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Payroll Administrator

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services
Union, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 3/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/28/2026
Expect Success at Bridgeway!

We make a difference in people’s lives by supporting their life goals - our employees and the people we serve alike.

We invest in our employees through competitive compensation and benefits, best practice training, and fostering a team-oriented culture that promotes career development. We nurture an environment that values diversity, where inclusivity, equity, and belonging thrive.

At Bridgeway, Everyone Learns and Grows together.

We give you our best, so you can unleash your full potential.

Make a Future at Bridgeway!

Who we are: Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Department: Finance

Salary: $70,000-$75,000

Location: Union, NJ

Work hours: Monday-Friday 8:30am-4:30pm

Position Overview: The Payroll Administrator position manages payroll process in ADP WFN and performs accounting-related tasks and is responsible for reconciling all employee benefits.

Essential Job Functions

Payroll Responsibilities:

  • Analyzes, prepares and inputs payroll data. Typically using automated system (ADP WFN) to produce accurate and timely payroll. Ensures compliance with all applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.
  • Administer employees all deductions and remittance including garnishment, adding and making changes in deduction and earning codes.
  • Administer entire retirement plan including adding, deleting, calculating and remitting files to plan administrator.
  • Prepares weekly, monthly, quarterly and year-end reports (gross payroll, hours worked, paid-time-off (PTO) accrual, tax deductions, benefit deductions, etc.) for management.
  • Reconcile payroll related entries with general ledger on bi-weekly and/or monthly basis.
  • Reconcile all employee benefits with benefit enrollment and invoices.
  • Maintains current knowledge of applicable state and federal wage and hour laws.
  • Stays current on payroll systems to achieve alignment with HR benefits
  • Facilitates management and employee understanding of payroll procedures as needed.
  • Annual evaluation, spreadsheet data collection, bonus calculations and other incentives (medical rebate).
  • Participates in orientation training and other training as assigned.
  • Provides various reports to the CFO as needed.
  • Provide various reports to CFO
  • Provide documentations and reports and assist in all internal, external workers compensation audits as assigned by the CEO/CFO.

Required Payroll Areas Of Competency

  • Communication proficiency
  • Technical Capacity
  • Personal Effectiveness/credibility
  • Financial Management
  • Communication and Relationship Management

Requirements

Education/Certifications:

  • Associate's degree, bachelor’s preferred in Accounting/Finance along with 2-5 years of experience.
  • Must be detailed oriented and very well organized.

Experience

  • Two years' experience in HR payroll systems and related software programs, and benefits administration.
  • Proficiency in use of Microsoft Excel and Payroll Systems such as ADP WFN.
  • Prior customer service experience.

Driver’s License, Vehicle

  • Valid driver’s license and vehicle required
  • No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months

Excellent Benefits

  • Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 403b, basic life and AD&D, flexible spending accounts, EAP
  • Eligible for medical benefits after 30 days of employment
  • Flexible work schedules, clinical training series, leadership development program
  • 10 paid holidays (an 11th after 2 years of employment), generous vacation and sick time

Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services is committed to inclusive hiring and dedicated to diversity in our work and workplace culture. We provide equal opportunity for employees and applicants in all aspects of the employment relationship, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, age, religion, or any other classification protected by law; and we strongly encourage candidates of all identities, experiences, orientations, and communities to apply.

Salary : $70,000 - $75,000

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