Total Rewards Specialist - Benefits/Payroll

At WorkWave, we build innovative software and fintech solutions for the people who keep our world safe, clean, and beautiful, from pest control to lawn care, commercial cleaning to security services. With over 8,000 customers around the globe, our platform helps these hardworking service professionals run and grow their businesses from end to end:  from customer acquisition to scheduling, billing, payments, and beyond.

 

We are seeking a highly detailed, compliance-minded, and empathetic Total Rewards Specialist to join our small but dynamic HR team. In this mid-level role, you will be the day-to-day engine driving our benefits administration and leave of absence (LOA) programs, while serving as a critical partner in payroll auditing and backup processing.

 

This role is perfect for someone who loves data integrity—thriving in compliance, invoice reconciliation, and system configuration—but also genuinely enjoys "employee care," helping our team members navigate their benefits and leave options. As part of a lean team, you will have the opportunity to wear multiple hats, contribute to special projects, and directly impact our overall employee experience.

 

Position is 100% remote within the United States

Benefits & Leave Administration

• Daily Administration: Manage day-to-day administration of group benefits programs (medical, dental, vision, 401k, life, and disability insurance).

• Leave of Absence (LOA) Management: Serve as the primary point of contact for multi-state leaves of absence, ensuring strict compliance with FMLA, ADA, and evolving state-specific paid family leave and disability legislations.

• Employee Support: Act as the first line of contact for employee inquiries regarding benefit plans, claim escalations, and leave requests, providing empathetic and clear guidance.

• Open Enrollment: Play a key role in the annual Open Enrollment process, including collaborating on strategy, managing communications, and executing benefit system configuration changes.

Auditing, Compliance & Financials

• Invoice Reconciliation: Own the monthly reconciliation of all group benefit invoices, identifying discrepancies, and working with vendors to resolve billing issues.

• Compliance & Reporting: Ensure all benefit and leave programs remain compliant with federal and state regulations (ACA, COBRA, ERISA, HIPAA). Assist with required filings and testing (5500s, non-discrimination testing).

• Data Auditing: Conduct regular audits of HRIS data, benefit deductions, and leave tracking to ensure 100% accuracy between HR systems and third-party vendors.

Payroll Backup & Special Projects

• Payroll Auditing & Backup: Partner closely with the payroll team to audit payroll cycles prior to finalization. Train on end-to-end payroll processing to serve as the seamless primary backup when needed.

• Special Projects: Contribute to broader HR initiatives, system migrations, total rewards statements, and wellness program implementations.

• Experience: 3 to 5 years of dedicated experience in HR, specifically focusing on benefits administration and leave of absence management.

• Multi-State Expertise: Proven experience managing leaves and benefits across multiple states, with a solid understanding of varying state-specific disability and paid family leave regulations.

• Payroll Exposure: Prior experience with payroll processing or payroll auditing is highly preferred (or a strong aptitude and eagerness to learn).

• Technical Savvy: Hands-on experience working within HRIS/Benefits administration systems. Comfort with system backend configuration (especially for Open Enrollment) is a major plus.  Experience with Dayforce is also a plus.

• Employee-Centric Communication: Ability to translate complex benefit and compliance jargon into warm, easily understood language for employees.

• Adaptability: Eagerness to contribute broadly to a small team and pivot between analytical data work and employee-facing conversations.

• We are laid back but buttoned up. We offer a casual work environment and remote work flexibility and have a passion for developing creative, innovative best in class solutions that directly contribute to the success of our customers

• We care deeply and deliver service and solutions that make a real difference in the lives of our clients and their businesses

• We openly accept others as they are and build strong partnerships based on trust

• Teamwork and collaboration is key to help our colleagues and customers solve their challenges

• Our team is energetic, fun, naturally inquisitive and eager to make an impact, we invite you to join us! 

 

• Join our Remote-First Global Work Community: WorkWave provides an innovative and dynamic remote-first Global Work Community that encourages growth, creativity, and collaboration. No matter what stage of your career or where you live, WorkWave is your place to be part of a global company with a startup feel, where your ideas matter and your growth is a priority. 

 

 • We know that there are benefits of being in the office and working from home. WorkWave promotes a healthy work/life balance and provides employees with the flexibility of collaborating in the office or the option to work virtually if desired. Our teams are well versed at working collaboratively in a fully virtual environment.   

• Our HQ is based at our state of the art home office in the historic Bell Works complex located in Holmdel Township, New Jersey. We keep our offices available to all to use when working remotely isn’t feasible, or to help with cross training, team building and/or brainstorming. 

• We have employees in over 30 states, 7 countries and many regional offices - each with their own set of perks and opportunities to give back to the local community.  

• Whether you work remotely or take advantage of one of our offices, you’ll find a community of WorkWavers that value diversity, and care deeply about our products, clients, our communities and each other.

 

• Employees can expect a robust benefits package, including health and dental and 401k with company match

• Find your perfect work/life balance with our Flexible Time Off policy or generous PTO plan (role dependent) and paid holidays

• Up to 4 weeks paid bonding leave

• Tuition reimbursement

• Robust Employee Assistance Program through TotalCare offering free counseling 24/7/365, plus financial counseling, legal guidance, adoption assistance services and much more!

• 24/7 access to virtual medical care with Teladoc

• Quarterly awards based on peer nominations

• Regional discounts and perks

• Opportunities to participate in charitable events and give back to the community 

 

• We understand the impact of attracting and keeping top talent and reward intellectual curiosity and a thirst for personal and professional growth

• Encouraging our employees that already have an intimate knowledge of and passion for our products to apply for other roles within our walls just makes sense!

• Our employees have access to extensive video libraries for soft skill and role specific training available 24/7 and live trainings are provided throughout the year 

 

• 10 Time winner of Best Place to Work in New Jersey by NJBiz!

• WorkWave has been recognized with multiple awards for its outstanding products, growth and culture, including the Inc. 5000, SaaS Award, IT World Awards, Globe Awards, Silver Stevie Award for Employer of the Year, and Best Place to Work Inc. Magazine

• Named one of The Software Report's 3rd annual list of the Top 100 Software Companies of 2022 (worldwide!)