Payroll and Compensation Manager

We are looking for a full-time, experienced and self-motivated Payroll and Compensation Manager to join our human Resources Team to design execute and maintain payroll, compensation, benefits, plans in alignment the company’s culture and strategy to attract and retain highly qualified talent.

Hampton Products is a leading North American provider of both residential and commercial security and door hardware, builder’s hardware, cargo management, and portable security products. Founded in 1973, Hampton Products provides industry-leading customer service and retail metrics. Hampton’s products are available in major retail stores in North America under the Brinks, Keeper, Universal Hardware and Wright Products brands. For more information, please visit https://www.hamptonproducts.com/.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Own the payroll processing function from beginning to end, ensuring timeliness, accuracy and adherence to local, state and federal levels. Collaborate with payroll system point of contact to ensure maximized and accurate automation.
Work with associates and leaders to resolve payroll discrepancies, generate reports and train others in report use and creation via the payroll system.
Develop, implement, and maintain pay and benefit structures across the organization in compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
Ensure that all benefits and compensation programs maintain a stronger link between performance and reward, supporting a high-performance culture.
Work closely with benefits broker to manage open enrollment, plan implementation, etc.
Design and generate reports to measure KPIs.
Build and maintain strong, effective relationships with all stakeholders to ensure that the reward strategy is aligned with the business and talent strategy, including short-medium term priorities.
Recommend, execute and maintain NQSO program through ADP and Shareworks.com systems.
Work with Finance to provide consolidated invoicing and expense allocation information timely and resolve discrepancies as they arise.
Collaborate in the creation of incentive and compensation programs, maintaining and executing as needed. Support colleagues in HR, acting as a sounding board and as the point of contact for all reward matters.
Conduct market pricing analysis including job matching, job pricing, and reporting.
Own and maintain the HRIS platform, recommend and execute design changes, upgrades, etc.
Partner with HR leadership and Finance to identify and recommend opportunities for process and program improvements.
Maintain job description library. Work with associates and leaders at all levels to ensure accurate job descriptions exist for all positions always.
Conduct audits (internal and for external parties) and stay apprised of legal updates to ensure compliance with federal/state/local regulations.
Administer benefits, which include 401k plans, and benefits insurance policies, such as health, life, and disability.
Support the 401k audit process including the Engagement Letter, scheduling field audit work, gathering of requested documents, answering audit questions, coordination of filing form 5500, etc.
Manage physical and digital employee files, and other documents through document retention policy.
Submit cyclical compliance reports, including, but not limited to ACA, BLS, EEO, PCORI, EEO-1, CA Pay Reports, etc.
Process month-end and year-end payroll reporting with finance/accounting and create ad-hoc reports on as-needed basis.
Foster positive working relationships, interact professionally and ethically, as a collaborative team member or leader in pursuit of common organizational goals.

The successful candidate will have the following:

Bachelor’s degree (B. A.) from four-year college or university in HR, business, finance, or related discipline and no less than 5 years of progressive experience in payroll, compensation and benefits administration, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Master user level experience with ADP and other payroll software systems, including record retention and HRIS.
Strong experience managing NQSO through Shareworks or any other software.
Solid experience successfully processing payroll for multistate employees.
Microsoft Office Software programs, with expert level knowledge of Excel, and Word, Dynamics, Visio, etc.
Familiarity with benefits platforms such as 401k, medical, and other benefits.
Bilingual (English-Spanish) is highly preferred.
Strong attention to detail and outstanding interpersonal skills.
Solid knowledge of month-end and year-end payroll reporting processes with finance/accounting.
Solid experience creating and maintaining compensation structures, from job description to structure maintenance.
Solid knowledge of benefits plans with proven success analyzing, recommending and managing benefit plans.
Ability to work on multiple projects at once, without losing focus on the main purpose for each project.
Certified Payroll Professional certification (CPP), and World at Work Certified Compensation Professional Certification (CCP) are a plus.
Ability “read between the lines” when gathering and analyzing data make complex information easy to understand.
Strong business acumen.

Don’t let this job get away. Many feel that Hampton Products is a special place to work, and our core values are the primary reasons for that feeling. These core values (Inspiration, Caring and Innovation) are the soul of our company, and they are what set us apart. If this resonates with you, here’s your chance to work for an outstanding company that really cares about its employees as well as its customers. If you are interested, please apply here: __________________

Hampton Products International Corporation is an equal employment opportunity employer