What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Specialist position at NOCD?
Opportunity Overview:
We are seeking a detail-oriented, efficient and organized Payroll Specialist to join our team. The Payroll Specialist will be responsible for the accurate and timely processing of employee payroll, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. This position is responsible for processing compensation for W2 and 1099 physicians as well as registering and maintaining payroll taxes in an HRIS system.
The ideal candidate will have a strong attention to detail, excellent numerical skills, critical thinking, experience working in a high-growth company, and the ability to work effectively as part of a payroll team.
Key Responsibilities
- Payroll Processing: Process biweekly and semi-monthly payroll for over 1,200 employees, including data entry, timekeeping, and calculation of wages and deductions.
- Verification: Verify timekeeping records and resolve any discrepancies or issues related to hours worked.
- Benefit Administration: Assist with the administration of employee benefits, including health insurance, retirement plans, and other deductions.
- Tax Compliance: Ensure accurate calculation and timely submission of payroll taxes, including federal, state, and local withholding. 2 entities spanning 50 states.
- Reporting: Generate payroll reports as required.
- Communication: Address employee inquiries related to payroll, taxes, and deductions promptly and professionally.
- Record Keeping: Maintain organized and secure payroll records in compliance with company policies and legal requirements.
- Compliance: Stay current with federal and state payroll laws and regulations to ensure accurate payroll processing and compliance.
- Process Controls: Full understanding of audit controls and necessary regulatory guidelines.
- Accuracy: Ability to work quickly while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
- Critical Thinking: Ability to take ownership of different processes and improve based on the high-growth needs of the company.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in related field
- At least 3-5 years of related experience required
- Ability to correctly register and audit local, state, SIT and SUI payroll taxes
- Ability to correctly audit payroll earnings and deductions
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software, and HRIS systems
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate and provide exemplary customer service via verbal and written means with internal customers in a diverse and distributed team environment
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
- Ability to work effectively under deadlines and self-manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to thrive in a 100% high growth fast paced organization
- Hybrid based environment with in-office requirements in Chicago
About Noto
Noto is an AI-enabled platform transforming speciality therapy to end the mental health crisis. Powering NOCD, Rebound, and future specialty therapy brands, Noto works across each specialty to streamline payer partnerships, enrollment, and care delivery operations to treat complex mental and behavioral health conditions.
Our Brands
NOCD is an award-winning digital health company focused on identifying people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and managing them using evidence-based treatment. OCD affects over 181 million people globally and is ranked by the World Health Organization as one of the top 10 most disabling conditions. Today, NOCD manages the largest community of OCD patients in the world—and we’re just getting started.
At Rebound, we’re building the future of trauma care. Over 140 million Americans have experienced trauma, yet effective care remains hard to access. Our mission is to make recovery from trauma the norm, not the exception.
Rebound delivers virtual, gold-standard trauma therapy, covered by most major insurance plans, alongside evidence-based tools and deeply supportive guidance. Our work is grounded in psychological science and survivor-centered design, helping people process traumatic experiences, break intergenerational cycles, and reclaim their lives.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, and 401(k) match
- 11 observed company holidays a year
- PTO based on an accrual system
- Engaging startup environment with an outstanding mission-driven team atmosphere
- Downtown Chicago office with an on-site gym