical Behaviors and encourage others to do the same. As a company and individually, we are here to deliver value, walk our talk, keep learning, work in teams and be engaged. Read more about what we value here - https://www.consultdss.com/about/core-values/.

We have a strong growth trajectory and