Payroll Specialist
The Organization
We help society’s foundational institutions—healthcare and higher education—to achieve their full potential in service to others.
We are our clients’ trusted partners in ever-changing times. For more than 30 years, Kaufman Hall has provided independent, objective insights grounded in sound data and analysis to help clients fulfill their missions, achieve their goals, and tackle their toughest problems.
Kaufman Hall provides world-class management consulting in strategic financial planning (a concept we created); performance improvement; partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions; and treasury and capital markets. Kaufman Hall’s consulting is supported by a deep foundation of benchmarking and software tools.
At Kaufman Hall, we believe that sustained success is never an accident. It is the result of sound decision making, based on data-driven analysis and disciplined thinking, and guided by the fundamental principles of corporate finance.
The Position
Kaufman, Hall & Associates, LLC, is seeking a Payroll Specialist to join the Accounting team. In this role, the person will:

• Process semi monthly employee payroll on time and through the appropriate channels using ADP Workforce Now
• Complete all HR reporting documentation
• Updates payroll records by reviewing and approving changes in exemptions, insurance coverage, savings deductions
• Calculate and deduct appropriate amounts from payroll checks, including tax withholdings and other garnishments
• Maintains payroll guidelines by writing and updating policies and procedures
• Complies with federal, state, and local legal requirements by studying existing and new legislation related to payroll
• Determines payroll liabilities by approving the calculation or employee federal and state income and social security taxes
• Oversee internal payroll and accounting audits as required
• Maintain files and documentation thoroughly and accurately, in accordance with company policy and accepted accounting practices
• Own the reconciliation of the balance sheet accounts for withholdings and benefits
• Manage the Form 5500/401k Financial Statements
• Allocation/coding of benefit invoices
• Lead the budget to the actual management and variance of payroll accounts
• Undertake projects as needed and directed to improve processes and procedures
• Perform ad hoc assignments as needed

Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess:

• 3 or more years processing payroll with ADP Workforce Now
• Ability to maintain privacy and confidentiality
• Proven ability to hit deadlines
• Keen attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to function effectively both independently and as a member of a team
• Self-motivated, with a proven ability to learn quickly and work effectively in an evolving work environment 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Applicants for employment must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Kaufman Hall (i.e., H1-B visa, F-1 visa (OPT), TN visa or any other non-immigrant status).

Education: Bachelor’s degree required
Physical Requirements 

• Must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily with reasonable accommodations.
• Work is generally done sitting, talking, hearing and typing. Visual acuity to use a keyboard, prepare and analyze data and figures; transcribing, viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading.

Work Environment 

• Travel Required: None
• The role is based in Chicago with the expectation to be in the office a few times per week.
• Work is regularly performed in a combination of in office and home office settings, and routinely uses standard office equipment.

Kaufman Hall is committed to providing equal opportunity for all employees and applicants. We recruit, hire, train, promote, pay, and administer all employment actions without regard to actual and also perceived or assumed protected group status as defined by law of an individual or that individual’s associates or relatives. Our policies and the law prohibit employment discrimination against any employee or applicant on the basis of any legally protected status.