NuWest Group Hiring for Payroll Specialist (remote!) Job at Remote Full Time

Location: Remote

Type of assignment: 12 monthContract

Base pay: $30-36/hr

Job Description: We are seeking a Compensation Analyst for an internationally established company. This is the perfect opportunity for someone with compensation analysis, development, and administration experience, looking to further their career in HR.

Primary responsibilities:

• Carries out analytical assignments involving the analysis, development, and administration of shipboard compensation programs.

• Analyze employee salaries and make recommendations regarding new hire rates and promotional increases based on internal equity, market pay, collective bargaining agreements and internal policies.

• Analyze, evaluate and classify new job roles for the organization, ensuring compliance with internal policy and collective bargaining agreements. Research policy or collective bargaining agreement provisions with various stakeholders when conflicts arise regarding interpretation and coordinate resolution with Manager.

• Regularly respond to employee questions regarding pay, title, contract and related issues. Problem solve when needed, engaging with others in HR to ensure employees are properly compensated. Elevate complex situations to Team Lead or Manager as needed.

• Conduct data analysis to support proactive planning.

• Act as a key contributor to the annual salary increase processes for both employees represented by collective bargaining agreements and those non-represented by reviewing back-end data, determining corrections according to policy or past practice and initiating system updates.

• Calculate and process various incentive and bonus payments according to plan documents.

• Contribute towards effective documentation of employee pay, title and related attributes by auditing and reviewing data and initiating updates to internal systems.

• Ensure SOX and internal audit compliance by running audit reports, and researching / correcting errors in pay, contract or title issues as they are discovered during regular audits.

• Support global benchmarking process by participating in and analyzing industry survey data to determine competitiveness of the total compensation programs.

• Assists in the research and development of special studies and recommendations on salary administration and other topical HR issues and initiatives.

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a financial, payroll or compensation analyst role

• A Bachelor’s Degree in business administration, human resources or finance, or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Advanced excel skills

• Strong proficiency in other Microsoft Office applications (Word, Powerpoint) and relational databases

• Solid analytical, problem-solving, customer service and data research skills

• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to details

Bonus Skills:

• Compensation knowledge, including state and federal Wage and Hour laws

• Experience conducting salary analyses and explaining results to employees and management

• Experience in the cruise industry

• Experience in a multi-cultural, unionized environment

• Professional certification in specialty area or course work through the World at Work professional association

• Experience with international compensation

Who we are

NuWest Tech places technical professionals in some of the most competitive markets in the world. Think of us as your personal AI – we find the best positions for your experience, skills, and preferred work environment at thriving companies across the country. You can fill out hundreds of applications online…OR our industry-specialized team can put your resume in front of the right hiring managers for you. We’re a top vendor with our clients, meaning when we recommend a candidate, they go to the top of the pile.

What you can expect from US:

Responsiveness: No one likes to get ghosted. You’ll get updates every step of the way

Transparency: open and honest communication – no surprises

Career expertise: we coach you based on your specific strengths and goals to get you where you want to go

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Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $30.00 – $36.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Experience:

• payroll analytics: 5 years (Preferred)
• compensation: 3 years (Preferred)
• Microsoft Excel: 6 years (Preferred)

Work Location: Remote