Rent-A-Center Corporate

Payroll Administrator

Job Description

Job Purpose: Responsible for assisting in the administration of the company’s domestic and international benefit and payroll functions, by providing regular utilization and expense data analysis, quality recordkeeping support and exceptional customer service to our coworkers

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provides pro-active, timely and knowledgeable customer service to all coworkers on matters concerning the company’s benefit programs and serves as a tier 3 escalation for our payroll function – researches and resolves escalated issues    

• Performs administrative and recordkeeping duties in support of company domestic and international benefit plans – actively works to ensure timeliness, quality and quantity standards are achieved, that regulatory and compliance requirements are met and that all associated processes are formally documented, updated as appropriate and consistently adhered to – remains current on all country benefit rules and regulations and updates management as appropriate 

• Supports the function’s mission of assisting coworkers to understand their benefit and pay programs, that each becomes a more knowledgeable consumer of their benefit options and that key educational opportunities (e.g. open enrollment, new hire on-boarding and benefits enrollment, benefit fairs, etc.) are delivered seamlessly and professionally 

• Possesses solid working knowledge of internal payroll practices and procedures – capable of working directly with human resources, field coworkers and FSC colleagues to investigate and resolve complex payroll and/or timekeeping issues (e.g. inquiries concerning labor distribution) 

• Conducts regular analysis of benefit plan utilization, expenses, year-to-date and annual trends and provides requested reports to management with appropriate commentary and recommendations – participates in key benefit surveys throughout year, analyzes findings and provides management with updates on changes in market trends, etc. 

• Assists in the preparation and filing of all required documents and forms (e.g. annual summary reports, 5500s, plan documents, summary plan descriptions, federal notices, etc.) 

• Performs other duties as assigned

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelors degree in related field 

• Three to five years progressive experience in the administration of employee benefit plans and payroll – international benefits knowledge and experience desired 

• Strong working understanding of federal, state and local employee benefits legislation 

• Exceptional customer service, organizational and communication skills (bilingual preferred) – strong attention to detail, analytic and possesses a proven results orientation.  Experience working with offshore team desired. 

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and human resources information systems as they relate to employee benefit plan administration

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