About the Practice

Lightwave, founded in 2016, is a high-growth company building the group model for the future of the dental industry. Lightwave is passionate about doing things the right way with a tight focus on high quality, core values, and taking care of their people. Lightwave is a dental leadership organization that focuses on partnering, training and developing dentists as the natural leaders of the dental practice. Lightwave helps dentists launch their careers, supports dentists leading high-growth dental groups, and assists doctors looking to establish their legacy as they transition into retirement. Lightwave is solving the big problems in dentistry: retirement, management, reimbursements, and partnership by providing the benefits of a group while preserving the essence of private practice. Lightwave currently supports over 80 dental offices in 4 states. For additional information, please visit lightwavedental.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram.

Job Description

The Payroll and Benefits Coordinator plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth administration of employee benefits and payroll processes within the organization. This position involves managing employee benefit programs, handling payroll-related tasks, and maintaining compliance with legal regulations. The ideal candidate will be located within the Maryland, DC, or Northern Virginia areas.

Responsibilities

• Handle payroll processing for multistate employees, ensuring accuracy and compliance.
• Perform data entry, uploads, and other transactional tasks related to payroll processing while maintaining confidentiality and meeting critical deadlines.
• Audit and reconcile payroll data, taxes, and deductions.
• Administer and facilitate benefits-related administrative tasks such as new hire explanations, enrollment support, open enrollment facilitation, and responding to employee inquiries.
• Perform audits and reconciliations to guarantee accuracy in benefit elections and deductions.
• Manage benefit-related invoicing and payments.
• Collaborate with employees, HR, and third-party providers to resolve benefits-related issues.
• Other projects and duties as assigned.
• Attend monthly in-person meetings in the HQ location in Woodbridge, VA.

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of benefit administration and direct payroll processing experience in a fast-paced, high-volume, multi-entity organization preferred.
• Demonstrate a basic understanding of Payroll processes, procedures, controls, regulations, and compliance.
• Experience using Ceridian Dayforce for payroll and timekeeping is preferred.
• Strong sense of urgency and a high level of attention to detail and is proactive.
• Proficient in MS Excel including advanced formulas functions (VLOOKUP’s, Pivot tables, IF statements) and MS Word
• Ability to prioritize workload, multi-task, meet all deadlines and work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent organizational skills: The ability to handle multiple priorities within deadlines is required and thrives when given multiple projects.

Benefits Offered

In return for providing an excellent patient experience, we offer a great benefits package to include health and dental benefits, 401(k), holiday pay and paid time off.

Salary Range

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