CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE IS LOOKING FOR TOP TALENT TO JOIN OUR TEAM
Cross Country Healthcare is a national leader in providing innovative healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services. Our solutions leverage our nearly 40 years of expertise and insight to assist clients in solving complex labor-related challenges while maintaining high quality outcomes. We are dedicated to recruiting and placing highly qualified healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area of expertise. With more than 9,500 active contracts, our diverse client base includes both clinical and nonclinical settings, servicing acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, outpatient and ambulatory-care centers, nursing facilities, both public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics, government facilities.
The primary responsibility of the FIELD PAYROLL SPECIALIST is to is to successfully prepare and process a weekly payroll for approximately 200+ field employees. This position works within the Field Payroll Team and handles all production and customer service tasks for the healthcare professionals and provides support to the healthcare facility, as well as the Sales/Billing and Accounts Receivable departments.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
- The primary function is to take ownership of the error free completion of the entire weekly pay/bill cycle to include:
- Accurately key timesheets and other payroll related data (W-4, banking, etc.) within the specified deadlines
- Enter new hires, terminate assignments as required
- Provide excellent customer service when communicating with HCPs, Sales, Billing and AR Departments and facilities
- Audit all maintenance after Payroll is processed
- Process all payroll adjustments including manuals, wires
- Process multi-state entries
- Handle all incoming calls/inquiries related to payroll from HCPs and recruiters
- Research, resolve and communicate resolution to all interested parties
- Initiate, process and distribute manual checks and wires as required
- Research all HCP issues related to taxation, w-2s, earnings, deductions, reimbursements and bonuses
- Process all necessary entries to correct issues and ensure accuracy of the payroll records
- Follow up with HCPs and recruiters to collect missing timesheets
- All other duties as assigned with or without accommodation
Required Skills
- Problem solving - ability to identify the problem, resolve the immediate issue, as well as to define potential and viable solutions via root-cause analysis
- Teamwork - ability to work well within the immediate area as well as with other internal and external areas of support
- Communication – ability to articulate to various levels within the organization; including providing task updates, issue resolution, and all various communications
- Responsibility – accuracy of the information provided to internal and external customers and timeliness of tasks performed
Required Experience
- College degree preferred or equivalent experience
- 2-3 years of payroll experience required
- Knowledge of multi-state payroll system preferred
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
BENEFITS
Cross Country Healthcare offers a competitive compensation and benefits program including: Medical plan, Dental plan, Life insurance, Disability plan, 401(k) plan and Tuition Assistance
CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE IS AN EEO EMPLOYER - M/F/ VETERAN/DISABILITY