Payroll Specialist

Essen Health Care is the largest privately held, multispecialty medical group in New York, providing high-quality, compassionate care to some of the state’s most vulnerable and underserved residents.

Founded in 1999, we’ve grown from a single primary care office into a network of 50+ locations offering urgent care, primary care and specialty services, from women’s health to endocrinology and psychiatry. We also provide nursing home support, care management, and in-home care through our Essen House Calls program. Guided by a Population Health model, our team of 500+ providers deliver care in-person, at home, or via telehealth, ensuring patients get the support they need when and where they need it.

We’re looking for talented, motivated individuals to join our growing team. Whether you’re a medical provider, administrator, or operations professional, there’s a career here for you. Join us in making a real difference in the health of our community.

The Payroll Specialist is responsible to perform daily payroll operations.

• Maintain and document all payroll records
• Manage workflow to ensure all payroll transactions are processed accurately and timely
• Reconcile and validate payroll prior to transmission
• Understand proper taxation of salaries, benefits and other factors
• Process and monitor garnishment orders and other deductions that impact payroll specifications
• Execute time and attendance processing and interface with payroll
• Detect and process issues related to uncollected payroll checks
• Assist with year-end reporting when necessary (W-2, W-2c, etc)
• Process manual checks
• Review data/files received from HR
• Research and email appropriate audience of file issues
• Address employee’s payroll and timekeeping inquiries and concerns

• Associates Degree with and additional of 3 years’ experience and/or
• BS/BA in business, accounting or relevant experience and 2 years’ experience
• Must have experience with processing of payroll
• Must have experience with timekeeping
• Strong PC skills including proficiency in Excel
• Working knowledge of Net-suite, Kronos or ADP payroll system or equivalent payroll & timekeeping software

$24.00-$27.00 an hour

Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.